Scott Hahn - Letter & Spirit, Volume 8: Promise and Fulfillment: The Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments

Editor

Scott W. Hahn, Franciscan University of Steubenville

Managing Editor

William Bales, Mount St. Marys Seminary

Contributing Scholars

Khaled Anatolios, Boston College

Joseph C. Atkinson, John Paul II Institute

Christopher Baglow, Notre Dame Seminary

Michael Patrick Barber, John Paul the Great Catholic University

Robert Barron, Mundelein Seminary

John Bergsma , Franciscan University of Steuebenville

John R. Betz, Univerisy of Notre Dame

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

Daniel Keating, Sacred Heart Seminary

William Kurz, S.J., Marquette University

Thomas J. Lane, Mount St. Marys Seminary

Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary

Joseph Lienhard, S.J., Fordham University

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Seton Hall University

Owen M. Phelan, Mount St. Marys Seminary

Terrence Prendergast, Archbishop of Ottowa

Brant Pitre , Notre Dame Seminary

Thomas Scheck, Ave Maria University

Edward Sri, Augustine Institute

James H. Swetnam, S.J., Pontifical Biblical Institute

Michael Waldstein, Ave Maria University

Thomas G. Weinandy, O.F.M. Cap.,
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Robert Louis Wilken, University of Virginia

Peter Williamson, Sacred Heart Seminary

Christine E. Wood, John Paul the Great Catholic University

William M. Wright IV, Duquesne University

Episcopal Advisor

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

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P ROMISE AND F ULFILLMENT

Articles

Scott W. Hahn

Brant Pitre

Jeremy Holmes

Leroy A. Huizenga

Michael Patrick Barber

Edward Sri

John S. Bergsma

Sean Innerst

Jeffrey L. Morrow

Nathan Eubank

Scott W Hahn

Scott W. Hahn, founder of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, holds the Father Michael Scanlan, TOR Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He has held the Benedict XVI Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and 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 Catholic Study Bible and Catholic Bible Dictionary, and is author or editor of more than thirty books, including Politicizing the Bible: The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture 1300-1700 (2013), Consuming the Word: The New Testament and The Eucharist in the Early Church (2013), Kinship By Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of Gods Saving Promises (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library, 2009), Covenant and Communion: The Biblical Theology of Pope Benedict XVI (2009), Letter and Spirit: From Written Text to Living Word in the Liturgy (2005), and The Lambs Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth (1999).

Brant Pitre

Brant Pitre is professor of Sacred Scripture at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana. He holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, where he specialized in the study of the New Testament and ancient Judaism. He is the author of several articles and the books, Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile (Baker Academic, 2005), Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist (Image Books, 2011), Jesus the Bridegroom (Image Books, 2014), and Jesus and the Last Supper (Eerdmans, forthcoming).

Jeremy Holmes

Jeremy Holmes is academic dean and assistant professor of theology at Wyoming Catholic College. He received his doctoral degree in theology with an emphasis in New Testament from Marquette University, where he wrote his dissertation on the formula citations in the Gospel of Matthew. His scholarly work has focused on the relationship between ancient and modern exegesis. His articles and translations have appeared in Nova et Vetera, Letter and Spirit, Faith and Reason , and various volumes of essays.

Leroy A. Huizenga

Leroy Huizenga is chair of the department of theology and director of the Christian Leadership Center at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D. Dr. Huizenga received his Ph.D. in New Testament from Duke University. During his doctoral studies he received a Fulbright Grant to study and teach at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitt in Frankfurt, Germany. After teaching at Wheaton College (Ill.) for five years, Dr. Huizenga was reconciled with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil of 2011. Dr. Huizenga is the author of The New Isaac: Tradition and Intertextuality in the Gospel of Matthew .

Michael Patrick Barber

Michael Patrick Barber is the chair of the graduate program in biblical theology at John Paul the Great University in San Diego, California. He completed his Ph.D. in Theology at Fuller in Pasadena, CA, writing a dissertation entitled, The Historical Jesus and Cultic Restoration Eschatology: The New Temple, the New Priesthood, and the New Cult (2010). Barber also earned an M.A. in Theology from Franciscan University and a B.A. in Theology and Philosophy from Azusa Pacific University. He has published a number of popular books on Scripture. With two other Senior Fellows of the St. Paul Center, John Bergsma and Brant Pitre, Dr. Barber writes for the weblog, www.TheSacredPage.com, a site affiliated with the Society of Biblical Literature.

Edward Sri

Edward Sri is professor of theology and Scripture at the Augustine Institutes Masters in Catechetics and Evangelization program in Denver, Colorado. He also serves as a visiting professor at Benedictine College, where he taught full-time for nine years. Edward holds a doctorate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He is author or co-author of over ten books including Walking with Mary: A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross (Image, 2013), The Gospel of Matthew in the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture series (Baker Academic, 2010), Men, Women and the Mystery of Love: Practical Insights on John Paul IIs Love and Responsibility (Servant, 2007), and Queen Mother: A Biblical Theology of Marys Queenship (Emmaus Road, 2005)