Scott Hahn - Letter & Spirit, Volume 4: Temple and Contemplation: God’s Presence in the Cosmos, Church, and Human Heart

Gary A. Anderson

Gary A. Anderson is professor of theology, Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible at the University of Notre Dame. His books include: The Genesis of Perfection: Adam and Eve in Jewish and Christian Imagination (2001); Literature on Adam and Eve Collected Essays , ed. with Michael E. Stone, and Johannes Tromp (2000); A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance: The Expression of Grief and Joy in Israelite Religion (1991); Priesthood and Cult in Ancient Israel , ed. with Saul M. Olyan (1991); and Sacrifices and Offerings in Ancient Israel: Studies in their Social and Political Importance (1987). His recent articles include: The Iconography of Zion, Conservative Judaism , 54 (2002); Ka'asher Shamanu, Ken Ra'inu, [in Hebrew] Aqdamot 12 (2002): Joseph and the Passion of Our Lord, in The Art of Reading Scripture , eds. Ellen F. Davis and Richard B. Hays (2003); The Culpability of Eve: From Genesis to Timothy, in From Prophecy to Testament: The Function of the Old Testament in the New , ed. Craig A. Evans (2004), 233251; Two Notes on Measuring Character and Sin at Qumran, in Things Revealed: Studies in Early Jewish and Christian Literature in Honor of Michael Stone , eds. Esther G. Chazon, David Satran, and Ruth A. Clements (2004); Adam, Eve, and Us, Second Spring 6 (2004); How to Think About Zionism, First Things (April 2005); From Israel's Burden to Israel's Debt: Towards a Theology of Sin in Biblical and Early Second Temple Sources, in Reworking the Bible: Apocryphal and Related Texts at Qumran , eds. Esther G. Chazon, Devorah Dimant, and Ruth Clements (2005); King David and the Psalms of Imprecation, Pro Ecclesia 15 (2006); What Can a Catholic Learn from the History of Jewish Biblical Exegesis? Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 1 (20052006); Mary in the Old Testament, Pro Ecclesia 16 (2007). Anderson's research concerns the religion and literature of the Old Testament and the early reception of those books in early Judaism and Christianity. He is finishing a book on metaphors for sin and forgiveness (tentative title: Forgiving Israel's Debts: The Divine Economy in Early Judaism and Christianity [Yale University, 2009]), and the function of the Tabernacle narratives in the Book of Exodus.

Brant Pitre

Brant Pitre is the Donum Dei Professor of Word and Sacrament at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, where he specialized in the study of the New Testament and ancient Judaism and graduated with highest honors. He is the author of several articles and a book, Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile (2005). He is currently finishing a book, Jesus and the Last Supper: Ancient Judaism and the Origin of the Eucharist , to be published by Eerdmans.

Michael Gielser

Michael Gielser, a priest of Opus Dei, holds a doctorate in sacred theology (S.T.D.) and an advanced degree in philosophy. He is also the author of a trilogy of historical novels about the early Church of Rome: Junia (2002), Marcus (2004), and Grain of Wheat (2008). His numerous scholarly articles and essays on Scripture and spirituality have appeared in the Gran Enciclopedia Rialp, and in Scripta Theologica, Nuestro Tiempo, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, This Rock, The Catholic Answer, The Priest , and elsewhere. Among his teaching appointments, he has served as associate professor of biblical theology at the University of Navarre in Spain, and has given religious formation for inner-city minority youth in Chicago.

Scott W. Hahn

Scott W. Hahn, founder of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, holds the Pope Benedict XVI Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and is professor of Scripture and theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. He has held the Pio Cardinal Laghi Chair for Visiting Professors in Scripture and Theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, and has served as adjunct faculty at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and the Pontifical University, Regina Apostolorum, both in Rome. Hahn is the general editor of the Ignatius Study Bible and is author or editor of more than twenty books, including Letter and Spirit: From Written Text to Living Word in the Liturgy (2005); Understanding the Scriptures (2005), and The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth (1999). Yale University Press will publish his newest book, Kinship By Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of God's Saving Promises in Fall, 2009.

Raymond Corriveau, C.Ss.R

Raymond Corriveau, C.Ss.R, is associate novice director for the North American Redemptorist Novitiate located in Glenview, Illinois. He obtained his Th. D in Moral Theology from the Academia Alfonsiana in Rome, and has taught moral theology and the ethics of St. Paul at the Toronto School of Theology. He has also served as a parish pastor and as Provincial Superior for his unit of the Redemptorists in Canada. He is the author of The Liturgy of Life: A Study of the Ethical Thought of St. Paul in his Letters to the Early Christian Communities (1970) and the co-editor, with Alberto de Mingo C.Ss.R. of Readings on Redemption (2006).