The ÉBAF is saddened to learn of the passing of Brother Wilfred Harrington, OP, a Dominican of the Province of Ireland and former student of the ÉBAF.
In the 1950s, after initial studies at the Angelicum, he came to the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem to deepen his knowledge of the sacred texts. This led to his being awarded the Pontifical Biblical Commission’s Licence in Sacred Scripture (LSS).
He brought the fruits of his research back to teach not only in his native Ireland, notably at the Dominican House of Studies in Tallaght, but also across the Atlantic at St Mary’s College in the state of Vermont.
Author of more than 40 books—many of which have been translated into French, Spanish, and Polish—his three-volume work Key to the Bible has become a mainstay in numerous colleges and seminaries.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and his brothers and sisters of the Order of Preachers.