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Eugene J Pentiuc is an American Eastern Orthodox priest, biblical scholar, and theologian. Since 1998, he has served as Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages, and in 2018 he was appointed Archbishop Demetrios Professor of Biblical Studies and Early Christianity at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA. He is the former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and current Director of the Th.M. Program at Holy Cross.

Biography
Pentiuc was born in Suceava, Bucovina  (Romania). He graduated with a License in Theology (1979) and a Doctorate in Theology and Old Testament (1998) from Bucharest Orthodox School of Theology (today incorporated in University of Bucharest). His Licentiate thesis was “Theophanies and Angelophanies: Theological Significances.” He wrote his Doctoral dissertation, “Hosea: A Commentary,” at Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise in Jerusalem, between 1984–1988. In 1990, Eugen Pentiuc, his wife Dr. Flora Pentiuc, and their two children, Daniel and Cristina, came to the United States. Pentiuc received his second doctorate, a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University in 1997 with the dissertation “Studies in the Emar Lexicon,” worked under Professor John Huehnergard, and published under the title West Semitic Vocabulary in Akkadian Texts from Emar (Harvard Semitic Studies 49; Eisenbrauns, 2001; Brill, 2018). Pentiuc has been Visiting Professor at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Seminary  (Yonkers, NY), Visiting Professor at Justinian the Patriarch Orthodox School of Theology  (Bucharest, Romania), Boston College,  and St. Athanasius and St. Cyril Coptic Orthodox Theological School  (Anaheim, CA). In 2019, Pentiuc received a Doctor Honoris Causa in Theology from Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj, Romania).

Works
The first scholarly book published by Pentiuc in English. "Part 1 of this study is a glossary with comparative analysis of non-normative Akkadian forms, Hittite and Hurrian words, West Semitic lexemes, and words of uncertain origin, with special attention given to the West Semitic forms. Part 2 consists of grammatical observations pertaining to the West Semitic forms, under the headings orthography, phonology, and morphology." This work has been peer reviewed by Dr. Tamar Zewi of the University of Haifa.
 * West Semitic Vocabulary in the Akkadian Texts from Emar


 * Cartea Profetului Osea: Introducere, Traducere si Comentariu Albatros


 * ''Long-Suffering Love: A Commentary on Hosea


 * Jesus the Messiah in the Hebrew Bible


 * The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition


 * Hearing the Scriptures: Liturgical Exegesis of the Old Testament in Byzantine Orthodox Hymnography