

Simboli Hall 310
Telephone: 617-552-6529
Email: richard.clifford1@bc.edu
Biblical Theology, Genesis, Psalms, Isaiah, Wisdom Literature
Richard J. Clifford, S.J., a native of Lewiston, Maine, Professor of Old Testament, and Jesuit priest, taught biblical studies at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge from 1970 to 2008, and at ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã Clough School of Theology and Ministry from 2008 to the present. He is a graduate of ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã (A.B., M.A.), Weston Jesuit School of Theology (S.T.L.) and Harvard University (Ph.D.). He was General Editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly and is a former President of the Catholic Biblical Association. A former President of Weston Jesuit School of Theology, he was Founding Dean of the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã School of Theology and Ministry from 2008-2010. As well as teaching and lecturing in scholarly circles, he is also active in adult education in various New England dioceses.
Thus Says the Lord: The Prophets in the Liturgy (Chicago, IL: Liturgy Training Publications, 2021).
“Toward a Precise Translation of Psalm 115,1,†Biblische Zeitschrift 66.2 (2022), 293-301.
“Revisiting Psalm 63,†Biblische Notizen 191.4 (2021) 89-97 “
2 Isaiah,†The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century, 3rd ed., ed. John J. Collins et al. (T. & T. Clark, 2022), 845-861.
“Changing Christian Interpretations of the Old Testament,†Theological Studies 82.3 (2021) 509-530.
“‘For Many’ or ‘For All’ in the Words of Consecration?†Worship 95 (April 2021) 148-54.
“Creation ex nihilo in the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible,†eds. G. A. Anderson and M. Bockmuhl, Creation ex nihilo: Origins, Development, Contemporary Challenges (South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2021) 55-76.
“A Second Look at Psalm 84,4,†Biblica 102.1 (2021) 126-130.
“The book of Ruth reminds us to take seriously the lives of ordinary people,†America Media Online, February 8, 2021. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/02/08/book-ruth-old-testament-lessons-239327