Jerome Murphy-O'Connor

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Jerome Murphy-O'Connor

St. Paul, and a Professor of New Testament at the École Biblique in Jerusalem, a position that he held from 1967 until his death.[1]

Biography

He was born James Murphy-O'Connor in 1935 to Kerry and Mary (née McCrohan) Murphy-O'Connor, the eldest of four siblings. A cousin is Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the 10th Archbishop of Westminster.[2]

Murphy-O'Connor attended the

Saint Paul, which was later developed into a doctoral thesis.[3]
He received his doctorate in 1962.

École Biblique

In 1963 he studied in Rome, and researched the

École Biblique, which was to become his religious, scholarly, and personal home. The École Biblique, founded in 1890 by French Dominican scholars, is an internationally renowned centre for Biblical studies and Biblical archaeology. He remained there for the rest of his life, having been appointed Professor of New Testament in 1967.[3] He received honorary degrees in the US and Australia, and particularly treasured the doctorate of literature conferred in 2002 by the National University of Ireland in University College Cork.[4]

Oxford University Press invited him to write an archaeological guide to the Holy Land which was first published in 1980. This was translated into several languages, with a fifth edition in 2008, and it has become the standard guide book. Murphy-O'Connor lectured around the world; he also made numerous television appearances,[4] including in Le Mystère Paul (2000), Jesus: The Complete Story (2001), The Search for John the Baptist (2005), Christianity: A History for Channel 4 (2009), and "David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul (TV documentary, 2012)".[5]

He was also interviewed for the docudrama The Lost Tomb of Jesus, although he later stated that he was misquoted and misrepresented by the filmmakers, stressing that he did not believe there was any truth in the movie's claims, which he dismissed as "a commercial ploy".[6]

Views

On Paul

Murphy-O'Connor was considered a leading scholar on Paul the Apostle, on whom he authored several major works, both for scholarly and lay audience.[7] In them, he tried to reconstruct the life and theology of the Apostles, mainly relying on his epistles, while avoiding the use of the Acts of the Apostles, unless necessary; he also consistently defended the authenticity of the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians,[8] the Epistle to the Colossians and the Second Epistle to Timothy.[8]

Selected works

Murphy-O'Connor authored many research articles and reviews, often in Revue Biblique. In addition, he authored or co-authored the books listed below.

References

  1. ^ "Church mourns renowned Bible scholar Fr Jerome Murphy-O'Connor", Catholic Herald, 13 November 2013, archived from the original on 25 October 2017, retrieved 13 November 2013
  2. ^ 'Genial' archbishop joins the ranks - BBC News website, 21 February 2001
  3. ^ a b c Introductory address given 10 May 2002 when conferring an honorary doctorate in Literature to Father Murphy-O'Connor, University College Cork
  4. ^ a b "Cork-born priest with international reputation in Biblical scholarship", The Irish Times, 16 November 2013
  5. Internet Movie Database
  6. ^ "Jesus' tomb discovery dismissed". The Catholic Leader. 10 March 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Church mourns renowned Bible scholar Fr Jerome Murphy-O'Connor". Catholic Herald. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-285342-4
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