Published since 2002, "Verbum Vitae" is issued biannually by the Institute of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Each issue of the journal includes scholarly articles dedicated to a specific biblical theme and presented in three sections: (I) Old Testament, (II) New Testament, and (III) Patristics and the Life of the Church. The final "Life of the Church" perspective tries to broaden out each issue's given topic into its multiple connections and implications, mostly dogmatic, moral, pastoral, liturgical, or sociological. The forth section of the journal always consists of reviews of recently published monographs and collections on biblical themes. Because of the journal's interdisciplinary character, it seeks to include among the contributors not only biblical scholars but also theologians of various specializations.

Published since 2002, "Verbum Vitae" is issued biannually by the Institute of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Each issue includes scholarly articles dedicated to a specific biblical theme, organized into three sections: (I) Old Testament, (II) New Testament, and (III) Patristics and the Life of the Church. The final section, "Life of the Church," aims to broaden the discussion of each issue's topic, exploring its various connections and implications, primarily in dogmatic, moral, pastoral, liturgical, or sociological contexts. The fourth section of the journal consistently features reviews of recently published monographs and collections on biblical themes. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the journal seeks contributions not only from biblical scholars but also from theologians of various specializations.

《Verbum Vitae》自2002年起每年出版两期，由波兰卢布林约翰·保罗二世天主教大学神学院的圣经研究所发行。每期期刊包含专门针对特定圣经主题的学术文章，分为三个部分：(I) 旧约，(II) 新约，以及 (III) 教父学与教会生活。最后的“教会生活”部分旨在将每期的主题扩展到其多重联系和影响，主要涉及教义、道德、牧灵、礼仪或社会学等方面。期刊的第四部分始终包括对最近出版的关于圣经主题的专著和文集的评论。由于期刊具有跨学科的特点，它不仅寻求包括圣经学者，还希望吸纳各个专业的神学家作为贡献者。

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The subject of this article is the Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI trilogy on Jesus of Nazareth. Central to the analysis is an attempt to reconstruct the place and role of metaphysics in the Pope’s analysis and, more broadly, in his understanding of biblical hermeneutics. One of the central ambitions of our author was to develop an integral method of reading and understanding Scripture, in which historicalcritical, metaphysical and dogmatic themes presuppose and complement each other. The article first examines the modalities of the appearance of metaphysical threads in Benedict XVI’s meditations, then analyzes his understanding of prayer in a metaphysical key, and finally sketches the concept of a new human being made possible by the work of Jesus and needing metaphysical categories to be fully described. Thus, it turns out that Ratzinger was able to show a truly biblical metaphysics in Jesus of Nazareth and prove that metaphysical thinking is not at odds with the assumptions of the historical-critical method, if the latter, of course, is not understood in a reductionist manner and in accordance with modern prejudices. In this way, I argue, Ratzinger sketches in his trilogy an integral theological method for reading the biblical text and ultimately synthesizes the biblical, metaphysical and dogmatic approaches.

Robert Józef Woźniak

Mutuality of Scripture, Metaphysics and Dogmatics. Basic Hermeneutical Insight in Pope Benedict XVI "Jesus of Nazareth"

《圣经、形而上学与教义的相互性：教皇本笃十六世〈纳匝肋的耶稣〉中的基本诠释学洞见》

The Tradition of the Church has been a vital part of the Christian faith since the apostolic age. It has its tangible, historical basis in Scripture, but at the same time, it is a supernatural, living and ever-present reality of the Church. Because of its relevance to Christian life, tradition is also a frequently debated theological topic in Catholic and Protestant theological circles. As a theologian, Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI created and offered the Church his concept of the Tradition of the Church, and that theological proposal is the subject of the present analyses. They aim to describe the sources, the essence and the constituent elements of the sacred Tradition of the Church in Ratzinger’s lectures with particular reference to its biblical basis. A methodologically correct way of dealing with the issue at hand is a historical and, at the same time, theological analysis, since the subject of the study is the Church as a supernatural reality of the community of believers past and present. This article first discusses Joseph Ratzinger’s publications on the Tradition of the Church, proceeding afterwards to present the essential elements of his understanding of Tradition and, finally, describing its biblical foundations. For Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, Tradition is the constant actualisation of Jesus’ presence in the Church, the memory of him, but also the living experience of salvation.

Stefan Szymik

Church Tradition and Its Biblical Foundations in the Teaching of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI. An Outline of Problems

约瑟夫·拉辛格/本笃十六世教义中的教会传统及其圣经基础：问题概述

This essay addresses Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini, which explained authoritatively the three central principles of Catholic scriptural interpretation found in the Vatican II constitution Dei Verbum. In Verbum Domini, much of Benedict’s prior work as a private theologian gained a magisterial voice. Hence, this essay will engage both with Verbum Domini and Benedict’s previous writings. For Benedict, theology is more than information. When practiced as a “spiritual science,” theology is a real contact with the living Word. The authors of scripture are, accordingly, “normative theologians.” The real contact with the living Word contained in scripture is most profoundly mediated by the Church’s liturgy. The biblical Word’s liturgical setting is the source of its theological normativity. Thus, for Benedict, the performativity of the Word implies a unity between Scripture and liturgy, and the resultant normativity of the Word implies a unity between Scripture and theology. Without these unities, and the life of continuous conversion that flows from their recognition, there can be no theology in the true sense of the word. If these unities are recognized, however, the task of the theologian becomes letting God himself “speak”—to be the servant or handmaiden of revelation.

Scott Hahn

Normative and Performative: The Authority of Scripture for Catholic Theology and Worship in the Thought of Pope Benedict XVI

规范与践行：教皇本笃十六世思想中圣经对天主教神学与礼拜的权威性

Book review: John S. Bergsma and Jeffrey L. Morrow, Murmuring Against Moses : The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies (Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic, 2023). Pp. 308. 39,95 USD. ISBN: 978-1-64585-149-3 (hardcover), 978-1-64585-150-9 (paperback), 978-1-64585–151-6 (e-book).

Janusz Lemański

John S. Bergsma and Jeffrey L. Morrow, Murmuring Against Moses: The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies (Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic, 2023)

约翰·S. 伯格马和杰弗里·L. 莫罗，《对摩西的怨言：五经研究的争议历史与未来挑战》（俄亥俄州斯图本维尔：以马忤斯学术出版社，2023年）

This study aims to elucidate the connection between Peregrine of Opole, a Polish Dominican active at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, and the studium generale in Bologna through an analysis of his sermons. The focus is on the concept of the sanctification of Mary (sanctificatio Mariae), which appears in both Peregrine’s sermons and the writings of Bologna Dominicans such as Bombolognus of Bologna and Jacopo da Varazze. By comparing interpretations of this concept, the study identifies significant similarities that suggest Peregrine of Opole likely completed his theological studies at the Dominican studium generale in Bologna during the late 13th century.

Bogusław Kochaniewicz

Paweł Kiejkowski

Conceptio Mariae or Sanctificatio Mariae? Peregrine of Opole’s Relations with the Dominican Studium Generale in Bologna

《圣母受孕还是圣母成圣？佩雷格林·德·奥波莱与博洛尼亚多明我会总修院的关系》

This article aims to analyze the way Pope Benedict XVI quotes and interprets biblical psalms. In the introductory section, the author presents statistics and the ways in which Benedict XVI quotes Book of Psalms, and then offers a general, introductory look at psalms and their analysis in papal catechesis. In subsequent sections of the article, the author focuses on the pope’s historical-critical exegesis and linguistic analyses of the psalms, followed by the pope’s Christological, ecclesiological, Mariological, and actualizing reading of the Psalms. In the concluding section, the author discusses the relationship of the psalms to prayer, the pope’s references to the Fathers of the Church and recalls Benedict XVI’s most personal statements on the Psalms.

Wojciech Węgrzyniak

Benedict XVI’s Interpretation of the Psalms

本笃十六世对《诗篇》的诠释

Adam Kubiś

Biblia Benedicti. Hermeneutical and Exegetical Legacy of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI

《本笃圣经：约瑟夫·拉辛格/本笃十六世的诠释学与释经学遗产》

This article analyses the evolution and meaning of “Interpretation” in the journal Revista de Interpretación Bíblica Latinoamericana (RIBLA [Latin American Journal of Biblical Interpretation]) from its inception in 1988 up to 2023, with a focus on the period 2012–2023. Launched in Costa Rica in 1988, RIBLA reflects the faith experiences and struggles of Latin American communities and churches from the popular Reading of the Bible in Latin America and the hermeneutics of liberation. In its early days, RIBLA focused on biblical hermeneutics as the interpretation of the text in its historic context in relation to the life of the Ecclesial Base Communities (BECs) of the continent. In the years 1988–2011, it emphasized a liberationist interpretation of the Bible, with a focus on Indigenous communities. The dialogue between Revelation in indigenous religions and Revelation in traditional religions is important, as is the figure of Paul in the theology of liberation. Between 2012 and 2023, RIBLA restates the importance of biblical narratives in collaborative interpretations. In short, “interpretation” in RIBLA is seen as fundamental to confront the challenges of Latin America and the world. With a constant commitment to the Word of God, contextualised liberation and a dialogue between hermeneutics and hermeneutics of liberation, the journal offers an “unfinished” interpretation that is “open” to new considerations, as a beacon of critical reflection in the midst of historic crises.

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Mutuality of Scripture, Metaphysics and Dogmatics. Basic Hermeneutical Insight in Pope Benedict XVI "Jesus of Nazareth"

Church Tradition and Its Biblical Foundations in the Teaching of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI. An Outline of Problems

Normative and Performative: The Authority of Scripture for Catholic Theology and Worship in the Thought of Pope Benedict XVI

John S. Bergsma and Jeffrey L. Morrow, Murmuring Against Moses: The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies (Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic, 2023)

Conceptio Mariae or Sanctificatio Mariae? Peregrine of Opole’s Relations with the Dominican Studium Generale in Bologna

Benedict XVI’s Interpretation of the Psalms

Biblia Benedicti. Hermeneutical and Exegetical Legacy of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI

John S. Bergsma and Jeffrey L. Morrow, Murmuring Against Moses: The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies (Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic, 2023)

Conceptio Mariae or Sanctificatio Mariae? Peregrine of Opole’s Relations with the Dominican Studium Generale in Bologna

"Interpretation" in RIBLA: A Multifaceted Meaning

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