Daniel J Harrington

Who was Daniel J Harrington?

Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., was Professor of New Testament and Chair of the Biblical Studies Department at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.

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 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".