Philip J. King (March 26, 1925 – December 7, 2019) was an American

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priest, historian, and archaeologist.

Life

King was born in

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. He graduated in 1945 from Saint John's Seminary in

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. King was ordained to the priesthood on May 4, 1949 by Archbishop

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of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. He earned higher degrees: a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) in 1954 from Catholic University of America in

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, a Licentiate of Sacred Scripture (SSL) in 1957 from

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, and a

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(STD) 1959 from

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. King also served in several parishes in the Boston Archdiocese. King died at the Regina Cleri Residence in Boston, Massachusetts. He held a

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ship in biblical studies in the Department of Theology at Boston College from 1974 until his retirement in 2001. In 2006, the foundation created from the estate of

Leon Levy Leon Levy (September 13, 1925 – April 6, 2003)
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, to support a scholar who will use an interdisciplinary approach to advance the understanding of ancient civilizations in the Near East and the Mediterranean.

Bibliography

* ''The Bible Is for Living: A Scholar's Spiritual Journey'' * ''Amos, Hosea, Micah: An Archaeological Commentary'' * ''Jeremiah: An Archaeological Companion'' * With

Lawrence Stager Lawrence E. "Larry" Stager (January 5, 1943 – December 29, 2017) was an American archaeologist and academic, specialising in Syro-Palestinian archaeology and Biblical archaeology. He was the Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel in ...

: ** ''Life in Biblical Israel'' (in ''Library of Ancient Israel'' series)

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