Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
SEMEIA (SEMEIAS). - Name (Hebrew Šēma'īāh = "Jahweh has heard") of various characters in the Old Testament.
(courtesy of Msgr. P. Paschini) SEMERIA, GIOVANNI - Portrait.He was born in Conegliano on 26 September 1881 and died in Rome on 26 March 1939. He was a Barnabite priest and a distinguished exegete. He taught Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and was a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. His scholarly works are marked by solid erudition and a deep theological spirit. Among his most important writings are: Il Messia secondo le antiche profezie (1922), La religione di Israele (1924), Gesù e la sua dottrina (1930), and L’Antico Testamento e la storia (1935). He also contributed numerous articles to scholarly journals and encyclopedias.
BIBL.:
G. Rinaldi, Giovanni Semeria, Rome 1940.
Cite this article
“SEMEIA (SEMEIAS).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), p. 183. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/semeia-semeias.
