| The Dead Sea Scrolls: Foundation of Christian Scriptural Tradition Speaker: Rev. Joseph Fitzmeyer, SJ
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Foundations of Christian Scriptural Tradition shows how the living tradition at the time of Jesus in the first century was enriching and effecting their understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures. Fr. Fitzmyer brings to bear the most current scholarship on the scrolls to show how they can enrich our own living traditions and deepen our understanding of the Word of God. |
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Rev. Joseph Fitzmyer, SJ, is a priest of the Society of Jesus. He entered the Maryland Province, made his novitiate in Wernersville, PA, and was ordained on July 30, 1938. His academic studies were done at Loyola University of Chicago; Facultes St-Albert de Louvain, Belgium; his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University; and S.S.L. from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome. Fr. Fitzmyer's academic posts have been with universities both domestic and abroad with a teaching specialty in both Old and New Testament Scriptures. In addition to his teaching duties, Fr. Fitzmyer has held numerous editorial posts on scholarly Biblical journals and other publications, and is the author of dozens of authoritative books and articles on scripture, theology, Christology, catechists, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. He is a contributing author to the New Jerome Biblical Commentary and has traveled both domestically and abroad in his teaching and research capacities.