What is it that the Scripture Says?

Philip McCosker is a postgraduate student of theology at Cambridge University, UK. He has degrees from Oxford and Harvard Universities. A former student of Henry Wansbrough's, he is co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to the Summa Theologiae (forthcoming).

‘A series of interesting and insightful essays...It represents a major landmark in British Roman Catholic biblical scholarship...this book will inevitably find its way into all major theological libraries. However, smaller libraries and individual readers may also wish to purchase the volume, given the quantity and quality of its scholarship. In particular, this book is highly recommended to anyone engaged in the perilous but rewarding take of translating the bible...Furthermore, because of the sheer eclecticism of this volume, it has the merit of providing a very wide and fulsome snapshot of contemporary concerns and issues in biblical studies today. On the whole...this volume makes a fitting tribute to Fr Henry and is a credit to its contributors and editor (Philip McCosker). As one has come to expect from the Library of New Testament studies, the work is beautifully presented and bound...With such a variety of material and such an impressive array of contributors, there will be something in this volume for every student and reader of Scripture.' Guy Williams, Scripture Bulletin

• Preface; Introduction; Part I - Textual Interpretation; 1. Leuven Should Philistea go on Wailing? The Enduring Tenor of a Prophetic Oracle Concerning an Age-Old Hostile Nation (Isa 14,28-32) - W. Beuken S.J., Katholieke Universiteit; 2. Was Psalm 91 Composed as a Talisman or an Incantation?-K. Cathcart, University College, Dublin; 3. The Lucan Composition of the Ten Lepers - M. Goodacre, University of Birmingham, UK; 4. Poles or Mercy Seat? The Ark in Solomon's Temple, 1 Kings 8:6-8, in the Hebrew and Greek Bible - A. Schenker O.P., UniversitT de Fribourg; 5. Ancestral Advocacy and Dynastic Dynamics in the Book of Kings - F. Stavrakopoulou, Pembroke College, Oxford; 6. Rome The Problematic Reception of Pistij in Rom 12:3, 6- A. Vanhoye S.J., Pontificio Istituto Biblico. Part II - Translation as Interpretation; 7. The translator as Interpreter - N. King S.J., Campion Hall, Oxford; 8. Making sense of Romans - J. Muddiman, Mansfield College, Oxford; 9. CruditTs Anglaises: on the translation of indelicacy in the Book of Wisdom - M. Tait, Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome; 10. The Cultural Background and Challenges of La Bible de Jerusalem - O.-T. Venard O.P., Cole Biblique et Arch Tologique, Jerusalem; Part III - Interpretation within Ecclesial Communities; 11. Oxford Two Types of Harmonization - J. Barton, Oriel College; 12. The Reception of Scripture in the Agreed Statements of ARCIC - D. Bolen, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Rome; 13. Living Tradition - J.D.G. Dunn, University of Durham, UK.; 14. Power and Powerlessness in the Psalms - S. Gillingham, Worcester College, Oxford; 15. Prayer and the Bible in Twelfth-Century England - H. Mayr-Harting, Christ Church, Oxford; 16. Scripture and Tradition in Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine - W. Peterburs O.S.B., Ampleforth Abbey, York; 17. Bede, the Bible, and the North - B. Ward S.L.G., Harris Manchester College, Oxford; 18. On the Unity of Scripture and Tradition: an Orthodox Approach- K. Ware, Bishop of Diokleia; 19. Karl Barth and his The Epistle to the Romans - J. Webster, University of Aberdeen; 20. Coda: Henry Wansbrough in Israel - N. King S.J, Campion Hall, Oxford; 21. As Yet Unknown Brief Vita of Dom - Henry Wansbroug.