Fidanzio Marcello eng

marcello fidanzio

OrcId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2829-1578

Born: 18.03.1975, Milano (Italy)
Italian nationality

Office: Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano
Via Giuseppe Buffi 13
P.O. Box 4663, CH - 6904 Lugano
Tel. +41 (0)58 666 45 69

marcello.fidanzio@usi.ch

Profilo italiano

Education

2013 PhD, Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano
2006 Summer school on Biblical Hebrew at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2002 Summer school on Biblical Archaeology at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Jerusalem
2005 Licentia docendi, Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano
2000 Baccalaureatum in Sacra Theologia, Pontificia Università Urbaniana
2000 M.A. Science of Religion, Istituto Superiore Scienze Religiose, Milano

Employment history including current positions

From 2022 Full Professor at the Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano
From 2019 Extraordinary Professor at the Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano
From 2015 Associate Researcher at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
From 2008 Lecturer at the Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Settentrionale (Milan)
2022-2023 Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2022-2023 Ernest S. Frerich Annual Professor W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Jerusalem)
2017-2018 Visiting Professor at the University of Lausanne
2016-2017 Visiting Scholar at Tel Aviv University (funded by the SNS)
2016-2019 Associate Professor at the Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano
2011-2012 Visiting Professor at the Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Centrale (Firenze)
2010-2012 Visiting Professor at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
2007-2015 Lecturer at the Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano

Institutional responsibilities

From 2021 Member of the Centro di Judaica (Università della Svizzera Italiana and Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano)
From 2018 Director of the Istituto di Cultura e Archeologia delle terre Bibliche (ISCAB), Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano
From 2008 Founder and director of the Summer School on archaeology “Gerusalemme” (network of twelve Universities, led by FTL; SBF Jerusalem, FTIS Milan)

Approved research projects

From 2022 with Hagit Maoz “The Great Isaiah Scroll: A Biography”
From 2021 “A Material Approach to the Qumran Quest. When, How, and Why Were Dead Sea Scrolls Deposited to the Natural Caves?” (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation)
From 2018 with E. Puech: “Psalm Scroll 11QPsa: Material Reconstruction and Textual Criticism” (funded by the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation)
From 2015 Director of the “Qumran Caves Publication Project” (EBAF – ISCAB-FTL)
2017 Short research visit at Tel Aviv University, co-applicant N. Mizrahi “The Psalms manuscripts in Qumran Cave 11Q. An integrative analysis of textual content, physical artefacts, and depositional context (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
2016- 2019 Investigator in the network research project Dispersed Qumran Caves Artefacts and Archival Sources (funded by the Leverhulme Trust)

Excavations

2019 Director of the excavations at Qumran Caves 3Q and 6Q (on behalf of ISCAB-FTL – USI)
2017 Excavation at Tel Rekhesh
2017 Co-director (with Dan Bahat) of the excavation at Qumran Cave 11Q (on behalf of ISCAB-FTL – USI)

Research interests
Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls: in particular, archaeology of the Caves near Qumran, the study of DSS as archaeological artefact, the Psalms Scrolls; Archaeology of first Century Judaism, Archaeology of New Testament, Christian Holy Places in the Holy Land, Composition of the psalms and the Psalter.

Award
Research

2019 Biblical Archaeology Society: “Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology”: The Caves of Qumran, Proceedings of the international conference, Lugano 2014. Edited by Marcello Fidanzio (STDJ 118; Leiden: Brill, 2016.

Scientific Comunication

2021 Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israeli National Tourist Office, “Certificate of Excellence” for the originality of the educational offer on the archaeology of Israel.

Bibliography

Peer-reviewed publications in international scientific journals

M. Fidanzio, “Searching for Cave 6Q,” Revue de Qumrân in press;
M. Fidanzio, “The Deposition of the Copper Scroll: New Archaeological Investigations,” Early Christianity 13 (2022) 84–101;
M. Fidanzio, “De nouvelles découvertes dans la grotte XII/53 (12?) à Qumran,” Revue de Qumrân 29/109 (2017) 139-44;
Taylor, J.E., D. Mizzi, M. Fidanzio, “Revisiting Qumran Cave 1Q and its Archaeological Assemblage,” Palestine Exploration Quarterly 149/4 (2017) 295-325;
M. Fidanzio, M. De Pietri, A. Maifredi, B. Torrini, “Campagna di scavi ISCAB-FTL e USI alla grotta 11Q di Qumran, marzo 2017,” Rivista Teologica di Lugano 22 (2017) 437-66;
M. Fidanzio, “Which Cave Does This Pottery Come From? The Information Written on the Pottery Found in the Qumran Caves (R. de Vaux Excavations 1949-1956),” Revue biblique 122 (2015) 128-31.

Peer-reviewed books/monographs

A. Fabris - M. Fidanzio - R. Roux (eds.), Carlo Maria Martini. La Scrittura e la Città (BT 16; Lugano/Siena: Eupress FTL/Cantagalli 2021);
J.-B. Humbert - M. Fidanzio (eds.), Khirbet Qumrân et Aïn Feshkha: Vol. IV A: Cave 11Q: Archaeology and New Scroll Fragments (NTOA.SA 8; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019);
G. Paximadi - M. Fidanzio (eds.), TerraSancta II: Ricerche storiche ed Archeologiche: Atti dei convegni 2012-2014 (ISCAB.SA 2; Lugano/Siena: Eupress FTL/Cantagalli 2017);
M. Fidanzio (ed.), The Caves of Qumran: Proceedings of the International Conference, Lugano 2014 (STDJ 118; Leiden: Brill, 2016);
M. Fidanzio, Un fiume e i suoi canali. Studio metodologico sull'Analisi retorica biblica dei Salmi e saggi di esegesi (StA 1, Milano, IPL 2014);
G. Paximadi - M. Fidanzio (eds.), Terra Sancta. Archeologia ed esegesi. Atti dei convegni 2008-2010 (ISCAB.SA 1, Lugano, Eupress FTL 2013).

Peer-reviewed conference papers

M. Fidanzio, “Roland de Vaux’s Excavations at Qumran Caves (1949–1956), Final Report: Cave 11Q as a Starting Point,” in E.G. Chazon (ed.), The Dead Sea Scrolls at Seventy: “Clear a Path in the Wilderness”: Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Cosponsored by the University of Vienna, New York University, the Israel Antiquities Authority, and the Israel Museum, 29 April–2 May, 2018 (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah; Leiden: Brill, forthcoming);
M. Fidanzio, “Biblical Scrolls in Their Depositional Contexts: Psalms as a Case Study,” in P. Dubovsky - F. Giuntoli (eds.), Stones, Tablets, and Scrolls. Periods of the Formation of the Bible (Archaeology and Bible 3; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020) 443-460;
M. Fidanzio, “Qumran Cave 11Q Through the Ages,” in M. Peilstöcker - S. Wolfram (eds.), Life at the Dead Sea. Proceedings of the International Conference held at the State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz (SMAC), February 21–24, 2018, Chemnitz (Ägypten und Altes Testament 96; Münster: Zaphon, 2019) 285- 292;
M. Fidanzio, “L’agenda di Qumran,” in G. Paximadi - M. Fidanzio (eds.), TerraSancta II: Ricerche storiche ed Archeologiche: Atti dei convegni 2012-2014 (ISCAB.SA 2; Lugano/Siena: Eupress FTL/Cantagalli 2017) 151-67;
M. Fidanzio, “La casa di Dio e il cammino dell’uomo. Studio del Salmo 84,” in G. Paximadi - M. Fidanzio (eds.), TerraSancta. Archeologia ed esegesi. Atti dei convegni 2008-2010 (ISCAB.SA 1; Lugano: Eupress FTL 2013) 220-248;
M. Fidanzio, “Composition des Psaumes 84–88,” in E. Zenger (ed.), The Composition of the Book of Psalm (BETL 238, Leuven 2010) 463-468.

Contributions to books

M. Fidanzio, “Introduction,” in J.-B. Humbert and M. Fidanzio (eds.), Khirbet Qumrân et Aïn Feshkha: Vol. IV A: Cave 11Q: Archaeology and New Scroll Fragments (NTOA.SA 8; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019), 1-10;
M. Fidanzio, “The Retrieval of Unknown Manuscript Fragments from Cave 11Q,” in J.-B. Humbert and M. Fidanzio (eds.), Khirbet Qumrân et Aïn Feshkha: Vol. IV A: Cave 11Q: Archaeology and New Scroll Fragments (NTOA.SA 8; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019), 199-202;
M. Fidanzio and N. Sukenik, “Linen Textile Gr11Q75 (=D053): A Scroll Wrapper from Cave 11Q,” in J.-B. Humbert and M. Fidanzio (eds.), Khirbet Qumrân et Aïn Feshkha: Vol. IV A: Cave 11Q: Archaeology and New Scroll Fragments (NTOA.SA 8; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019), 119-22;
M. Fidanzio, M. De Pietri, A. Maifredi and B. Torrini, “Notes from the 2017 Excavation of Cave 11Q”, in J.-B. Humbert and M. Fidanzio (eds.), Khirbet Qumrân et Aïn Feshkha: Vol. IV A: Cave 11Q: Archaeology and New Scroll Fragments (NTOA.SA 8; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019), 71-86;
M. Fidanzio (ed.), “Archival Sources and First Publications on the Excavations of Cave 11Q,” in J.-B. Humbert and M. Fidanzio (eds.), Khirbet Qumrân et Aïn Feshkha: Vol. IV A: Cave 11Q: Archaeology and New Scroll Fragments (NTOA.SA 8; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019), 11-44;
M. Fidanzio (ed.), “Manuscript from Cave 11Q: Photo Collections by Hunzinger and Allegro,” in J.-B. Humbert and M. Fidanzio (eds.), Khirbet Qumrân et Aïn Feshkha: Vol. IV A: Cave 11Q: Archaeology and New Scroll Fragments (NTOA.SA 8; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019), 191-7;
M. Fidanzio – E. Puech, “La grotta 11 di Qumran: Archeologia e frammenti manoscritti,” in M. Crimella, G. C. Pagazzi, S. Romanello (eds.), Extra ironiam nulla salus: Studi in onore di Roberto Vignolo in occasione del suo LXX compleanno (Biblica 8; Milano: Glossa, 2016), 927-48;
M. Fidanzio, “Introduction,” in M. Fidanzio (ed.), The Caves of Qumran: Proceedings of the International Conference, Lugano 2014 (STDJ 118; Leiden: Brill, 2016), 1-6;
M. Fidanzio and J.-B. Humbert, “Finds from the Qumran Caves: Roland de Vaux’s Inventory of the Excavations (1949-1956),” in M. Fidanzio (ed.), The Caves of Qumran: Proceedings of the International Conference, Lugano 2014 (STDJ 118; Leiden: Brill, 2016), 263-332;
M. Fidanzio “Leggere la Bibbia nella Chiesa: la Dei Verbum,” in A. Cattaneo (ed.), Riscoprire il Vaticano II (AdC 6; Lugano: Eupress FTL 2014), 35-48;
M. Fidanzio “I passi del pellegrino,” in M.I. Angelini and R. Vignolo (eds.), Un libro nelle viscere. I Salmi, via della vita (Sestante 29; Milano: Vita e Pensiero 2011), 81-94;
M. Fidanzio “Una piccola primavera della Chiesa. Esperienza e profezia della comunità di Taizé,” in Profeti del nostro tempo (Cuneo: Agami, 2006), 51-65.

Anthologies

C.M. Martini, Il desiderio di Dio. Pregare i salmi, edited by M. Fidanzio, Milano, Centro Ambrosiano, 2002 (French edition Le Desir de Dieu, Cerf, Paris, 2004; Spanish edition El deseo de Dios, Edicep, Valencia, 2004);
C. de Foucauld, Insegnaci a pregare. Meditazioni sui salmi, edited by M. Fidanzio, Milano, Centro Ambrosiano, 2003;
Frère Roger di Taizé, Una fiducia molto semplice. Antologia dagli scritti, edited by M. Fidanzio, Cinisello Balsamo 2004 (German edition Einfach vertrauen, Freiburg, Herder, 20052; English edition Essential Writings, New York, Orbis, 20062; Slovak edition Vlastnými slovami. Antológia, Trnava, Dobrá kniha, 2006; Spanish edition Escritos esenciales. Una confianza muy sencilla, Buenos Aires – México, Lumen, 2007; Estonian edition Taizé Vend Roger' kirjutised. Armasta ja ütle seda oma eluga, Raamatuvahetus 2011; Ukrainian edition Проста довіра, Bibliotheca Clementina, Duh i Litera, Kiev, 2012; Dutch edition Het hart van Taizé, Kok, Utrecht 2015).
P. Grampa, Ripartire da Gerusalemme, edited by M. Fidanzio, Milano, Centro Ambrosiano, 2008

Popular magazines

M. Fidanzio, “Jérusalem, la ville paradoxe,” Dossiers d’Archéologie 384 (2017), 6-11.
M. Fidanzio, “Zurück zu den Höhlen,” Welt und Umwelt der Bibel (1/2018), 36-40.