Michael Kodzo Mensah

Education:

• Doctorate in Sacred Scripture, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (2008-2016)
• St. Peter’s Regional Seminary (1998-2002)
• St. Paul’s Catholic Seminary, Accra (1995-1998)
• Achimota School (1987-1994).

Rev. Dr. Michael K. Mensah studied philosophy at the St. Paul’s Catholic Seminary, Accra and theology at the St. Peter’s Regional Seminary earning a BA in Sociology and the Study of Religions. He furthered his studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, earning a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture and subsequently a Doctorate in Sacred Scripture in 2016. He taught scriptures and biblical languages at the St. Paul’s Catholic Seminary in Accra from 2016 to 2020 and was also Visiting Lecturer to the Institut de Théologie de la Compagnie de Jésus (ITCJ), Abidjan.

Research interest: African Biblical Interpretation especially from the dimension of Biblical Wisdom Literature. In the area of homiletics, he is interested in researching creative lay approaches to the study of Biblical literature.   

Recent Publications

a)     Books:

I turned back my feet to your decrees (Psalm 119,59). Torah in the Fifth Book of the Psalter (ÖBS 45; Frankfurt am Main – Wien 2016)

“Breaking the Word”. Biblical Texts for the Liturgy Explained (Vol I) (Winmat: Accra 2019)

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b) Articles:     

“I have more understanding than elders”? (Cf. Ps 19,100). Making meaning of Ps 119 in the Contemporary African Context”. (Paper read at the Symposium on “Religions, Its Texts, and Engagement with Contemporary Issues”, Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, 9th – 11th Dec, 2019

Ongoing research

            “Wonderful  are thy works!” (Ps 139:14). Structural and thematic unity in Ps 139

Conferences and Seminars

1.    9th – 11th Dec, 2019: Symposium on “Religions, Its Texts, and Engagement with Contemporary Issues”, Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria.

2.    14th Nov 2019: Inaugural Pedro Aruppe Lecture organised by Aruppe Jesuit Institute on “Migrants Matter”. Paper delivered on “How shall we sing the LORD’s song on foreign soil?” (Ps 137:4): Interpreting Biblical Migration in Contemporary African Contexts.

3.    1 – 5 July, 2019: Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Rome, Italy. (Participant)

4.    30^th March 2019: Symposium of the Society of Catholic Scientists (Ghana Chapter) Paper delivered: "Shema" as paradigm. Biblical models for educational reform in Ghana

5.    February – March 2019: Resource Person, Seminar on “Creative Exegesis”. Clergy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra.