Nationality American | Known for Semitic studies | |
Full Name Michael Patrick O'Connor Education Bachelor of Arts in English (1970)Master of Arts in creative writing (1972)Doctorate in Near Eastern studies (1978) Died 16 June 2007, Silver Springs, New York, United States Books An introduction to biblical Hebrew syntax, Pandary: Poems Similar Bruce Waltke, David Noel Freedman, Carol Meyers | ||
Michael Patrick O'Connor (1950, Lackawanna, New York – June 16, 2007, Silver Springs, New York) was an American linguist. O'Connor was a leading linguist in the field of Semitic languages, especially Hebrew. He had an alternate explanations for Hebrew Bible language which focused on its poetic characters, and expanded the study of the grammar of early Aramaic and other Northwest Semitic dialects.
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O'Connor received his bachelor in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1970, and a Master in creative writing from the University of British Columbia in 1972 this was followed by a Master in ancient Near Eastern studies(1974) and doctorate in 1978 at the University of Michigan.
After working as a freelance scholar for a number of years, he taught at Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St. Thomas then at Union Theological Seminary. In 1989, O'Connor published a volume of poems, (Pandary), and in 1997 he joined the faculty of Catholic University of America and was appointed an Ordinary Professor in 2002.
O'Connor was a Catholic, he died of complications of liver cancer on June 16, 2007 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Springs.