Krzysztof Kinowski, born June 17th, 1979, in Gdańsk (Poland), Doctor of Biblical Sciences (the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome 2017), currently an assistant professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Department of Biblical Philology and Intertestamental Literature), a guest professor at Gdańsk Diocesan Seminary and the Institute of Graduate Studies of the Archdiocese of Gdańsk (affiliated to the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński in Warsaw), a member of the Association of Polish Biblical Researchers, former Rector of Gdańsk Diocesan Seminary, priest of the Archdiocese of Gdańsk.
His research interests include the history of biblical Israel, especially the Books of Kings, as well as the culture and religion of ancient Mesopotamia; Hebrew, Greek and Akkadian philology; biblical and philosophical anthropology, and bioethics. He enjoys travelling and getting to know new cultures.
King Manasseh of Judah is one of the most intriguing characters in the Bible. 2 Kings presents him as the wickedest of monarchs. In 2Kgs 24:3–4, he is accused of having provoked God to destroy Judah on account of the innocent blood he had shed in Jerusalem (cf. 2Kgs 21:16). In his...
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