Rev. Joseph F. Wimmer, OSA

 

Associate Professor-Department of Sacred Scripture
Associate Professor-Department of Spirituality Studies

 

BA Villanova University
STL Catholic University
SSL Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome
STD Gregorian University, Rome

Biography

Joseph Wimmer is one of the signatories of the founding document of the Washington Theological Union in March 1968 as Regent of Studies of Augustinian College. He joined the faculty at that time, but was transferred to Rome by his Augustinian Provincial, and returned to the Union in 1980.

Fr. Wimmer’s special interests lie in the area of biblical spirituality and the place of the Bible in the religion and science discussion. He has recently co-published an article online with Dr. Daryl Domning on evolution and original sin. He is currently working on a book on biblical spirituality.

Professional Activities

Fr. Wimmer also was a member of the translating staff and editorial board of the ICEL (International Committee for English in the Liturgy) volumes, The Psalter: A Faithful and Inclusive Rendering from the Hebrew into Contemporary English (1994) and The Canticles (1994).

Selected Publications

“Original Sin in the Bible as Read Today,” ch.3 of “Evolution and Original Sin: Accounting for Evil in the World,” pp 31-55 of 99, published online in March 2008
Read publication here.

Fasting in the New Testament (Paulist Press, 1982)

Reviews and articles published in:

Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Theological Studies, New Theology Review and Old Testament Abstracts, The Bible Today, The Word Among Us

“The Bible and the Awesomeness of Creation,” New Theology Review 18,4 (November 2005) 40-47.

Original Sin,” New Theology Review 17,3 (August 2004) 80-82.

The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology (1996)

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000)