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August 12, 2015
SUMMARY
Rev. Yohanna Katanacho is currently a full professor of Biblical Studies and academic dean at Nazareth Evangelical
College. He is a Palestinian Israeli Evangelical who studied at Bethlehem University (B.Sc.), Wheaton College (M.A.)
and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M. Div.; Ph.D.). He has authored 10 books in English and Arabic including
"The Land of Christ: A Palestinian Cry". Dr. Katanacho is an Old Testament editor for Arabic Contemporary
Commentary and Asia Bible Commentary. He is also one of the authors of the Palestinian Kairos Document. His full
bibliography is available on www.katanacho.com. Rev. Katanacho is married to Dina, the director of the Arab Israeli
Bible Society, and they have three boys: Immanuel, Jonathan, and Chris.
EMPLOYMENT
PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL STUDIES /ACADEMIC DEAN (2014- Present)
Nazareth Evangelical College Israel
FULL PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL STUDIES AND CONSULTANT (2015 – Present)
Bethlehem Bible College
PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL STUDIES /ACADEMIC DEAN (2007- 2015)
Bethlehem Bible College/Galilee Bible College Israel-Palestine
VISITING PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL STUDIES (2008)
Nazareth Center for Christian Studies Israel
VISITING PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL STUDIES (2008)
Alliance Leadership Training Institute Israel
OLD TESTAMENT INSTRUCTOR (2004 – 2005)
Trinity International University Bannockburn, Illinois (USA)
GENERAL DIRECTOR (1999 - 2002)
Palestinian Fellowship of Evangelical Students
INSTRUCTOR OF BIBLICAL STUDIES (1999-2002)
Bethlehem Bible College Bethlehem, Palestine
LIBRARIAN (1993-1994)
Jerusalem University College Jerusalem, Israel-Palestine
PASTOR-ELDER (1988-1993)
Christian & Missionary Alliance Jerusalem, Israel-Palestine
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2002-2007)
Trinity International University Bannockburn, Illinois (USA)
MASTER OF DIVINITY (1996-1999)
Trinity International University Bannockburn, Illinois (USA)
MASTER OF ARTS IN THEOLOGICAL STUDIES (1995-1996)
Wheaton College Wheaton, Illinois (USA)
GRADUATE STUDIES (1993-1994)
Jerusalem University College Jerusalem, Israel-Palestine
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (1985-1992)
Bethlehem University Bethlehem, Palestine
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, & HONORS
Billy Graham Scholarship (1995-96)
Phi Beta Kappa Award (1996)
David & Sylvia Bacon Memorial Scholarship (2003)
Center for Theological Understanding - Hansen Fellowship (2004)
James Fox Memorial Award (2006)
John Stott Ministries Scholarship (2002-2007)
Christian International Scholarship Foundation (2005-2007)
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students - Elected as Honorary Vice President (2011)
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students – Elected as Honorary Vice President (2015)
Award of Full Professorship from Bethlehem Bible College (2015)
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Katanacho, Hanna and Dina. Atlikooni: Dawr wa makant al-marah fi al-maseehiah (Free Me: The Role and Status of
Women in Christianity). Jerusalem: Christian and Missionary Alliance, 2002. (Arabic)
Katanacho, Yohanna. “Investigating the Purposeful Placement of Psalm 86.” Ph.D. diss., Trinity International
University, 2007. In Proquest Digital Dissertations; available from
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=1253509681&Fmt=7&clientI%20d=79356&RQT=309&VName=PQD; (AAT
3245978); Accessed July 15, 2011.
Katanacho, Hanna. ’Ana Huwa . . . Fmn ’Anta? (I Am . . . So Who Are You?). Jerusalem: Jerusalem Evangelistic
Outreach, 2007; 2d ed. Jerusalem: Christian and Missionary Alliance, 2008. (Arabic)
Katanacho, Yohanna. et al. Kairos Palestine: A Moment of Truth. Jerusalem: Kairos Group, 2009. Online:
www.kairospalestine.ps.
Katanacho, Hanna, Ed. 'Ana Hea (I am She). Nazareth: Arab Israeli Bible Society, 2010. (Arabic)
Katanacho, Yohanna. The Land of Christ: A Palestinian Cry. Bethlehem: Bethlehem Bible College, 2012; Eugene:
Pickwick, 2013.
Katanacho, Hanna. The King of Peace and His Young Followers. Nazareth: Arab Israeli Bible Society, 2012. (Arabic);
2d ed. Nazareth: Arab Israeli Bible Society, 2013.
Katanacho, Hanna. Commentary on the Book of Proverbs. Cairo: Dar El Thaqafeh, forthcoming. (Arabic)
Katanacho, Hanna. Commentary on the Book of Ezra. Cairo: Dar El Thaqafeh, forthcoming (Arabic)
Katanacho, Hanna. Commentary on the Book of Lamentations. Cairo: Dar El Thaqafeh, forthcoming (Arabic)
Katanacho, Hanna. Talk to Him: Prayers from the Book of Psalms (1-89). Nazareth: Arab Israeli Bible Society, 2014.
(Arabic)
Katanacho, Hanna. Talk to Him: Prayers from the Book of Psalms (1-150). Nazareth: Arab Israeli Bible Society, 2015.
TRANSLATED BOOKS
Coleman, Robert. The Master Plan of Evangelism. Translated by Yohanna Katanacho. Jerusalem: Christian and
Missionary Alliance, 1999. (Arabic)
Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Translated by Yohanna Katanacho and
others. Edited by Ryad Qasis. Cairo: Eagles, 2002. (Arabic)
Grudem, Wayne and John Piper. 50 Crucial Questions. Translated by Yohanna Katanacho. Wheaton: Crossway
Books, 1992. (Arabic)
Munayer, Salim. Muqadima Ela Al-Kitab Al-Muqadas (An Introduction to the Holy Bible). Translated by Yohanna
Katanacho. Bethlehem: Bethlehem Bible College, 2004. (Arabic)
ARTICLES
"Al-Bishara Al-Sara." Calam Al Awal 3 (2012): 52-58. (Arabic)
“Allah and the Messenger of Allah in the Book of Malachi.” MennoLetter 6 (June 2007): 5-6.
"Approaches to the Bible." Al-Liqa' Journal 37 (2011): 36 - 41.
"Asalam min ajil 'alam mutarib." Hamasat Journal (2010): 4 - 5.
“Christ Is the Owner of Haaretz.” Christian Scholar’s Review 34 (2005): 425-441.
"The Christian and Ramadan." Al-Liqa' Journal 36 (2011): 102-106.
“Christian Palestinian Arabs.” In The Gap: John Stott Ministries (Fall 2004): 1-2.
“From Depression to Hope.” Cornerstone 46 (2007): 16-17.
“Hagar from a Palestinian Arab Evangelical Perspective.” Roundtable (2008): 55-59.
"Hagar: A Victim of Injustice." Pages 96-100 in No Going Back: Letters to Pope Benedict XVI on the Holocaust,
Jewish-Christian Relations & Israel. Edited by Stephen Smith and Wendy Whitworth. London: Quill, 2009.
"Introduction to the Church of the Arabs." Pages 100-113 in The Many Faces of Global Pentecostalism. Edited by
Harold Hunter and Neil Ormerod. CPT Press: Cleveland, 2013.
"Jerusalem Is the City of God: A Palestinian Reading of Psalm 87." Pages 181-199 in The Land Cries Out. Edited by
Salim Munayer and Lisa Loden. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2012.
"The Label Arab in the Old Testament." Middle East Association for Theological Education Journal 5 (2010): 1 - 11.
(Arabic)
"Lahoot Aher al-Ayyam min Minthar Filsteeni." [Eschatology from a Palestinian Perspective.] Al-Liqa 24.1 (2009):
106-116. (Arabic)
“Palestinian Christian Responses to Conflict.” Pages 83-88 in Christian Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict. Edited by Wesley Brown and Peter Penner. Prague: International Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008.
“Palestinian Protestant Theological Responses to a World Marked by Violence.” Missiology: An International Review
36 (2008): 289-305.
"Peaceful Or Violent Eschatology: A Palestinian Christian Reading of the Psalter." Pages 154-172 in Christ at the
Checkpoint: Theology in the Service of Justice and Peace. Edited by Paul Alexander. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2012.
“Queen Sheba the Arab.” Middle East Association for Theological Education Journal 1 (2014): 1 – 9.
“Reading the Gospel of John through Palestinian Eyes.” Pages 103-122 in Jesus Without Borders: Christology in
Global Context. Edited by Gene Green, Stephen Pardue, and K.K. Yeo. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014.
"The Theological Contribution of the Palestinian Kairos Document." Pages 195 - 206 in Religious Stereotyping and
Interreligious Relations. Edited by Jesper Svartvik and Jakob Wiren. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
“When Love Is Impossible: How Can You Love Your Neighbor When Your Neighbor Is Your Enemy?” Trinity
Magazine (Fall 2005): 16-17.
I have also written dozens of short electronic essays in Arabic and English. They are available in different
websites and are collected at http://www.katanacho.com/ar_articles.php as well as at
http://www.katanacho.com/en_articles.php.