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Joseph Fitzmyer (Joseph Augustine Fitzmyer) was born on 4 November, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, is an American biblical scholar (1920-2016). Discover Joseph Fitzmyer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 96 years old?

Popular As Joseph Augustine Fitzmyer
Occupation Jesuit priest, Biblical scholar and theologian
Age 96 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 4 November 1920
Birthday 4 November
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Date of death 24 December, 2016
Died Place Merion Station, Pennsylvania, US
Nationality United States

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1920

Joseph Augustine Fitzmyer (November 4, 1920 – December 24, 2016) was an American Catholic priest and scholar who taught at several American and British universities.

He was a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

Fitzmyer was considered an important scholar of biblical studies, particularly the New Testament.

He also contributed to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Jewish literature.

Joseph Fitzmyer was born on November 4, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1938

He was admitted on July 30, 1938 to the novitiate of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus in Wernersville, Pennsylvania.

1940

In 1940, he entered Loyola University Chicago, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and in 1945 a Master of Arts degree in Greek language.

Fitzmyer then studied theology in the Facultés Saint-Albert in Belgium.

1951

Fitzmyer was ordained into the priesthood on August 15, 1951.

1952

He was granted a Licentiate of Sacred Theology by the Catholic University of Leuven in Leuven, Belgium, in 1952 and a Doctor of Semitics degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1956.

1957

He completed his education with a Licentiate of Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 1957.

He then received a fellowship at the American School of Oriental Research (ASOR) in Jerusalem.

He worked on preparing a concordance to the Dead Sea Scrolls.

1958

From 1958 to 1969, Fitzmyer taught New Testament and biblical languages at Woodstock College in Woodstock, Maryland.

1968

He was a co-editor of the Jerome Biblical Commentary (1968) and the New Jerome Biblical Commentary (1991)

1969

He moved to Chicago in 1969 to teach Aramaic and Hebrew at the University of Chicago.

He was president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (1969–1970), of the Society of Biblical Literature (1979), and of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (1992–1993).

1971

In 1971, Fitzmyer joined the faculty of Fordham University to teach New Testament and biblical languages.

He then went to the Weston School of Theology at Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts.

1974

Fitzmyer served as the speaker's lecturer at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1975.

1976

In 1976, Fitzmyer was appointed as a professor of New Testament in the Department of Biblical Studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Fitzmyer joined the Jesuit community at Georgetown University in Washington.

Fitzmyer served as editor of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Journal of Biblical Literature and New Testament Studies.

1984

He was the 1984 recipient of the Burkitt Medal of the British Academy and was a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission from 1984 to 1995.

1986

In 1986, Fitzmyer retired from Catholic University, but did not go into full retirement until 2011.

1989

The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (1989) This includes articles introducing the New Testament Epistles, Epistle to the Galatians, Romans, Philemon and on the history of Israel as well as Paul the Apostle and Pauline theology.

1993

In the last one, after a historical review of 40 themes, Fitzmyer concludes:"As Christ was 'the image of the God' (2 Cor 4:4) so human beings are destined to be 'the image of the heavenly man' (1 Cor 15:49; cf. Rom 8:29). [Through] growth in Christ ... the Christian lives his or her life 'for God' (Gal 2:19). Thus, for all his emphasis on Christ, Paul once again refers Christian existence ultimately to the Father – through Christ."Anchor Bible Commentary (1993).

It contains the Spiritual Exercises Based on Paul's Epistle to the Romans, which links biblical commentary and exegeses with modern spirituality.

In it, Fitzmyer lays out his interpretation of Romans in a more condensed form.

Using historical and rhetorical criticism, Paul's Jewish background and Graeco-Roman setting, Fitzmyer sees coherency in Paul's message.

While some scholars argue that Paul's theology is largely dependent on its context, such as the crisis in the Corinthian community, Fitzmyer argues for a vital application of Romans to modern situations.

It also includes work on The Gospel of Luke (in two volumes), Acts of the Apostles, 1 Corinthians, Romans, and Philemon.

The Impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Fitzmyer summarizes his 50 years of research in the field.

2016

Joseph Fitzmyer died in Merion, Pennsylvania, on December 24, 2016.

John Martens told the magazine America that Fitzmyer was:

"a giant of biblical scholarship. No qualifiers need apply. He was not a giant of Catholic biblical scholarship, not a giant of 20th-century biblical scholarship, just a giant of biblical scholarship."

2017

Fitzmyer's funeral was held on 5 January 2017 at St. Matthias Church in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania and he was buried in the cemetery of the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania.

Fitzmyer's publications covered Scripture, theology, Christology, catechesis, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.