Rev. Dr Nebojsa Tumara is Senior Lecturer in Old Testament and Biblical Languages.

Rev. Nebojsa joined Saint Athanasius College as a lecturer in 2016, bringing a wealth of academic experience from the University of Belgrade, Serbia; Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York, USA.

In 2015 he received his Ph.D. from The Faculty of the Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade, Serbia, for a thesis titled “Anthropological Assumption of Ascetic Exegesis of the Holy Scripture in Early Rabbinic Judaism and Early Syriac Christianity.”

Active in research contributions, and course development, he lectures in Old Testament Studies, Apocalyptic Literature, Comparative Religions, Theology and Film, as well as Hebrew and Syriac languages.

Rev. Nebojsa was ordained to the priesthood in the Serbian Orthodox Church and serves at the parish of St Basil of Ostrog in Langwarrin, Melbourne.

University Appointments

Senior Lecturer (St Athanasius College)