Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), Latin for 'Franciscan Biblical Studies', is aFranciscanacademic society based inJerusalem. It is a center of biblical and archaeological research and studies, established by the FranciscanCustody of the Holy Land.
In 1901, the Custody of the Holy Land started envisaging the creation of a biblical studies institute in Jerusalem, which led in 1924 to the establishment of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum.[1][2] The SBF is since 2001 the Faculty for Biblical Sciences and Archaeology of thePontifical University Antonianum, the Franciscan university in Rome. Its main seat is theFlagellation Monastery in theVia Dolorosa inJerusalem.[3][4]
It has a branch inHong Kong, founded inBeijing in 1945 byBlessedGabriele Allegra, which produced the first complete translation of theCatholicBible in Chinese in 1968 after a 40-year effort; theStudium Biblicum Translation is often consideredthe Chinese Bible among Catholics.[5]
The Studium has good relationships with theDominicanÉcole Biblique, also located inJerusalem.[6]
The SBF publishes a number of scientific publications: the theological-archaeological journalLiber Annuus ISSN 0081-8933 with scientific articles in different languages,[7] and the series "Collectio Maior", "Collectio Minor", "Analecta" and "Museum".[8]
The SBF uses the services of theFranciscan Printing Press (est. 1847).
The SBF offers two academic degrees,[2] theLicentiate and theDoctorate in Biblical Sciences and Archaeology, a diploma in biblical-oriental sciences, a biblical diploma, and a philosophical-theological curriculum in the "Studium Theologicum Jerosolymitanum“. The language of teaching is Italian.
Fields of study and research are Old and New Testament exegesis, biblical and Christian history, biblical and Middle Eastern languages, and biblical archaeology with several excavations conducted by the SBF. The main discoveries are exhibited in a museum, including the oldest GeorgianBir el Qutt inscriptions.[9]
The library contains appr. 50.000 volumes and 420 journals in the areas of archaeology, biblical studies, Christian and Jewish history, and ancient travel accounts of the Holy Land.[10]
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Prominent Professors of the past
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