Marcel Valentin Mẳcelaru

Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Old Testament Studies
Dean

Education

• DPhil, Worcester College, Oxford University, UK, 2008
• MTh, Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, Osijek, Croatia, 2006
• MA, University of Leeds, UK, 2000
• BTh, Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, Osijek, Croatia, 1997
• LMus, Universitatea de Vest, Timişoara, Romania, 1996 

Research Interests

• Portrayals of Masculinity in the Hebrew Bible
• God as a character in Biblical narratives
• Biblical metaphors for God
• Divine presence and absence in the Hebrew Bible
• Theodicy, theology and drama in the book of Job
• Thinking theologically –  what and how
• Multidisciplinarity in theological studies 

Recent Publications

• “Israel in Transition: Liminality and Status Change in 1 Samuel 8–15.” In Corneliu Constantineanu and Marcel V. Măcelaru, eds., Bible, Culture, Society: Postgraduate Explorations. Osijek: Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, 2009, 39-64.
• “Phoenix Rising: Josiah’s 'Book of the Law' and the Rebirth of Israel.” In Corneliu Constantineanu and Marcel V. Măcelaru, eds., Bible, Culture, Society: Postgraduate Explorations. Osijek: Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, 2009, 65-84.
• “Periodization in Hebrew Historiographic Literature: National Renewal Patterns in Israel’s Biblical Story.” In Marcel V. Măcelaru and Corneliu Constantineanu, eds., Theological Pilgrimages: Collected Faculty Papers, 2007-2009. Osijek: Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, 2009, 35-56.
• ‘The Presence of the Kingdom of God in Jesus’ Teaching and Actions: A Reply to C.C. Caragounis’, in Marcel V. Măcelaru and Corneliu Constantineanu, eds., Theological Pilgrimages: Collected Faculty Papers, 2007-2009. Osijek: Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, 2009, 57-76.
• “Communicating the Gospel to Postmodern People: Lessons from C.S. Lewis, J.R.W. Stott and N.T. Wright.” In A. Neagoe and H. Zorgdrager, eds., Postmodernity – Friend or Foe? Communicating the Gospel to Postmodern People: Theological and Practical Reflections from Central and Eastern Europe. Utrecht: Kerk in Actie / Timişoara: Mirton, 2009, 123-47.
• [co-edited with C. Constantineanu] Bible, Culture, Society: Postgraduate Explorations. Osijek: Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, 2009
• [co-edited with C. Constantineanu] Theological Pilgrimages: Collected Faculty Papers, 2007-2009. Osijek: Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, 2009