E-MAIL CONTACT:

pjutkiewicz@akademiakatolicka.pl

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Syriac translations of the Old and the New Testaments
• material philology of Syriac manuscripts
• reception history of the biblical texts in the context of Syriac Christianity
• textual criticism of the Old and the New Testaments

EDUCATION:

• 2010: M.A. in Theology, Catholic Academy in Warsaw
• 2018: Licentiate in the Sacred Scripture (SSL), Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome
• 2023: Doctorate in the Sacred Scripture (SSD), Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome

PUBLICATIONS:

Academia.edu: https://akademiakatolicka.academia.edu/PiotrJutkiewicz

• 2019: “‘Open Your Ears and I Will Speak to You’ (Odes of Salomon 9, 14, 28, 32, and 34): Translation from Syriac with an Introduction” (in Polish), in: Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne XXXII/2/2019, pp. 138–154.
• 2020: “Between Translating Words and Translating Sense: A Modern Approach to the History of Syriac Translations of the New Testament on Example of John 3:1.2.16.17” (in Polish), in: Biblical Annals 10/3 (2020), pp. 457–473.
• 2021: “Odes of Solomon 29, 36, 40, and 41” (in Polish), in: Vox Patrum 77 (2021), pp. 203–218.
• 2022: “Mary as a Disciple: The Reception of the Figure of Mary of Bethany (John 11:1–46) in the Old Syriac Sinaiticus Manuscript,” in: Catholic Biblical Quarterly 84.1/2022, pp. 97–108.
• 2022: “Stages of the Harklean Tradition and the Process of Its ‘Byzantinization’ in the Example of the Gospel of Luke in the MS Chaldean 25 of Alqosh,” in: Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 25.1/2022, pp. 43–84.
• 2022: “New College MS 333: An Extraordinary Witness to the Harklean Syriac New Testament,” in: New College Notes 17 (2022), no. 1 (https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/new-college-notes).
• 2024: “More Than Just Headings: The Idiosyncratic System of Kephalaia and Titloi in MS Vat. sir. 268 and Its Significance,” in: Mfaḥmono Kashiro. Perspectives on the Syriac Bible in Honor of Andreas Juckel, Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 71, ed. George Anton Kiraz & Hannah Stork, pp. 57–85.
• 2024: “A Fragment from the 'Christian Topography’ of Cosmas Indicopleustes in Syriac. A Note to the Kephalaia of the Gospel of John in Oxford, New College Library MS 333,” in: Le Muséon. Journal of Oriental Studies, 137 (2024), 101–110.
• 2025: „How the Paratextual Features of Manuscripts Grow over Time. The Exceptional Wealth of the Syriac Harklean Tradition,” in: In the Shadow of the Author. Contemporary Approaches in Translation, Lexicography and Linguistic Analysis, Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages 17 (ed. L. Agaiby, Ch. El-Khaissi, and G. Mushayabasa Mhuriyashe), Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 303–330.
• 2025: The Gospel of John according to the Syriac Harklean Version. Edition and Commentary by Piotr Jutkiewicz, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 709, Scriptores Syri 273, Louvain 2025: Peeters.

CONFERENCES:

• 2022: Symposium Syriacum (Paris): A Critical Edition of the Gospel of John in the Harklean Version.
• 2022: Syriac Lunch Seminar for Early Career Scholars (University of Oxford): The Gospel of John in the Syriac Harklean Version: An Edition Based upon the Earliest Witnesses.
• 2022: SBL Annual Meeting (Denver): How Paratextual Features of Manuscripts Grow in Time. The Exceptional Wealth of the Syriac Harklean Tradition.
• 2023: Ewa Wipszycka’s Late Antique Seminar (University of Warsaw): An Edition of the Gospel of John in the Syriac Harklean Version. Challenges and Contributions.
• 2024: „Techniques for Preserving God’s Word in Syriac, Hebrew and Arabic Sacred Texts” (CCHS – CSIC, Madrid): How Do We Divide the Gospel Text? Various Systems Employed in the Harklean Manuscripts of the New Testament: Their Roles, Meanings, and Transmission.
• 2024: SBL International Meeting (Amsterdam): Ancient and Rare Readings in the Syriac Harklean Version of the Gospel of John and their Significance for its Interpretation: A Contribution to the Narrative Textual Criticism of the Fourth Gospel.
• 2025: Between Text and Reader: Exploring Strategies and Practices of Ancient and Contemporary Bible Translation (Lublin): Mirror Translation: Can We Define It? Various Aspects of the Treatment of the Greek Infinitive in the Gospel of John according to the Harklean Version
• 2025: SBL Annual Meeting (Boston): Underestimated Paratextual Features: The Marginal Explanatory Notes in the Syro-Hexapla Version of the Book of Psalms Preserved in Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Ms. C 313 inf.

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• 2023-24, participation in: Morphological analysis of the Syrohexaplaric Psalter, a project component of the The Editio critica maior of the Greek Psalter (https://adw-goe.de/forschung/forschungsprojekte-akademienprogramm/die-editio-critica-maior-des-griechischen-psalters/), carried out by the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer (https://www.etcbc.nl).
• 2024-25, participation in: Deir al-Surian Research and Conservation project. Sponsored by Gerda Henkel Stiftung and the NINO (Netherlands Institute for the Near East). Project carried out by the University of Warsaw.
• 2024-25, participation in: The Editio critica maior of the Greek Psalter. Project carried out by the Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen.

FELLOWSHIPS:

• 2022: Swenson Family Fellowship in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies for Junior Scholars (HMML, Saint John’s University, MN, USA)

PRIZES:

• Gorgias Press Book Grant 2022 (https://www.gorgiaspress.com/gorgias-book-grant).
• «The Dr Marc and Mrs Rachelle Bibeau Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation 2022‐23», Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome.

MEMBERSHIP IN ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES:

• Society of Biblical Literature
• Associazione ex-alunni del Pontificio Istituto Biblico
• Syriaca – Associazione Italiana di Studi Siriaci