Emanuel CONȚAC

2025/2026

Field of Study:
History
Religious Studies

Research Program:
NEC Odobleja

Affiliation:
Pentecostal Theological Institute of Bucharest

Position:
Associate Professor

Country:
Romania

ORCID: 0009-0002-4696-8511

Research Project

Crossing Cultural and Confessional Boundaries: The Reception of Wolfgang Musculus in “The Meaning of the Gospels”, the First Romanian Church Postil (1567)

In my research, I will analyze the 66 homilies of Tâlcul Evangheliilor (The Meaning of the Gospels), the first Romanian Church Postil (1567), to determine their dependence on the scholarship of Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563). Building on my 2023 preliminary finding that at least 15 homilies draw from Musculus’s Commentary on Matthew (1544), I will investigate the extent to which the Romanian Postil relies on works written by Musculus or other Reformed authors. This will involve engaging with Musculus’s writings, including his commentaries on Matthew and John, his translations of Patristic authors (John Chrysostom, Basil the Great), and his Loci Communes. A thorough examination of all the homilies in Coresi’s Postil is essential to assess the Romanian homilist’s dependence on books printed in centers of learning such as Basel. Following this textual analysis, I aim to reconstruct the social profile of the community addressed by the Postil. The frequent references to practical issues in these homilies offer valuable insights into the social history of a Romanian Reformed minority articulating its faith within a predominantly Orthodox environment in 16th-century Transylvania.

Publications in the NEC Library

Badilita, Cristian [ ed.]; Contac, Emanuel [ ed.] – Si cerul s-a umplut de sfinti: martiriul in Antichitatea crestina si in sec.XX. Oradea: Decenu.eu, 2026

Contac, Emanuel – Noul Testament de la Alba Iulia (1648) si Reforma: studiu istorico-filologic. Oradea: Ratio et revelatio, 2024

*** – Biblia dupa textul ebraic: 1 și 2 Samuel / editie ingrijita de Maria Francisca Baltaceanu si Monica Brosteanu; traducere, studii introductive si note de Maria Francisca Baltaceanu, Melania Badic, Emanuel Contac… Bucuresti: Humanitas, 2024

*** – Biblia dupa textul ebraic: Iosua. Judecatorii/ editie ingrijita de Maria Francisca Baltaceanu si Monica Brosteanu; traducere, studii introductive si note de Maria Francisca Baltaceanu, Monica Brosteanu, Melania Badic, Emanuel Contac… Bucuresti: Humanitas, 2022

*** – Biblia dupa textul ebraic: Numerii. Deuteronomul / editie ingrijita de Maria Francisca Baltaceanu si Monica Brosteanu; traducere, studii introductive si note de Maria Francisca Baltaceanu, Monica Brosteanu, Melania Badic, Stefan Colceriu, Emanuel Contac…. Bucuresti: Humanitas, 2021

*** – Apoftegmele parintilor desertului: versiunea copta sahidica sau Patericul copt/editie critica, studiu introductiv, note, revizie finala, concordanta de Stefan Colceriu; traducere inedita din limba copta sahidica de Melania Badic, Stefan Colceriu, Emanuel Contac… Bucuresti: Humanista, 2021

*** – Biblia dupa textul ebraic: Exodul, Leviticul/ editie ingrijita de Maria Francisca Baltaceanu si Monica Brosteanu; traducere, studii introductive si note de Maria Francisca Baltaceanu, Monica Brosteanu, Melania Badic, Emanuel Contac… Bucuresti: Humanitas, 2019

Dobrincu, Dorin; Manastireanu, Danut (coord.); Jemna, Danut-Vasile; Baban, Octavian D.; Contac, Emanuel; Gheorghita, Radu; Matei, Eugen; Constantineanu, Corneliu; Gog, Sorin; […] – Omul evanghelic: o explorare a comunitatilor protestante românesti. Iasi: Polirom, 2018

Niculescu, Tatiana (coord.); Balan, George; Plesu, Andrei; Martin, Martin S.; Liiceanu, Gabriel; Cretia, Petru; Fieger, Michael; Contac, Emanuel […] – Iubirea din oglinda: despre sex si identitate. Bucuresti: Humanitas, 2017

*** – Biblia dupa textul ebraic: Geneza/ editie ingrijita de Maria Francisca Baltaceanu si Monica Brosteanu; traducere, studii introductive si note de Francisca Baltaceanu, Monica Brosteanu, Melania Badic, Emanuel Contac… Bucuresti: Humanitas, 2017

Contac, Emanuela [ ed.] – Cornilescu: din culisele publicarii celei mai citite traduceri românesti a Sfintei Scripturi/ editie ingrijita de Emanuel Contac; Traducere, studiu introductiv, note, postfata si indici de Emanuel Contac; Prefata de Francisca Baltaceanu. Cluj-Napoca: Logos, 2014

Lewis, Clive Staples (1898-1963) – Meditatii la Psalmi/ C.S. Lewis; Traducere din engleza si note de Emanuel Contac. Bucuresti: Humanitas, 2013

Lewis, Clive Staples (1898-1963) – Surprins de bucurie: povestea unei convertiri/ C.S. Lewis; Traducere din engleza si note de Emanuel Contac; Cuvânt inainte la editia in limba româna de Walter Hooper. Bucuresti: Humanitas, 2013

Contac, Emanuel – Dilemele fidelitatii: Conditionari culturale si teologice in traducerea Bibliei. Cluj-Napoca: Logos, 2011