Joseph Fitzmyer

Joseph Fitzmyer

Rev. Joseph Augustine Fitzmyer, S.J., is a priest of the Society of Jesus and a New Testament scholar.

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. is from Johns Hopkins University; and his 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 books and articles on scripture, theology, Christology, catechesis, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. He is a contributing author and co-editor of the New Jerome Biblical Commentary and has traveled both domestically and abroad in his teaching and research capacities.