Roland E. Murphy
Roland E. Murphy | |
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| Born | 19 July 1917 The Catholic University of America |
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| Discipline | Theology Old Testament |
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Roland Edmund Murphy (July 19, 1917 – July 20, 2002) was an American Catholic priest of the Carmelite order, a biblical scholar and a specialist in the study of the Old Testament. He was the George Washington Ivey Professor of Biblical Studies at Duke University.
Life
Murphy was ordained a priest in the
Catholic Bible translation first published in 1970, and a co-editor of both the Jerome Biblical Commentary and the (New) Jerome Biblical Commentary
. Murphy also served as president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (1968-1969) and of the Society of Biblical Literature (1984).
Select Publications
- Books
- Wisdom Literature: Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther (1981), ISBN 9780802818775
- The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature (1990), ISBN 9780802839657
- The Gift of Psalms (2000), ISBN 9781565634749
- The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible (1956) The Newman Press, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 56-11425
- ISBN 9780310522287
- Edited volumes
- The New Jerome Biblical Commentary(Brown/Fitzmyer/Murphy)
- The New Oxford Annotated Bible, New Revised Standard Version (Metzger/Murphy)
- The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha (Metzger/Murphy)
- The Song of Songs: A Commentary on the Book of Canticles or the Song of Songs (Hermeneia: a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible) (McBride/Murphy, 1990) ISBN 9780334006527
See also
References
- ^ Fontaine, Carole R. (August 1, 2003). Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., Feminist Mentor: Rightly Did the Maidens Love Him. Biblical Theology Bulletin , Volume 33 (3): 114
- ^ Staff report ( July 23, 2002). Murphy O.carm, Rev. Roland E. Chicago Tribune -
- ^ Howell, James C. (November 5, 2010). Father Roland E. Murphy Heroes Found Faithful (blog)
- New York Times
- ^ Staff report (August 2, 2002). Fr. Roland Murphy, noted scripture scholar, dies at 85. National Catholic Reporter
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