Fr. Paul Mankowski was a a scholar of Scripture and Hebrew from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He was published widely in the field of philology, including his book Akkadian Loanwords in Biblical Hebrew. He received a BA from the University of Chicago, an MA in classics and philosophy from Oxford, and a PhD in Semitic philology from Harvard is a scholar of Scripture and Hebrew from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He was published widely in the field of philology, including his book Akkadian Loanwords in Biblical Hebrew. He received a BA from the University of Chicago, an MA in classics and philosophy from Oxford, and a PhD in Semitic philology from Harvard. Fr. Mankowski passed away suddenly in September 2020 at the age of 67.