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Fr. Jay Harrington, OP, PhD, STD

EDUCATION
STD, Catholic University of Louvain
PhD, Catholic University of Louvain
STL, Catholic University of Louvain
MDiv, Catholic Theological Union
MA, Catholic Theological Union
BA, Villanova University
About

Fr. Harrington is a  Dominican friar of the Province of St. Albert the Great (Central). Harrington taught previously at  St. Louis University, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and the Pontifical College Josephinum of Ohio.  His research focuses on the Lukan passion narrative, the Synoptic Gospels, and the history of biblical interpretation.  

 
 
 
Selected Courses
  • Synoptic Gospels: Mark
  • Synoptics Gospels: Luke
  • Biblical Hermeneutics and Preaching
  • Bible Interpretation
 
 
 
Selected Publications 

"Medieval Jewish and Christian Interpretation Using a Fourfold Sense of Scripture," Josephinum Journal of Theology, Vol. 25, No. 1&2 (2018): 141-151.

Christian Faith and the Power of Thinking: A Collection of Essays Marking the 800th Anniversary of the Founding of the Order of Preachers in 1216, editor (Chicago: New Priory Press, 2017)

"Augustine of Dacia (+1286) and the Fourfold Sense of Scripture," in Christian Faith and the Power of Thinking (Chicago: New Priory Press, 2017) 35-66.

The Lukan Passion Narrative (Leiden Holland and Boston, MA: E.J. Brill Academic Publishers, 2000)

 

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