Daniel J. Harrington, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDaniel J. Harrington
American writer
Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1940
Date of Death: 07-Feb-2014
Profession: Catholic priest
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Daniel J. Harrington
- Daniel J.
- Harrington, S.J.
- (July 19, 1940 – February 7, 2014), was Professor of New Testament and Chair of the Biblical Studies Department at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (formerly Weston Jesuit School of Theology). A member of the Society of Jesus, Fr.
- Harrington served as editor of New Testament Abstracts from 1972 until his death.
- He also edited the eighteen-volume Sacra Pagina series of New Testament commentaries for Liturgical Press and wrote "The Word" column for America magazine for three years.
- He was a teacher as well as a theologian and his areas of study included the interpretation of the Bible in antiquity and today, Second Temple Judaism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical theology, biblical languages, the Synoptic Gospel, Pauline theology, and the book of Revelation.He was a pastoral associate at St.
- Agnes in Arlington, Massachusetts, and at St.
- Peter's in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- America magazine called him "one of the world's leading New Testament scholars".Harrington died of cancer in the New England Jesuit Infirmary in Weston, Massachusetts.
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