Jean-Pierre Ruiz
St. John's University
New York, NY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jean-Pierre Ruiz is associate professor of Biblical Studies at St. John’s University in New York, where he is also director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies and a senior research fellow of the Vincentian Center for Church and Society.  Ruiz earned his doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University, and his areas of research specialization include prophetic and apocalyptic literature.  A past-president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, he is editor of the electronic Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology.  He also serves on the editorial board of Teaching Theology and Religion, the journal sponsored by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.  Active in interfaith and ecumenical discussions, he is a member of the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish relations.

Some recent publications include: “Abram and Sarai Cross the Border: Reading Genesis 12:10-20 with People on the Move,” In Border Crossings: Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics, ed D. N. Premnath (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2007); as well as “An Exile’s Baggage: Toward a Postcolonial Reading of Ezekiel.”  In Approaching Yehud: New Approaches to the Study of the Persian Period, ed. Jon L. Berquist (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007).