Letter and Spirit, Volume 4: Temple and Contemplation: God's Presence in the Cosmos, Church, and Human Heart

This is the fourth annual volume of the remarkably popular journal of biblical theology edited by Scott Hahn and his St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. This volume features important new works by Hahn, Gary Anderson, John Cavadini, Brant Pitre, among others. Inspired by the ground-breaking work of Yves Congar and Jean Danielou, this volume includes original and thought-provoking contributions on such topics as: the Tabernacle and the origins of Christian mysticism; Jesus self-consciousness of being the new Temple and the new High Priest; and the doctrine of the indwelling of the Trinity in the soul; Hahn contributes a new perspective on the Gospel of John, showing how Israel's Temple and feasts are fulfilled in Christ and the sacraments of the Church. As the editors write in their introduction to this volume: The Temple theme is perhaps the richest in all of biblical theology, embracing the mysteries of Christ, Church, and Kingdom; liturgy, sacraments, and priesthood; salvation, sanctification, and divine filiation. These are the beautiful mysteries we contemplate in this volume of Letter & Spirit. Letter & Spirit Vol. 4: Temple and Contemplation: God's Presence in the Cosmos, Church, and Human Heart makes accessible to clergy, students, and laity the finest Catholic biblical scholarship. This volume includes: Articles: “To See Where God Dwells: The Tabernacle, the Temple, and the Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition” by Gary A. Anderson “Jesus, the New Temple, and the New Priesthood” by Brant Pitre “The Rejected Stone and the Living Stones: Psalm 118:22-23 in New Testament Christology and Ecclesiology” by Michael Giesler “Temple, Sign, and Sacrament: Towards a New Perspective on the Gospel of John” by Scott W. Hahn “Temple, Holiness, and the Liturgy of Life in Corinthians”by Raymond Corriveau C.S.s.R. “The Indwelling of Divine Love: The Revelation of God's Abiding Presence in the Human Heart” by Thomas Dubay, S.M. Notes: “Living Stones in the House of God: The Temple and the Renewal of Church Architecture” by Denis R. McNamara “'The Mystery of His Will': Contemplating the Divine Plan in Ephesians” by William A. Bales “‘ You Are Gods, Sons of the Most High': Deification and Divine Filiation in St. Cyril of Alexandria and the EarlyFathers” by Daniel A. Keating “Scripture, Doctrine, and Proclamation: The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Renewal of Homiletics” by John C. Cavadini Tradition & Traditions: “The Sign of the Temple: A Meditation” by Jean Cardinal Daniélou, S.J. “Church, Kingdom, and the Eschatological Temple” by Yves M.J. Cardinal Congar, O.P. Letter & Spirit seeks to foster a deeper conversation about the Bible. This journal of biblical theology, published in collaboration with Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, takes a crucial step toward recovering the fundamental link between the literary and historical study of Scripture and its religious and spiritual meaning in the Church's liturgy and Tradition. About the Series Letter & Spirit seeks to foster a deeper conversation about the Bible. This new journal of biblical theology, published in collaboration with Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, takes a crucial step toward recovering the fundamental link between the literary and historical study of Scripture and its religious and spiritual meaning in the Church's liturgy and Tradition.