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 The aims of the Catholic Biblical Association are to promote knowledge and use of the Scriptures, to encourage and support local groups meeting together for study and to collaborate with other biblical associations such as the Bible Society, the Catholic Biblical Federation and the Bible Reading Fellowship. Scripture Bulletin, the journal of the Catholic Biblical Association, is published online twice yearly and through its articles and book reviews aims to keep readers informed of current trends in biblical scholarship. Those with an interest in the work of the Association are invited to join our mailing list by registering for this website or writing to the Hon. Secretary (see below).
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Chair of the Trustees: Dom Henry Wansbrough, OSB
Trustees: Rev Nicholas King, SJ, Professor Mary E. Mills, SHCJ, Dr Jennifer Dines, CSA, Rev Dr Jeremy Corley, Dr Martin O’Kane, Mr Ian Boxall
Treasurer to the Trustees: Mr. James Carty
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Written by Ian Boxall
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 08:25 |
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Interviewer: What led you did undertake this project?
NK: It wasn’t something I’d planned. When I came back from South Africa in 2001, I had some time on my hands, and decided to translate Mark and John for a summer school I was teaching on. I gave my translation to the class, one of whom happened to be married to a publisher! Eventually the request came: ‘How would you feel about translating the whole Bible?’ Initially I was reluctant, but after reflecting on it for a while, and a certain amount of arm-twisting, I thought: ‘Why not?’
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Written by Ian Boxall
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Thursday, 08 April 2010 15:47 |
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The Use and Abuse of the Bible
(T & T Clark, 2010, 209pp, ISBN 9780567 09057 7)
Interviewer: You are a biblical scholar, not a historian. What led you to embark on this subject?
Dom Henry: One of the features of the Catholic tradition is an interest in the development and use of the Bible down the ages. In the course of the development of the Bible itself texts are used and re-used, acquiring new meanings and resonances. We can’t even pinpoint a particular moment when the text may be held to be the definitive text. Is the Hebrew or the Septuagint the definitive text of the Old Testament? The same is true in the course of the history of the Church. The Bible is used and applied in different ways, and for a Catholic this too is under the inspiration of the Spirit. It can of course also be misapplied, as I would hold it has been misapplied for political purposes by the State of Israel.
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