Roland Edmund Murphy (July 19, 1917 – July 20, 2002) was an American

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priest of the

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, a biblical scholar and a specialist in the study of the

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. He was the George Washington Ivey Professor of Biblical Studies at

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Life

Murphy was ordained a priest in the

on 23 May 1942 in Chicago. He received M.A. Degrees in

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and in

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, and an S.T.D. in

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, all from the

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. Murphy also held a graduate degree from the

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.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 A "noted Scripture scholar",Staff report ( July 23, 2002)
Murphy O.carm, Rev. Roland E.
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'' - he taught at the

for over twenty-five years; he then took an appointment at

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, the "first Catholic faculty member at Methodist Duke Divinity School",Howell, James C. (November 5, 2010)
Father Roland E. Murphy
''Heroes Found Faithful'' (blog) where he remained until his death.(August 19, 1967)

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''Staff report (August 2, 2002). Fr. Roland Murphy, noted scripture scholar, dies at 85. ''

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'' He was a collaborator on the

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(NAB), a

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), *''The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature'' (1990), *''The Gift of Psalms'' (2000), * ''The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible (1956) The Newman Press, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 56-11425'' * '' Word Biblical Commentary'' 23a: Ecclesiastes (1992) Zondervan, ;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)

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Roland E. Murphy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Roland E. 1917 births 2002 deaths Educators from Chicago Duke Divinity School faculty Roman Catholic biblical scholars Presidents of the Society of Biblical Literature Old Testament scholars Pontifical Biblical Institute alumni Catholic University of America alumni Catholic University of America faculty Translators of the Bible into English Carmelites 20th-century American translators

Life

Select Publications

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