LEKTORATY JĘZYKÓW STAROŻYTNEGO WSCHODU NA WYDZIALE TEOLOGICZNYM UNIWERSYTETU LWOWSKIEGO W LATACH 1862/63–1939/40

The paper presents Ancient East language instruction at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Lviv in the years 1862/63–1939/40. The languages were taught as part of obligatory courses for students, future priests of the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic Church (until the academic year of 1918/19). The language instructors at the time were six professors specializing in the Old and New Testaments: Rev. Łukasz Solecki, Rev. Klemens Sarnicki, Rev. Tytus Myszkowski, Rev. Józef Poplicha, Rev. Aleksy Klawek, Rev. Piotr Stach. The knowledge of the so-called biblical languages was supposed to assist the future priests in the correct exegesis of the Bible in their pastoral mission in the Lviv Archdiocese. That goal appears to have been fully achieved.