Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Mgr. František Ábel, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Ábel
I.2 - Name
František
I.3 - Degrees
prof. Mgr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1964
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty, Department of New Testament
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Bartókova 8, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
abel@fevth.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5104
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
37. Theology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-2364-5293

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty
II.b - Year
2001
II.c - Study field and programme
37. Theology, Evangelical Lutheran Theology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
37. Theology, Evangelical Lutheran Theology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
37. Theology, Evangelical Lutheran Theology
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty
II.b - Year
2018
II.c - Study field and programme
37. Theology, Evangelical Lutheran Theology
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Professor Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2018 - present
Associate Professor Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2013 - 2017
Vice Dean for Study Affairs Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2007 - 2011
Assistant Professor Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2006 - 2011
Assistant Comenius University Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2001 - 2006

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
MS Teams Comenius University, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2020

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Exegesis of the New Testament 3 Evangelical Lutheran Theology joined first and second Theology
Exegesis of the New Testament 5 Evangelical Lutheran Theology joined first and second Theology
Theology of the New Testament 2 Evangelical Lutheran Theology joined first and second Theology
Hermeneutical Approaches to the Texts of the New Testament Evangelical Lutheran Theology Third Theology
Theology of the New Testament Writings Evangelical Lutheran Theology Third Theology
The Canon of the New Testament: Texts, Historical Background and Language Evangelical Lutheran Theology Third Theology
Exegesisi of the New Testament 2 Evangelical Lutheran Theology Joined first and second Theology
History of the New Testament Era Teaching of Religious Education I. Teaching and Pedagogical Sciences
Introduction to the New Testament Evangelical Lutheran Theology Joined first and second Theology
Historical Jesus Evangelical Lutheran Theology Joined first and second, first and second Theology
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Evangelical Lutheran Theology Third Theology
Evangelical Lutheran Theology joined first and second Theology
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Evangelical Lutheran Theology Theology
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
7
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
28
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
5
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
History of the New Testament Era Evangelicl Lutheran Theology joined first and second Theology
Introduction to the New Testament Evangelicl Lutheran Theology joined first and second Theology
Seminar - Preparation of Master Thesis Evangelicl Lutheran Theology joined first and second Theology
Exegesis of the New Testament 5 Evangelicl Lutheran Theology joined first and second Theology
Theology of the New Testament 1 Evangelical Lutheran Theology Joined first and second Theology
Doctoral Seminar 1 Evangelical Lutheran Theology Third Theology
Doctoral Seminar 2 Evangelical Lutheran Theology Third Theology

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
145
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
42
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
76
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
43
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
12
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
12
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

A+ (AFD) Ábel, František, "Pesher Concerning Righteousness (Romans 10:5–13) in Relation to the Response of Jews and Gentiles to the Gospel," in Israel and the Nations. Paul's Gospel in the Context of Jewish Expectation. - : 1. vyd. (New York: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2021), 289-316. ISBN 978-1-978-710-801.                                                                                               

2

A+ (AFD) Ábel, František, "Zēlos According to Paul: The Concept of zēlos in Galatians in the Context of Paul’s Divine Vocation," in The Message of Paul the Apostle within Second Temple Judaism. - : 1. vyd. (Lanham: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2020), 195-220.  ISBN 978-1-9787-0612-5.    

3

A+ (ADE) Ábel, František, "The Role of Israel Concerning the Gentiles in the Context of Romans 11:25–27," Journal of the Jesus Movement in Its Jewish Setting. From the First to the Seventh Century No. 7 (2020): 26-53. ISSN 2374-7862 (Print). ISSN 2374-7870 (Online).    

4

A+ (ADM) Ábel, František, "Freedom in Christ in Galatians A Matter of Identity," Communio Viatorum. - Roč. 61, č. 3 (2019): 235-255. ISSN (print) 0010-3713.

5

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. - 1. vyd. -WUNT 2.416. (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag, 2016). 355 s. ISBN 978-3-16-153991-6. 

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František (ed.), The Message of Paul the Apostle within Second Temple Judaism. - : 1. vyd. (Lanham: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2020).  278 s. ISBN 978-1-9787-0612-5.    

2

(V3) Ábel, František, "Ioudaïsmos through the Lens of Remembering : Exploration of the Semantic Shift of the Term from Maccabees to the Early Second Century CE," in Studia Biblica Slovaca 16:1 (2024), s. 50-75.

3

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František (ed.), Receptions of Paul during the First Two Centuries: Exploration of the Jewish Matrix of Early Christianity. - 1. vyd. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2023). 505 s. ISBN 978-1-9787-1581-3.

4

A+ (ADE) Ábel, František, "The Role of Israel Concerning the Gentiles in the Context of Romans 11:25–27," Journal of the Jesus Movement in Its Jewish Setting. From the First to the Seventh Century No. 7 (2020): 26-53. ISSN 2374-7862 (Print). ISSN 2374-7870 (Online).   

5

A (AAB) Ábel, František, List apoštola Pavla Rimanom: Čítanie, exegéza a výklad listu v kontexte judaizmu obdobia druhého chrámu. Prvá časť: Prolegomena. (Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2021). 238 s. ISBN 978-80-223-5088-4.

6

A+ (ADM) Ábel, František, "Freedom in Christ in Galatians A Matter of Identity," Communio Viatorum. - Roč. 61, č. 3 (2019): 235-255. ISSN (print) 0010-3713.

7

A+ (ADM) Ábel, František, "Remembering in the Eucharistic Tradition Reflected in 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 (17-34): Its Meaning and Role in Eschatological Perspective," Communio Viatorum. - Roč. 64, č. 2 (2022), 83-102. ISSN (print) 0010-3713.

8

A+ (ADE) Ábel, František, "The Question of the Eschatological Participation of the Gentiles in the Psalms of Solomon 17 and Romans 11," Essays on the Psalms of Solomon: Its Cultural Background, Significance, and Interpretation (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023), 101-123. ISBN 978-3-16-162448-3.

9

A+ (ADE) Ábel, František, "The Sense of the Term καταλλαγή in Isaiah 9:4(5): An Analysis of Greek Rendering of the Hebrew Allegory; the Implications for Contextual Reading of Paul’s Message," Panczová Helena (ed.), The Septuagint: Multilateral Focus on the Text. Proceedings of the Conference Held in Bratislava, 22–23 April 2022. – 1. vyd. (Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2024), 175-196. ISBN 978-2-503-61017-7.

10

(V2) Ábel, František, "The Sense of the Term καταλλαγή in Isaiah 9:4(5): An Analysis of Greek Rendering of the Hebrew Allegory; the Implications for Contextual Reading of Paul’s Message," in The Septuagint: Multilateral Focus on the Text (Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2024), s. 175-196.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. - 1. vyd. -WUNT 2.416. (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck Verlag, 2016). 355 s. ISBN 978-3-16-153991-6    [o3] 2017 Lee Irons, Charles: Righteousness in the Psalms of Solomon and in Paul. In: Treasures New & Old: Essays in Honor of Donald A. Hagner. Wilmore, KY: GlossaHouse, 2017, S. 212-227

2

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. - 1. vyd. -WUNT 2.416. (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck Verlag, 2016). 355 s. ISBN 978-3-16-153991-6 [o5] 2018 André, Paul: The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. In: Recherches de science religieuse, roč. 105, č. 1, 2018, s. 144

3

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. - 1. vyd. -WUNT 2.416. (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck Verlag, 2016). 355 s. ISBN 978-3-16-153991-6 [o5] 2018 Atkinson, Kenneth: The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. In: Review of Biblical Literature, roč. 8, 2018

4

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. - 1. vyd. -WUNT 2.416. (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck Verlag, 2016). 355 s. ISBN 978-3-16-153991-6 [o3] 2018 Atkinson, Kenneth: The Hasmoneans and Their Neighbors: New Historical Reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Classical Sources. Jewish and Christian Texts 27. London, U.K. and New York, NY: T&T Clark, 2018, s. 127.                                                                                                                                                                                                              

5

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. - 1. vyd. -WUNT 2.416. (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck Verlag, 2016). 355 s. ISBN 978-3-16-153991-6 [o5] 2019 Tucker, J.Brian: The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. In: Religiuos Studies Review, roč. 45, č.2, 2019, s.76-77.

6

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. - 1. vyd. -WUNT 2.416. (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck Verlag, 2016). 355 s. ISBN 978-3-16-153991-6 [o5] 2019 ~ Moxon, R. L. John: The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament, roč. 41, č.5, 2019, s.61-62

7

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. - 1. vyd. -WUNT 2.416. (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck Verlag, 2016). 355 s. ISBN 978-3-16-153991-6 [o4] 2021 ~ Atkinson, Kenneth: The Gentile as Insider and Outsider in Paul s Letter to the Romans. In: Israel and the Nations. Paul's Gospel in the Context of Jewish Expectation. Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2021, S. 215

8

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul. - 1. vyd. -WUNT 2.416. (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck Verlag, 2016). 355 s. ISBN 978-3-16-153991-6 [1] 2023 ~ Feník, Juraj: The Faith(fulness) of Christ in Romans. Some Remarks. In: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 99/3 (2023), 463–485. Doi: 10.2143/ETL.99.3.3292101. ISSN: 0013-9513, S. 473.

9

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František (ed.), Israel and the Nations. Paul's Gospel in the Context of Jewish Expectation. - 1. vyd. (New York: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2021). 354 s. ISBN 978-1-978-710-801 [05] Ryan D. Collman (Edinburgh, Scotland) Recenzia bola publikovaná v SBL (Society of Biblical Literature): Review of Biblical Literature (RBL 12/2023) https://www.sblcentral.org/home

10

A+ (AAA) Ábel, František (ed.), The Message of Paul the Apostle within Second Temple Judaism. - 1. vyd. (Lanham: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2020). 278 s. ISBN 978-1-9787-0612-5 [o5] 2020 ~ Jipp, Joshua: Reviews The Message of Paul the Apostle. In: Enoch Seminar online, 2020, s. 1-2.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

VEGA1 / 0103/18: Paul in the Context of Judaism: New Perspectives on Paul - main researcher, 2018-2020

2

APVV-15-0280: Luther's exegetical solutions of selected Paul's texts from the point of view of current research - member of the research team, 2016 - 2019.

3

International research project "Paul within Judaism" - member of the research team, 2015 - 2017. The project was organized by the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian relations, Protestant Church in The Netherlands.

4

Project of the Slovak Biblical Society, Theological Revision of the Concordance of the Terms of the New Testament of the Slovak Ecumenical Bible - member of the research team, 2016 - 2017.

5

Project of the Slovak Biblical Society, Bible for the Deaf - member of the research team, since 2020

6

VEGA 1/0188/22: early Reception of Paul in the Corpus of New Testament Writings - main researcher, 2022-2024

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
member STUDIORUM NOVI TESTAMENTI SOCIETAS (SNTS). 2017-present
member Commission for the Humanities and Social Sciences for the evaluation of scientific programs of Charles University in Prague. 2017-present
member Theological Commission of the Slovak Biblical Society in Banská Bystrica - New Testament section, Greek deuterocanonic texts. 2013-present
Vice-President International Council of Christians and Jews 2013-present
member Council on Christian Approaches to Defense and Disarmament (CCAD) 2005-2010
member Society of Biblical Literature 2022-present
member European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) 2023-present
member The Enoch Seminar 2023-present
research fellow Department of Old and New Testament, Stellenbosch University, South Africa 2021-2023

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Fircroft College of Adult Education Birmingham, United Kingdom 31.8.-4.9.2007 research stay
Cathedral College at the Washington National Cathedral Washington, D.C., USA 19.-23.9.2008 research stay
Roanoke College Salem, Virginia, USA 13.-17.9.2008 research stay
Lutheran Theological Seminary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 13.-17.9.2008 research stay
Hussite Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague Prague, Czech Republic 19.-23.5.2014 Erasmus+

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Review of research articles, collective volumes and works: Journals: Testimonia Theologica (ELTF CU), Communio viatorum (ETF Prague). Collective Volumes: Conference of PhD students SPPG (World for the Next Generation) (HTF Prague 2017), In Pluribus Unitas 2016 (HTF Prague 2016); Studies and texts of the ETF UK in Prague (ETF Prague 2016).

Review of publication outputs of ETF, HTF, RKTF in Prague within the comprehensive evaluation of Charles University in Prague, 2019–2020.

2022: Evaluation of the inauguration material for the section of Inauguration Proceedings, at the request of the Slovac Accreditation Agency for Higher Education (doc. ThDr. Albín Masarik, PhD.)

2022: membership in the subpanel „Philosophy and Theology“ within the project VER 2022. 

Date of last update
2025-02-19