Joseph Pathrapankal
Joseph Pathrapankal (29 September 1930 – 27 February 2022) was an Indian New Testament Scholar and Syro-Malabar priest belonging to the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate. He first studied at the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth in Pune and then went to the Pontifical Biblical Institute where he obtained a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture in 1960. He then became a Lecturer then Professor of New Testament, and from 1976 to 1979 and 1979 to 1985 the Vice-President and President at Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram (DVK), Bengaluru.<ref>John C. England, Asian Christian Theologies: Asia region, 7th-20th centuries ; South Asia ; Austral Asia Volume 1 of Asian Christian Theologies: A Research Guide to Authors, Movements, Sources, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004.  p. 285. </ref> On May 30, 1997
Pathrapankal received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology  at Uppsala University, Sweden. Pathrapankal was also a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.Booktopia

He was a former past President of the Society for Biblical Studies in India, and a member of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Writings
 Time and History: Biblical and Theological Studies

Pathrapankal again left for Rome on study leave and registered as a doctoral candidate with the Gregorian University and pursued research in New Testament studies and submitted a thesis titled Metanoia, Faith, Covenant: A Study of Pauline Theology'' which was later published by Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram in 1971. Pathrapankal returned to India and continued teaching at Dharmārām Vidya Kshetram. 