Slaviša Janković

• Assistant Professor of Religion

• Email: slavisa.jankovic@meu.edu.lb
• Telephone: +961 81 601 232
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I obtained BA in Theology from Belgrade Theological School (Belgrade, Serbia), MDiv Equivalency with the emphasize in OT and PhD Religion from Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University (Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA). My specialty is biblical exegesis and interpretation with a special emphasis on ritual texts of the Old Testament. The key topic of my research is Atonement in the Old Testament along with related topics such as sacrificial system in Ancient Israel, hamartiology, theology of biblical sanctuary, holiness, and biblical law.

Presently, my research gravitates around various topics related to the biblical sanctuary to complete multiple entries for the forthcoming Seventh-day Adventist International Biblical and Theological Dictionary. I continue to research and refine my view Atonement in the Old Testament and as a result I regularly present research papers at Adventist Theological Society and Society of Biblical Literature conferences.

I have taught for Old Testament Department of Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University for four years as an adjunct professor (2015-2019) and since 2019 I teach at Middle East University as a full-time Professor of Religion.

Publications:

Slaviša Janković, “A Re-Examination of Pentateuchal Hamartology and Atonement as a Hermeneutical Framework for Interpreting the Laying on of Hands” Adventist Thehological Society Dissertation Series (Berrien Springs, Adventist Theological Society, 2023).
Book Review, Greenberg, James. A. A New Look at Atonement in Leviticus: The Meaning and Purpose of Kipper Revisited. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns, 2019. Andrews University Seminary Studies, Fall 2023.
“The Rationale Behind the Homocide Law in Numbers 35:30-34,” in Searching Scriptures: Andrews University Seminary Emerging Scholars Pay Tribute to Their Professors, ed. Slaviša Janković (Berrien Springs: Departemtn of Old Testament-Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, 2018).
“Iskre Jevandjelja u Starozavetnom Zakonu (The Glimpses of the Gospel in the Old Testament Law),” Glasnik (Serbian version of Adventist Review) 1 (2014).

Publications in progress:

Expansion on existing drop ins for Exodus expansions in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, – anticipated 2024.
Additional notes for the book of Exodus expansions in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.
Expansion on existing drop ins for Leviticus expansions in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.
Additional notes for the book of Leviticus expansions in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.
“Laying on of Hands” article in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.
“Hezekiah” article in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.
“Samaritans” article in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.
“Widows” article in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.

Paper presentations:

“Leviticus 20:3: Revisiting the Old Crux” (paper to be presented at the 2023 Annual Metting SBL, San Antonio, TX., November 20, 2023).
“Holiness in the Pentateuch: Controlled by God or Controlling God” (paper presented at the Annual Adventist Theology Society meeting, Denver, Colorado, Novembar 19, 2022).
“Do the Allusions Found in Jer 4:23-26 Support Local or Cosmic Scope?” (paper presented at the 2018 Midwest Region Meeting of the SBL, South Bend, Indiana, February 3, 2018).
“The Textual Evidence of the Omission Found in the LXX Translation of Lev 16:14-15” (paper presented at the 2016 Midwest Region Meeting of the SBL, Bourbonnais, Ilinois., February 7, 2016).
“Theological Concepts and Principles Related to the Interpretation of Classical Old Testament Prophecies: Jer 4:23-26” (paper presented at the Adventist Theological Society Fall Symposium, Collegedale, Tennessee, April 2014).
“The Nature of the Omission Found in the LXX Translation of Lev 16:14-15” (paper presented at the 10th Annual Seminary Scholarly Symposium, Berrien Springs, Michigan, February 2014).
“Re-examination of Jer 4:23-26: Validity of the Connection with the Condition of the Earth during the Millennium” (paper presented at the 8th Annual Seminary Scholarly Symposium, Berrien Springs, Michigan, February 2012).

Poster presentations:

“The Nature of the Omission Found in the LXX Translation of Lev 16:14-15” (poster presented at the Adventist Theological Society, Baltimore, Maryland., November 2013).
“The Nature of the Omission Found in the LXX Translation of Lev 16:14-15” (poster presented at the Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Baltimore, Maryland., November 2013).
“Do the Allusions Found in Jer 4:23-26 Support Local or Cosmic Scope?” (poster presented at the Adventist Society for Religious Studies, San Francisco, California, 2011).

Other:

Reviewer for Andrews University Seminary Student Journal.
Reviewer for Journal of the Adventist Theological Society.
Reviewer for Journal of Asian Adventist Seminary.
Editor of Searching Scriptures: Andrews University Seminary Emerging Scholars Pay Tribute to Their Professor, ed. Slaviša Janković (Berrien Springs: Department of Old Testament-Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, 2018).
Nucleus member of a multi-denominational and international group Exploring Composition of Pentateuch based at Andrews University since 2018-present.

Slaviša Janković

I have taught for Old Testament Department of Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University for four years as an adjunct professor (2015-2019) and since 2019 I teach at Middle East University as a full-time Professor of Religion.

Publications:

Slaviša Janković, “A Re-Examination of Pentateuchal Hamartology and Atonement as a Hermeneutical Framework for Interpreting the Laying on of Hands” Adventist Thehological Society Dissertation Series (Berrien Springs, Adventist Theological Society, 2023).

Book Review, Greenberg, James. A. A New Look at Atonement in Leviticus: The Meaning and Purpose of Kipper Revisited. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns, 2019. Andrews University Seminary Studies, Fall 2023.

“The Rationale Behind the Homocide Law in Numbers 35:30-34,” in Searching Scriptures: Andrews University Seminary Emerging Scholars Pay Tribute to Their Professors, ed. Slaviša Janković (Berrien Springs: Departemtn of Old Testament-Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, 2018).

“Iskre Jevandjelja u Starozavetnom Zakonu (The Glimpses of the Gospel in the Old Testament Law),” Glasnik (Serbian version of Adventist Review) 1 (2014).

Publications in progress:

Expansion on existing drop ins for Exodus expansions in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, – anticipated 2024.

Additional notes for the book of Exodus expansions in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.

Expansion on existing drop ins for Leviticus expansions in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.

Additional notes for the book of Leviticus expansions in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.

“Laying on of Hands” article in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.

“Hezekiah” article in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.

“Samaritans” article in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.

“Widows” article in Maranatha Study Bible, Safeliz, anticipated 2024.

Paper presentations:

“Leviticus 20:3: Revisiting the Old Crux” (paper to be presented at the 2023 Annual Metting SBL, San Antonio, TX., November 20, 2023).

“Holiness in the Pentateuch: Controlled by God or Controlling God” (paper presented at the Annual Adventist Theology Society meeting, Denver, Colorado, Novembar 19, 2022).

“Do the Allusions Found in Jer 4:23-26 Support Local or Cosmic Scope?” (paper presented at the 2018 Midwest Region Meeting of the SBL, South Bend, Indiana, February 3, 2018).

“The Textual Evidence of the Omission Found in the LXX Translation of Lev 16:14-15” (paper presented at the 2016 Midwest Region Meeting of the SBL, Bourbonnais, Ilinois., February 7, 2016).

“Theological Concepts and Principles Related to the Interpretation of Classical Old Testament Prophecies: Jer 4:23-26” (paper presented at the Adventist Theological Society Fall Symposium, Collegedale, Tennessee, April 2014).

“The Nature of the Omission Found in the LXX Translation of Lev 16:14-15” (paper presented at the 10th Annual Seminary Scholarly Symposium, Berrien Springs, Michigan, February 2014).

“Re-examination of Jer 4:23-26: Validity of the Connection with the Condition of the Earth during the Millennium” (paper presented at the 8th Annual Seminary Scholarly Symposium, Berrien Springs, Michigan, February 2012).

Poster presentations:

“The Nature of the Omission Found in the LXX Translation of Lev 16:14-15” (poster presented at the Adventist Theological Society, Baltimore, Maryland., November 2013).

“The Nature of the Omission Found in the LXX Translation of Lev 16:14-15” (poster presented at the Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Baltimore, Maryland., November 2013).

“Do the Allusions Found in Jer 4:23-26 Support Local or Cosmic Scope?” (poster presented at the Adventist Society for Religious Studies, San Francisco, California, 2011).

Other:

Reviewer for Andrews University Seminary Student Journal.

Reviewer for Journal of the Adventist Theological Society.

Reviewer for Journal of Asian Adventist Seminary.

Editor of Searching Scriptures: Andrews University Seminary Emerging Scholars Pay Tribute to Their Professor, ed. Slaviša Janković (Berrien Springs: Department of Old Testament-Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, 2018).

Nucleus member of a multi-denominational and international group Exploring Composition of Pentateuch based at Andrews University since 2018-present.

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