Scott Hahn - Letter & Spirit, Vol. 10: Christ Our Passover: Theological Exegesis of St. Paul

Letter & Spirit

A Journal of Catholic Biblical Theology

Volume 10 2015

Editor

Scott W. Hahn, Franciscan University of Steubenville

Managing Editor

William Bales, Mount St. Marys Seminary

Contributing Scholars

Khaled Anatolios, Boston College
Gary A. Anderson, Notre Dame University
Joseph C. Atkinson, John Paul II Institute
Christopher Baglow, Notre Dame Seminary
Michael Patrick Barber, John Paul the Great Catholic University
Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
John Bergsma , Franciscan University of Steubenville
John R. Betz, University of Notre Dame
Aaron Canty, St. Xavier University
Sebastian Carnazzo, St. Patrick Seminary
John Cavadini, Notre Dame University
Christopher M. Ciccarino, Seton Hall University
Peter H. Davids, Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
Vincent P. DeMeo, International Theological Institute
Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B., Mount Angel Seminary
David Fagerberg, University of Notre Dame
Robert Fastiggi, Sacred Heart Seminary
Lawrence Feingold, Kenrick Seminary
Pablo Gadenz , Seton Hall University
Gregory Yuri Glazov , Seton Hall University
Tim Gray, Augustine Institute
Mary Healy , Sacred Heart Seminary
Stephen M. Hildebrand, Franciscan University of Steubenville
Jeremy Holmes, Wyoming Catholic College
Leroy Huizenga, University of Mary
Reinhard Htter, Duke University
Daniel Keating, Sacred Heart Seminary
John A. Kincaid, John Paul the Great Catholic University
William Kurz, S.J., Marquette University
Thomas J. Lane, Mount St. Marys Seminary
Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary
Joseph Lienhard, S.J., Fordham University
David Meconi, S.J., St. Louis University
Jeffrey L. Morrow, Seton Hall University
A. Robert Nusca, St. Augustines Seminary of Toronto
Terrence Prendergast, S.J., Archbishop of Ottawa
Brant Pitre , Notre Dame Seminary
Mark Reasoner, Marian University
Stephen D. Ryan, O.P., Dominican House of Studies
Thomas Scheck, Ave Maria University
Nathanael E. Schmiedicke, Christ the Teacher College
Edward Sri, Augustine Institute
Mike Sirilla, Franciscan University of Steubenville
Steven Smith, Mount St. Marys Seminary
Robert Stackpole, John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy
Andrew Swafford, Benedictine College
James H. Swetnam, S.J., Pontifical Biblical Institute
Andr Villeneuve, Saint John Vianney Seminary
Michael Waldstein, Ave Maria University
Thomas G. Weinandy, O.F.M. Cap., Dominican House of Studies
Thomas Joseph White, O.P., Dominican House of Studies
Robert Louis Wilken, University of Virginia
Peter Williamson, Sacred Heart Seminary
Christine E. Wood, Diocese of Hobart
William M. Wright IV, Duquesne University
Mark J. Zia, Benedictine College

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The First Eucharist, Oil on Panel, by Juan de Juanes, mid-late 16th century, Museo del Prado

C HRIST O UR P ASSOVER

Articles

Pablo T. Gadenz

John A. Kincaid and Michael Patrick Barber

Scott W. Hahn

Mark Reasoner

Christopher M. Ciccarino

Andr Villeneuve

Peter H. Davids

Jean Paillard

Michael Patrick Barber

Michael Patrick Barber is Professor of Theology and Scripture at John Paul the Great Catholic University in Escondido, CA. Barber received a PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary, where he wrote a dissertation that focused on the historical Jesus and ancient Jewish eschatological hopes for a new temple and a new priesthood (currently being revised for publication). He also holds a BA in Theology and Philosophy from Azusa Pacific University and a MA from Franciscan University. He has authored scholarly articles for academic journals (including Journal of Biblical Literature and the Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters ) and has published popular-level works on the Psalms and the Book of Revelation. He contributed the Catholic perspective to Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment (Zondervan Academic, 2013), edited by Alan Stanley and co-authored by James D. G. Dunn, Thomas R. Schreiner, and Robert N. Wilkin. With Senior Fellows of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, John Bergsma and Brant Pitre, Barber writes for the Society of Biblical Literature affiliated blog The Sacred Page (www.TheSacredPage.com).

Fr. Christopher M. Ciccarino

Christopher M. Ciccarino, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, is Associate Dean for Seminary and Academic Studies and Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. He attended Bucknell University, majoring in history and religion, and then entered seminary. After a year of Pre-Theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary, he continued at the North American College in Rome. He completed an STB at the Pontifical Gregorian University before ordination. Father Ciccarino completed an SSL at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and an STD at the Pontifical Gregorian University. His dissertation topic was Christ our Passover has been Sacrificed (1 Cor 5, 7). An Investigation into a Pauline Metonymy. His courses include Pauline Literature , Prophetic Literature , The Historical Jesus , Passover: Moses to Jesus and The Parables of Jesus .

Fr. Peter H. Davids

Peter Davids is a priest of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter and the Director of its House of Studies. He holds degrees from Wheaton College (BA), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MDiv), and Victoria University of Manchester (MA.Theol and PhD). He has published extensively and is the translator (from German) of Reinhard Feldmeier, 1 Peter (Baylor, 2008). He has also been part of several Bible translations projects (including The New Living Translation, The Voice, and The Common English Bible). He has been elected to membership in Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, and has twice been chosen chair or co-chair of the section covering the General Epistles in the Society of Biblical Literature. He has served, among other places, as Professor of Biblical Theology at St. Stephens University (St. Stephen, New Brunswick), New Testament faculty of the Institut fr Gemeindebau und Weltmission in Zurich, Dean of the International MA Program at the Evangelical Theological Faculty (Osijek, Croatia), Director of Studies, Schloss Mittersill Study Centre (Mittersill, Austria), Visiting Professor of New Testament at Regent College (Vancouver), Professor of Biblical Studies and New Testament at Canadian Theological Seminary, founding faculty and Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry (Ambridge, PA), and as Theologischer Lehrer at Bibelschule Wiedenest (Berneustadt, Germany). He is a professed member of the Domestic expression of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity.