How to parse a PropertyPath from String? (SSE.parsePath throws Exception)

[Andreas Kahl]

Hello, 

I would like to create a SPARQL query using a property path: 
SELECT * WHERE {
<http://exampleUri> dct:creator/gndo:preferredNameForThePerson ?o
}

I am trying to create that query via the Jena API, but parsing the
PropertyPath with SSE.parsePath(String,PrefixMapping) fails. 
This is my call: 
String propertyPath = "dct:creator/gndo:preferredNameForThePerson";
Path parsedPropertyPath = SSE.parsePath(propertyPath, PREFIXMAPPING);

The parsing fails with 
org.apache.jena.sparql.ARQException: Not a list:
dct:creator/gndo:preferredNameForThePerson

I cannot find any working examples. Is my PropertyPath wrong, or does
Jena require a special syntax? Should I use another method to obtain a
Path object?
As a context I have appended my complete methods for creating the SPARQL
query. 

Thanks for your advice. 

Regards
Andreas 

P.S. Here are my SPARQL creator methods
private Query buildQuery(final String propertyPath) {
        // dct:creator/gndo:preferredNameForThePerson
        ElementTriplesBlock triplesBlock = new ElementTriplesBlock();
        Path parsedPropertyPath = SSE.parsePath(propertyPath,
PREFIXMAPPING);
        triplesBlock.addTriplePath(
                new
TriplePath(NodeFactory.createURI(this.titleUri.toString()),
                        parsedPropertyPath,
                        NodeFactory.createVariable("preferredName"))
        );
        final Query query = buildSelectQuery(triplesBlock);
        System.out.println(query.serialize());
        return query;
    }

    private Query buildSelectQuery(final ElementTriplesBlock queryBlock)
{
        final Query query = new Query();
        query.setPrefixMapping(PREFIXMAPPING);
        query.setQuerySelectType();
        query.setQueryResultStar(true);
        query.setDistinct(true);
        query.setQueryPattern(queryBlock);
        return query;
    }