Date in Galilee
Jesus
said to his disciples: “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much
fruit,
and so prove to be my disciples” (Jn 15:8, RSV-SCE)
Về Giuse
Lê Minh Thông, O.P.
Joseph Lê Minh Thông is a Vietnamese, Dominican priest. He belongs to the Order
of Preachers (O.P.), commonly known as the Dominican
Order or Dominicans. He studied in France at the Catholic
University of Lyon (Université Catholique de Lyon). In 2008, he passed his
doctorate degree in Biblical Theology (Doctorat en Théologie) from the Catholic University of Lyon. The title of his doctoral
dissertation is Aimer et Haïr dans
l’Évangile de Jean (Love and Hate in the
Gospel of John). The advisor of this research is Father professor Jean-Pierre Lémonon.
One
chapter of this writing was presented in Revue
Biblique, published by the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem (École biblique et archéologique
française de Jérusalem). The
title of his article is “‘Aimer sa vie’ et ‘haïr sa vie’ (Jn 12,25) dans le quatrième évangile”, Revue Biblique, 115-2 (4/2008) p. 219-244. On the basis of his doctoral dissertation on the Gospel of John, he has published some books in Vietmanese:
- The Johannine Text, Gospel and Three Letters,
in Greek – Vietnamese, (Phuong Dong Publisher, 2011).
-
Love and Hate in the Gospel of John, Part I and
Part II, (Phuong Dong Publisher, 2010) - in Vietnamese.
-
Love and Friendship in John 15:9-17
(Phuong Dong Publisher, 2010) - in Vietnamese.
-
Crises and Solutions for the Disciples in the
Fourth Gospel, (Ton Giao Publisher, 2010) - in Vietnamese.
-
The Paraclete
– the Spirit of Truth – in the Fourth Gospel, (Phuong Dong Publisher, 2010) - in Vietnamese.
-
In the
Fourth Gospel, who is the Disciple Whom Jesus Loved?, (Phuong Dong Publisher, 2010) - in Vietnamese.
Fr. Joseph Lê Minh Thông wants to focus
his research on the Gospel of John. At the
Dominican Center of Studies, he is teaching the New Testament, particularly the Gospel of John, three Letters of John and the
book of Revelation. He also lectures in two other courses: The Gospel of Mark and the
Greek of the New Testament.