Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. ThDr. Sidonia Horňanová, 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
Horňanová
I.2 - Name
Sidonia
I.3 - Degrees
doc. ThDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1973
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty, Department of Old Testament
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Bartókova 8, Bratislava 811 02
I.7 - Position
reader (associate professor)
I.8 - E-mail address
hornanova@fevth.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5114
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
37. Theology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0009-0002-5671-3969

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 in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty
II.b - Year
1996
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 in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty
II.b - Year
2002
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 in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
37. Theology, Evangelical Lutheran Theology
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Chaplain, pastor, senior pastor, teacher of Evangelical Lutheran religion at primary schools Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia 1997 - present
Lecturer (asisstant professor) Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 1996-2007
Reader (associate professor) Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2008 -present
Teacher of Evangelical Lutheran Religion Primary schools in Modra, Častá, Budmerice, Vištuk, Jablonec 1997 -present

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
German language course (B2) State Language School, Palisády, Bratislava 2018
Special State Language Examination in English Translation (C2) State Language School, Palisády, Bratislava 2015
State language exam in English (C2) State Language School, Palisády, Bratislava 2014
German language course (B2) State Language School, Palisády, Bratislava 2017
Computer course Comenius University in Bratislava 2008
Course: Project creation and management Academia Istropolitana Nova, Svätý Jur 2007
European project ENLIGHT - Chalenge-based Education Comenius University in Bratislava 2023
Holocaust Education in Global Context Jad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel 2024
Erasmus+ Staff mobility for teaching and training activities University of Galway, Ireland 2025
Biblical Hebrew A1 and Modern Hebrew B2 State Language School, Palisády, Bratislava 2025

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 Old Testament 2 Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.-II. Theology
Exegesis of Old Testament 4. Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.-II. Theology
History of the Biblical Israel and Judaism in the Archeological Context Evangelical Lutheran Theology III. Theology
Literary and Theological Background of the Old Testament Writings Evangelical Lutheran Theology III. Theology
Exegesis of Canonical and Deuterocanonical Writings of the Old Testament Evangelical Lutheran Theology III. 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 I.-II. Theology
Evangelical Lutheran Theology III. Theology
Teaching of Religious Education I. Teaching and Pedagogical Sciences
Teaching of Religious Education II. Teaching and Pedagogical Sciences
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)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
18
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
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
Hebrew 1 I.-II. Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.+II. Theology
Readings in Hebrew I.-II. Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.+II. Theology
Seminar - Bachelor and Diploma Work Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.+II. Theology
Seminar - Old Testament Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.+II. Theology
Biblical Archeology Evangelical Lutheran Theology focusing on Social Assistance I. Theology
Introduction to the Old Testament Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.+II. Theology
The Church Agenda Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.+II. 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
183
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
28
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
90
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
11
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
25/17
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
13
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

A (ADN) Horňanová, Sidonia, "Riešenie otázky pôvodu zla v období medzi Starou a Novou zmluvou," Studia theologica. - Roč. 9, č. 1 (2007): 56-66

2

A (ADE) Horňanová, Sidonia, "Apokalyptická tradice "Merkava" a její implikace pro ranou christologii," Teologická reflexe. - Roč. 12, č. 2 (2006): 181-193

3

A (ABC) Horňanová, Sidonia, "Fenomén apokalyptiky od židovství po křesťanství" in Novozákonní apokryfy III. Proroctví a apokalypsy 3: novozákonní apokryfy (Praha: Vyšehrad, 1. vyd. 2007, 2. vyd. 2012), 27 - 70. 

4

A- (V1) Horňanová, Sidonia, Megilat Ester (Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2022). 180 s.

5

A- (AAB) Horňanová, Sidonia, Skorší proroci: Eliáš a Elízeus v Kráľovských knihách (Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2021). 170 s.

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

A- (AAB) Horňanová, Sidonia, Skorší proroci: Eliáš a Elízeus v Kráľovských knihách (Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2021). 170 s.

2

V2 "K prevencii antisemitizmu v cirkevnom prostredí." In: Múzeum židovskej kultúry ako kultúrny fenomén na Slovensku [textový dokument (print)] : Zbornik k 30. vyročiu vzniku múzea / Orban, Emanuel [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Salner, Peter [Recenzent] ; Kamenec, Ivan [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Slovenské národné múzeum. Múzeum židovskej kultúry, 2024. – ISBN 978-80-8060-585-8, s. 99-111

3

V2 "Nádej pre smrť v intertestamentárnom období." In: Smrť v tranzite 3. [textový dokument (print)] : biblické, historické, etické a praktické pozadie smrti / Peres, Imrich [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Procházka, Pavel [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Jarab, Jozef [Recenzent] ; Kardis, Mária [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Praha (Česko) : Institut vzdělávání ECM, 2023. – ISBN 978-80-7356-053-9, s. 9-28

4

V2 "Vzkriesenie a život po smrti v apokalyptickej pseudoepigrafickej literatúre intertestamentárneho židovstva." In: Smrť v tranzite 1. [textový dokument (print)] : Biblické, historické, etické a praktické pozadie smrti / Procházka, Pavel [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Peres, Imrich [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Jarab, Jozef [Recenzent] ; Tománek, Pavol [Recenzent]. – 1 vyd. – Praha (Česko) : Institut vzdělávání ECM, 2022. – ISBN 978-80-7356-050-8, s. 45-76

5

A- (V1) Horňanová, Sidonia, Megilat Ester (Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2022). 180 s.

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

(AAB) Horňanová, Sidonia, Židovská apokalyptika: Úvod do pseudoepigrafických, kumránskych a merkavotických textov, 2007. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského. 214 s.   

[o3] 2010 - Mrázek, Jiří - In: Zjevení Janovo . - Praha : Centrum biblických studií, 2009 ; S. 252

2

(ABC) Horňanová, Sidonia, "Fenomén apokalyptiky od židovství po křesťanství" in Novozákonní apokryfy III. Proroctví a apokalypsy 3: novozákonní apokryfy. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1. vyd. 2007, 2. vyd. 2012, s. 27 - 70.

[o5] 2007 - Zemánek, Ján - In: Studia theologica, roč. 9, č. 1, 2007 ; s. 89-91

3

(ADE) Horňanová, Sidonia, "Apokalyptická tradice "Merkava" a její implikace pro ranou christologii," Teologická reflexe. - Roč. 12, č. 2 (2006), s. 181-193                                                                                                                

[o4] 2012 - Šoltésová, Katarína - Anjelské predstavy v Kumráne. - In: Texty z Kumránu v kontexte pluralitného intertestamentárneho judaizmu: recenzovaný zborník z medzinárodného vedeckého sympózia . - Bratislava : EBF UK, 2012 ; s. 92.

4

(AAB) Apokalypsa Daniel, 2018. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského. 222 s.

[o6] 2018 - Peres, Imrich : Apokalypsa Daniel. - In: Testimonium fidei, roč. 6, č. 1, 2018 ; s. 99-100.

5

(AAB) Skorší proroci: Eliáš a Elízeus v Kráľovských knihách, 2021.Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského.170 s.                               

[o5] 2021 - Devečková, Simona - Sidonia Horňanová: Skorší proroci: Eliáš a Elízeus v kráľovských knihách. - In: Studia Theologica, roč. 23, č. 3, 2021 ; s.199-201

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

VEGA 1/0746/20 "The Hebrew Book of Esther in Historical, Theological and Cult Contexts", main researcher, 2020-2022

2

International research project "Death in Transit", Institut vzděávaní ECM - researcher, 2022-2024

3

VEGA č. 1/0698/23 Lajčiak's dissertation on Ezekiel in the contemporary context of research, deputy project leader, 2023 - 2025

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
Lectures at the University of the Third Age Comenius University in Bratislava 2002 - 2018
Membership in the Academic Senate Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2015-2019
Membership in the Scientific Council Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2008 - present
Membership in the VEGA evaluation committee Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic 2014-2018
Member of the editorial board of the Theological Journal Faculty of Theology, University of Trnava 2012 - present

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)
Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Vienna Schenkenstrasse 8-10, Vienna, Austria repeated short stays 2003-2012 bilateral agreement
Institute for Protestant Theology, University of Regensburg Universitätstrasse 31, Regensburg, Germany short - term monthly stay 2007 bilateral agreement
International School, University of Haifa, Israel Mount Carmel, Haifa Summer Hebrew language course Aug.-Sept. 2008 SAIA
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Czech Republic Univerzitní 8, Plzeň, Czech republic 11. 4. – 15. 4. 2011 European Social Fund and the state budget of the Czech Republic
Research Seminar Seminar of the Faculties of Protestant Theology in Praha, Bratislava and Vienna Universität Wien, Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Rakúsko 2023, October 18 - 20 the invitation of the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Vienna
Jad Vashem, International School of Holocaust studies Jerusalem 9103401 Israel 2024, July 1 - 4 selection on the basis of the conference application form
University of Galway, English Language Centre Galway, Ireland 21.07.-01.08.2025 Erazmus+ Higher Education Staff Mobility Programme

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Principal Investigator - successfully completed projects:

2000 UK Grant No. 10/2000: Apocalyptica. Apocalyptic.

2006 UK Grant No. 27/2006: VEGA Project: The Qumran Scrolls after sixty years

2007 UK Grant No. 313/2007 VEGA Project: The motif of suffering and the exaltation of the righteous in the Old and New Testaments.

2006-2008 VEGA Project No. 1/3594/06: Ordination of women as parish priests in the Church

2011 - 2013 VEGA Project No. 1/0369/11: Texts from Qumran in the Context of Intertestamental Pluralistic Judaism.

2016 - 2019 VEGA Project No. 1/0700/16: Eschatology of Jewish Apocalypticism: The Apocalypse of Daniel

2017 Slovak Ministry of Justice Grant No. D052/2017/13: The Reformation and the Holocaust: Two Monuments and One Legacy

2020 - 2022 VEGA Project No. 1/0746/20: The Hebrew Book of Esther in Historical, Theological and Cultic Contexts

Deputy Project Leader :

2023 - 2025 VEGA Project 1/0698/23 - "Lajčiak's Dissertation on Ezekiel in the Contemporary Context of Research on Prophetic Writings"

Co-principal investigator on the project:

2024 Project VEGA No. 1/0188/22: Early reception of the Apostle Paul in the corpus of New Testament texts. Prof. František Ábel, PhD.

Organization of international scientific conferences:

October 28-29, 2024 - co-organization of the International Scientific Symposium "Prophet in Exile" inspired by the life and work of Dr. Ján Lajčiak, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava - deputy project leader

June 6-7, 2024 Co-organization of the conference of the VEGA project No. 1/0188/22: Early Reception of the Apostle, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty, Scientific Park of Comenius University in Bratislava

Pavla v korpuse novozmluvných textov.September 29, 2017 - organization of the international scientific colloquium "Reformation and the Holocaust: past and present" (29 September 2017), Grant of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No. D052/2017/13 Reformation and the Holocaust: Two Monuments and One Legacy, CĎV Study and Congress Centre of Comenius University in Modra-Harmony

October, 20,2011 - organization of the international scientific symposium "Texts from Qumran in the context of pluralistic intertestamental Judaism", VEGA No. 1/0369/1: Texts from Qumran in the context of pluralistic intertestamental Judaism, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava

April 11–15, 2011 – organizer and guarantor of the international conference and international workshop Islam and Europe as part of the project Innovation in the Teaching of Historical Sciences with an Emphasis on an Interdisciplinary Approach and Intercultural Dialogue (IHISTUD) 2010–2013, OP VK Project, reg. no. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/15.0390, co-financed by the European Social Fund and the state budget of the Czech Republic, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

October 25-26, 2007 - organization of the international scientific symposium, "Ordination of women as female pastors in the Church", VEGA No. 1/3594/06: Ordination of women as parish priestesses in the Church, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava

20.06.2006 - organization of the international scientific symposium, "Women in the Church", VEGA No. 1/3594/06: Ordination of women as female pastors in the Church, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava

Other notes:

2018 Acknowledgement from the Rector of Comenius University for establishing a memorial site for Holocaust victims in Modra-Kráľová, for meritorious work in organizing an international scientific colloquium on promoting, supporting, and protecting human rights and freedoms, and for preventing all forms of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and other manifestations of intolerance

2007 Scholarship from the Jan Hus Educational Foundation for the year 2007/2008, based on his scientific and pedagogical work in the field of theology.

2006 Commemorative certificate from the Rector of Comenius University for developing the scientific, professional, artistic, and personal qualities of students.Author of the idea and implementer of the construction of a memorial site for the victims of the Holocaust "Green Forest" in Modra-Kráľová, where education and other creative activities of the employee are carried out

2011 - 2013 - author of the idea and implementer of the construction of the "Green Forest" memorial site for Holocaust victims in Modra-Kráľová, where, since its inception, the results of the creative, scientific, research, and educational activities of Sidonia Hornanova

Date of last update
2025-02-18