Michael K. Mensah, PhD.

About:

Rev. Fr. Michael Kodzo Mensah is a lecturer of Biblical Studies and Theology at the Department for the Study of Religions. Trained as a biblical exegete at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, he is currently researching Sacred Texts in Africa, particularly, the intersectionality between biblical and African Indigenous Sacred Texts.

Education:

• Doctorate in Sacred Scripture, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (2012-2016)
• Licentiate in Sacred Scripture, Pontifical Biblial Institute, Rome (2008-2011)
• St. Peter’s Regional Seminary (1998-2002)
• St. Paul’s Catholic Seminary, Accra (1995-1998)

Some Publications: 

Mensah, M.K. (2016). I turned back my feet to your decrees (Psalm 119,59). Torah in the fifth book of the psalter. Frankfurt am Main – Wien: Peter Lang.

Mensah, M.K. (2021). Making meaning of wisdom in Psalm 119 and in contemporary African contexts. Old Testament Essays 34(1), 165-188. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2312–3621/2021/v34n1a10.

Mensah, M.K. (2022). Christian Beliefs – The Creeds and the Doctrines on the nature of God. In K Boamah, E. E. Novieto & I. Boaheng (Eds.), Introduction to Christianity: An African Reader (pp. 243-277). Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.

Mensah, M.K. (2022). Father Anastasius Odaye Dogli (1888 – 1970) and the Inception of Indigenous Catholic Clergy in Ghana. Exchange 51, 159 – 184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1572543x-20221628.

Mensah, M.K. (2023). "I am peace...they are for war" (Ps 120:7): The language of peace in sacred texts and in contemporary African contexts. Kanien: Revue Semestrielle de Recherche Théologique 10 (2), 5-31.

Nsiah, G. & Mensah, M.K., (2023). Towards Promoting Koinonia in Churches in Post-Covid Ghana. A contextual reading of Acts 2:41-47. Trinity Journal of Church and Theology 21 (3), 3-25.

Somé A., SJ, Mensah, M.K. & Nsiah, G. (eds), (2023). Interpreting Sacred Texts within Contemporary Contexts in Africa. Kitabu na Neno 2. Abidjan: Presses de l'ITCJ - Rome: G&B Press.

Mensah, M.K. & Nsiah, G. (2023). The Concept of Blessedness in Psalm 112 and in Contemporary Ghanaian Usage. In A. Somé, SJ, M.K. Mensah & G. Nsiah. Interpreting Sacred Texts within Contemporary Contexts in Africa. Kitabu na Neno 2. (pp. 275-299). Abidjan: Presses de l'ITCJ - Rome: G&B Press.

Mensah, M.K. (2023). Shema as paradigm (Dt. 6:4-9), The Bible, Education, and the Quest for Development in Contemporary Ghana". Scriptura 122 (1), 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7833/122-1-2117.

Mensah, M.K. (2023). "Thy Law is within my heart" (Ps 40:7). Sacred Tradition in the Hebrew Psalter and in African Indigenous Texts. Religions 14 (10), 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14101227.

Mensah, M.K. (2023). "If I forget you Jerusalem" (Ps 137:4). The Transmission of Sacred Discourse in the Bible and in African Indigenous Sacred Texts. Acta Theologica: Sup. 36, 22-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.38140/at.vi.7026.

Mensah, M.K. (2024). Interpreting Paired Phenomena in the Hebrew Psalter and in African Indigenous Sacred Texts. HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 80 (2), 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v80i2.8878.

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