Philip King (historian)

King (March 26, 1925[1] – December 7, 2019[2][3]) was an American Roman Catholic priest, historian, and archaeologist.

King was ordained to the priesthood on May 4, 1949, by Archbishop Richard Cushing of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.

[4][5] He held a professorship in biblical studies in the Department of Theology at Boston College from 1974 until his retirement in 2001.

[4] In 2006, the foundation created from the estate of Leon Levy established the Philip J.

King Professorship at Harvard University, to support a scholar who will use an interdisciplinary approach to advance the understanding of ancient civilizations in the Near East and the Mediterranean.