A Voice Crying Out in the Desert

by Ahern, Barnabas M.; Macdonald, Sebastian; Stuhlmueller, Carroll

• ISBN13: 9780814623541
• ISBN10: 0814623549
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Liturgical Pr

Summary

A Voice Crying Out in the Desert honors Father Barnabas Mary Ahern, C.P. (1915-1995), whose career as a biblical scholar culminated at Vatican II. It was preceded by an outstanding ministry in scriptural studies both in the United States and around the world and followed by intense involvement in postconciliar implementation within the secretariats in Rome.
Father Ahern has been called the leading American biblical scholar in the 1950s and 1960s. These reflections attempt to carry on, in terms of contemporary scholarship, what he so adroitly initiated several decades ago.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Personal Saga	p. 3
Barnabas M. Ahern, Scholar and Spiritual Guide	p. 12
The Prophet's Challenge: Barnabas M. Ahern and Vatican II	p. 20
New Horizons in Sacred Scripture	p. 33
Interpreting the Bible Typologically. The Exodus: A Continuous Story of Salvation	p. 46
New Light on the Gospels	p. 64
Contemplative Interpretation of the Bible in Today's World	p. 74
A Response
The World, Its Culture, and Church Ministry	p. 95
Pere Lagrange: Pioneer of Modern Catholic Biblical Scholarship	p. 104
The Haunting Face of Jesus in the Option for the Poor	p. 110
A Response
Christian Union with the Body of Christ	p. 123
Biblical Concept of Church	p. 132
Role of Law in the Church	p. 148
Ecumenism and Revelation	p. 163
A Response
The Infancy Narratives	p. 173
Mary and the Poor of Israel	p. 183
Mary, Prototype for the Church	p. 195
Mary in Church Life Today	p. 202
A Response
St. Paul and the Apostolate	p. 213
Begotten Through the Cross	p. 222
Sharing in His Sufferings	p. 238
The Death of Jesus and the Birth of a New World: Matthew's Theology of History in the Passion Narrative	p. 265
A Response
The Indwelling Spirit: A Foretaste of Heaven	p. 279
With Christ After Death	p. 289
Christian Perfection, Contemplation, and Purgatory	p. 302
Mystical Life Today	p. 311
A Response
Barnabas M. Ahern, Churchman	p. 323
Barnabas M. Ahern's Bibliography	p. 333
Index of Names	p. 341
Index of Topics	p. 343
Index of Biblical Passages	p. 346
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