About
Fr. Ryan joined the Order of Preachers in 1987 and was ordained a priest in 1993. He studied at Providence College (M.A. in Biblical Studies, 1987), the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (S.T.B. & M.Div., 1992; S.T.L., 1994), and Harvard University (Ph.D., in Hebrew Bible, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2001). He is an Associate Professor of Sacred Scripture and teaches courses on the Old Testament and the Hebrew language. Fr. Ryan is the author of a book on a medieval Syriac commentary on the Psalms (Dionysius bar Salibi’s Factual and Spiritual Commentary on Psalms 73–82 [Cahiers de la Revue Biblique 57; Paris: Gabalda, 2004]) and editor of three books by the late Dominique Barthélemy, O.P.: Critique textuelle de l’Ancien Testament, Tome 4. Psaumes [OBO 50/4; Fribourg: Academic Press/Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005]; Critique textuelle de l’Ancien Testament, Tome 5. Job. Proverbes. Qohélet et Cantique des Cantiques [OBO 50/5; Fribourg: Academic Press/Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016]; and God and His Image: An Outline of Biblical Theology [San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2007]. With Adrian Schenker, O.P., he is editing 1 Kings for Biblia Hebraica Quinta published by the German Bible Society.