The cultural reception of the Bible

Explorations in theology, literature and the arts

Salvador Ryan & Liam M. Tracey OSM, editors

Foreword 
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, CSsR

Introduction 
Salvador Ryan & Liam M. Tracey, OSM

I. SETTING THE SCENE
Where Did It Happen? Maps, World-views and the Reception of the Bible
Thomas O’Loughlin

II. THEOLOGICAL READINGS OF THE BIBLE
The Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture 
Noel O’Sullivan

Allegory and Cross-Reading: Paul Ricoeur and The Song of Songs 
Michael A. Conway

Biblical Ideas on the Origin of Evil: James 1:12‒14 in Light of the Rabbinic Yetzer 
Helen Cashell-Moran

The Use of Scripture in the Moral Theology of Saint Alphonsus de Liguori 
Raphael Gallagher, CSsR

Amoris Laetitia: Moral, Biblical and Historical Perspectives
Padraig Corkery

Israel’s Prophets Go Green in Biblical Literature, Church and World 
Carol J. Dempsey, OP

III. THE LIVING WORD: THE BIBLE IN PREACHING, LITURGY AND LIFE
Between War and Fasting: Uncovering Leo, Joel and Pauline Thought in an Ash-Wednesday Prayer 
Thomas R. Whelan

From Ireland to Bohemia: The Distant Reach of Thomas of Ireland and His De Tribus Punctis 
Penelope Woods

‘Preachers of Reality and Not of Words’: St Alphonsus and the Sacred Scriptures 
Terence Kennedy, CSsR

Élie Neau’s Patchwork Bible: Reading Scripture, Reframing Captivity in Early Modern France 
Ruth Whelan

The Image of the Church as Temple: Reflections on the Order of the Dedication of the Church
Liam M. Tracey, OSM

Bible, Worship and Justice in Africa: Inspiration from Paul’s Theology of Worship 
Elochukwu Uzukwu, CSSp

The Bible and the Child: Scripture as a Contribution to Religious Education 
John-Paul Sheridan

‘For God and Ulster’: An Anecdotal Look at the Use and Abuse of Scripture in Northern Ireland 
Hugh Connolly

‘Know and Forget, Know and Forget’: The Intrusive Reception of the Bible in Preaching
Katherine P. Meyer

‘In the Presence of My Sisters and Brothers’: Reading Together as Biblical Formation 
Séamus O’Connell

IV. ‘TRANSLATING’ THE BIBLE
Hebrew Echoes in Arabic: Some Observations on Saadia Gaon’s Arabic Translation of the Pentateuch 
Jonathan Kearney

F.J.A. Hort (1828‒92), the Dublin-born Member of the Cambridge Triumvirate and Translating the Revised Version of the Bible
Patrick Comerford

The New Testament and Its Discontents in the Thought of Franz Overbeck
Martin Henry

V. RECEPTION OF THE BIBLE IN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS
Bible and Culture as a Two-Way Street in the Friendship Poem of Sirach, Chapter 6 
Jeremy Corley

Biblical Commentary in the Illustrations of the Book of Kells 
Cornelius Casey, CSsR

Painting the Prophet Elijah: The Artistic Appeal 
Martin O’Kane

Handel’s Messiah – The First Coming or the Second Coming? 
Kerry Houston

The Honan Chapel’s St John Window: Journey of the Beloved Disciple
Jessie Rogers

Biblical Metatextuality in the Writings of Julien Green 
Michael O’Dwyer

‘No One Is Christ’: The Frustrated Endeavours of Nathanael West’s Miss Lonelyhearts 
Brian Cosgrove

Re-writing the Gospel: Cinema and Scripture in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ 
Paul Clogher

Christian Perspectives on Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken (2014) 
Diane Corkery

VI. APPRECIATIONS
Brendan McConvery: Teacher and Mentor 
Tríona Doherty

Brendan McConvery: Pilgrim Guide to the ‘Fifth Gospel’ 
Julieann Moran

Redemptorist Communications: Brendan McConvery’s Contribution
Máire Ní Chearbhaill

Brendan McConvery and Scripture in Church
Wilfrid Harrington, OP

VII. POSTSCRIPT
Quartet for the End of Time 
John F. Deane