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SUMMARY
Rev. Yohanna Katanacho is a Palestinian Evangelical who studied at Bethlehem University (B.Sc.), Wheaton College
(M.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M. Div.; Ph.D.). Dr. Katanacho serves as the Academic Dean for
Bethlehem Bible College. He has authored several books in English and Arabic including "The Land of Christ: A
Palestinian Cry"; “A Commentary on Proverbs”; “The Seven ‘I AM’ Sayings in the Gospel of John”; and “The King of
Peace and His Young Followers”. He is also one of the authors of the Palestinian Kairos Document.
EMPLOYMENT
PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL STUDIES /ACADEMIC DEAN (2007- Present)
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)
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. Talk to Him: Prayers from the Book of Psalms. Nazareth: Arab Israeli Bible Society, 2014.
(Arabic)
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.
“Christian Palestinian Arabs: Spreading Hope in the Middle East.” www.comandsee.com. Posted on October 5, 2004.
“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 Bak: 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.
“Peace for a Chaotic World.” http://www.cisf.org/advent-in-bethlehem-katanacho; accessed on Dec 22, 2008.
"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.
"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.
“The War Is over But the War with Its Outcome Is Not.” http://www.langhampartnership.org.au/2007/04/18/the-war-isover-but-the-war-with-its-outcome-is-not; accessed on June 10, 2007.
“Why Does Jerry Falwell Support Israel?” www.comeandsee.com. Posted on Nov. 4, 2003.
“When Love Is Impossible: How Can You Love Your Neighbor When Your Neighbor Is Your Enemy?” Trinity
Magazine (Fall 2005): 16-17.