Scott Hahn - Letter & Spirit, Vol. 7: The Bible and the Church Fathers: The Liturgical Context of Patristic Exegesis

THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH FATHERS

The Liturgical Context of Patristic Exegesis

Articles

J. Mark Armitage

William S. Kurz, S.J.

Christine E. Wood

Michael Patrick Barber

Matthew Levering

Stephen M. Hildebrand

Owen M. Phelan

Stephen D. Ryan, O.P.

Khaled Anatolios

William M. Wright IV

Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI, Jared Wicks, S.J., translator

Patrick McGoldrick

CONTRIBUTORS

Khaled Anatolios

Khaled Anatolios is Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Among his publications are: Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine (Baker Academic, 2011); Athanasius. The Coherence of his Thought (Routledge: 1998 & 2004); and the Athanasius volume of the Routledge Early Church Fathers series (2004).

Mark Armitage

Mark Armitage lives in England, where he studied Theology at the Universities of Oxford and Durham. He is the author of A Twofold Solidarity: Leo the Greats Theology of Redemption, and has written on Leo, Thomas Aquinas, and G. K. Chesterton for Marianum , New Blackfriars , Nova et Vetera , The Thomist , Pro Ecclesia , and The Chesterton Review .

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. He lives in San Diego, CA, with his wife Kimberly and their three children.

Scott W. Hahn

Scott W. Hahn, founder and president of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology is professor of Scripture and Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. He has held the Pio Cardinal Laghi Chair at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, the Pope Benedict XVI Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (2005-2011), and has served as visiting professor 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 The Kingdom of God as Liturgical Empire: A Theological Commentary on 1-2 Chronicles (2012), 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), Understanding the Scriptures (2005), and The Lambs Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth (1999).

Stephen Hildebrand

Stephen Hildebrand is an Associate Professor of Theology and Director of the Masters Program in Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He received his Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Fordham University in 2002. He published The Trinitarian Theology of Basil of Caesarea (CUA press) in 2007 and a translation of St. Basils On the Holy Spirit (St. Vladimirs Seminary Press) in 2011. Most recently, he has translated Robert Grossetestes On the Cessation of the Law in CUAs Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation series.

Fr. William Kurz, S.J.

Fr. William Kurz, S.J., is Professor of New Testament at Marquette University. He specializes in Luke-Acts, John, narrative criticism, intertextuality, and theological interpretation. His 2004-2005 sabbatical found patristic models for interpreting Scripture as Gods Word, resulting in his seventh book, Reading the Bible as Gods Own Story: A Catholic Approach for Bringing Scripture to Life (2007). His theological commentary on Acts (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture) is being edited for 2013 publication by Baker Academic. He has published over forty scholarly articles in professional journals and books. The most recent of his six previous books include Reading Luke-Acts: Dynamics of Biblical Narrative (1993); The Future of Catholic Biblical Scholarship: A Constructive Conversation (co-author Luke Timothy Johnson, Eerdmans, 2002); and What Does the Bible Say about the End Times? A Catholic View (2004, first place in Scripture by Catholic Press Association 2005, Polish translation 2007).

Matthew Levering

Matthew Levering is Professor of Theology at the University of Dayton. With Reinhard Htter, he is co-editor of the theological quarterly Nova et Vetera . He is Chair of the Board of the Academy of Catholic Theology and serves as the Director of the University of Daytons Center for Scriptural Exegesis, Philosophy, and Doctrine. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including most recently Jesus and the Demise of Death: Resurrection, the Afterlife, and the Fate of Christians (2012); Predestination: Biblical and Theological Paths (2011); Reading Paul with St. Thomas Aquinas (2012); The Betrayal of Charity: The Sins that Sabotage Divine Love (2011); and The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity (2011). He is the translator of Gilles Emerys The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God (2011).

Owen M. Phelan

Owen M. Phelan is Associate Professor of Church History at Mount Saint Marys University and Seminary. Dr. Phelan holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, where his concentration was medieval history. His Ph.D. dissertation was entitled The Formation of Christian Europe: Baptism under the Carolingians. He specializes in late antique and early medieval history. His articles have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Ecclesiastical History and the Harvard Theological Review . Currently, he is working on a book examining the role of baptism and sacramental thinking in Carolingian Europe.

Fr. Stephen Ryan, O.P.

Fr. Stephen Ryan, a member of the Order of Preachers, is an Associate Professor of Sacred Scripture in the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He received his licentiate in Theology (S.T.L.) from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (1994), and his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University (2001). He has published an edition of God and His Image: An Outline of Biblical Theology (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2007) by the late Dominique Barthlemy, O.P., and his most recent publications include an article on the ancient versions of the Book of Judith and book reviews in The Thomist and the Catholic Biblical Quarterly .

Fr. Jared Wicks, S.J.

Fr. Jared Wicks, S.J., gained his Th.D. in the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Mnster, where he heard lectures given by Prof. Joseph Ratzinger. He taught at the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago from 196779 and at the Gregorian University from 19792004. His research and publications have treated the theology of Martin Luther, Vatican II, and especially Dei Verbum . He served on the world-level CatholicLutheran dialogues on church and justification and on the churchs apostolicity. After moving to John Carroll University, he joined the US Catholic-Lutheran dialogue that produced the consensus document, The Hope of Eternal Life in 2011. In late 2011, Fr. Wicks became scholar-in-residence at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.