Faculty and Staff

Mark Giszczak, Ph.D.

Professor of Sacred Scripture

Biography

Dr. Giszczak specializes in Old Testament Wisdom Literature as well as biblical theology and Catholic biblical interpretation. He joined the Augustine faculty in 2010. Dr. Giszczak has a passion for Scripture and loves helping Catholics read, pray, and understand the Bible.

He authored Light on the Dark Passages of Scripture (Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2015), Wisdom of Solomon, Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture Series (Baker Academic, 2024), and Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know (Augustine Institute and Ignatius Press, 2024).

He has also published scholarly articles titled “The Rhetoric and Social Practice of Excommunication in 2 Thessalonians 3:6—15,” in the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, the “The Canonical Status of Song of Songs in m. Yadayim 3.5,” in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, and “The Quest of the King in the Wisdom of Solomon,” in the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha.

To learn more about Dr. Giszczak and follow his writings, visit his blog CatholicBibleStudent.com.

mark@augustine.edu
Phone: (303) 937-4420

Education

  • PhD Biblical Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (2013)
  • SSL, Pontifical Biblical Commission, Rome (2016)
  • SSB, Pontifical Biblical Commission, Rome (2014)
  • MA Sacred Scripture, Augustine Institute, Denver, CO (2007)
  • BPhil Philosophy and Theology, Ave Maria College, Ypsilanti, MI (2005)

Courses

  • Salvation History
  • The Pentateuch
  • Prophets
  • Psalms and Wisdom Literature
  • Pauline Literature
  • Jesus and the Gospels
The Augustine Institute Graduate School is committed to the pursuit of wisdom in service of Catholic mission. All of our academic programs therefore seek, first, to allow students to make their own “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3), which are found in Christ and passed down in the Sacred Tradition of the Catholic Church. Second, our programs prepare students to hand these treasures on to others effectively through evangelization and catechesis.