This book focuses on the crucial role of teaching in the process of tradition. The various essays present case studies, written by specialists in the field, on themes drawn from the biblical, Jewish and Christian practice of âtraditionâ, the passing on of faith from generation to generation. Underlying these essays is the conviction that teaching is a privileged context for the study of tradition, since it always both preserves and renews tradition. There is no tradition without teaching, in which the past is interpreted in the present and the present is seen in the light of the past.
Contributors are: Jan Bouwens, Rob V.J. Faesen, Leon Mock, Jos Moons, Krijn Pansters, Henk J. M. Schoot, Rudi A. te Velde, Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen, and Ruben J. van Wingerden.
Rudi A. te Velde, PhD (1991), is lecturer in philosophy and professor in the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas in relation to contemporary thought at the School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University. His many publications include Aquinas on God (Ashgate, 2006) and Metaphysics between Experience and Transcendence (Aschendorff, 2021).
Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen, PhD (1993), is Professor of Old Testament at the School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University. He has published especially on prophetic literature and communication-oriented analysis. He is the co-editor of Jerusalem and Other Holy Places as Foci of Multireligious and Ideological Confrontation,/i> (Brill, 2021) and co-author along with Frank G. Bosman of Video games as Art (De Gruyter, 2022).
List of Figures List of Contributors
1 Introduction
Teaching: A Unique Approach to Tradition
âJos Moons, Rudi A. te Velde and Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen
2 The Immanu-El in Isaiah and Matthew
An Exegetical Example of Tradition and Teaching
âArchibald L. H. M. van Wieringen
3 The Text as Teacher in Rabbinic Tradition
Some Observations
âLeon Mock
4 Jesus Teaching Martyrdom?
Gospel Teaching in Tertullianâs Ad Martyras, Cyprianâs ad Fortunatum, and Origenâs Exhortatio ad Martyrium
âRuben J. van Wingerden
5 Teaching and Traditio in the Work of Hadewijch and John of Ruusbroec
âRob V. J. Faesen
6 Being the Teaching
Living Spirituality Lessons from the Franciscan Secular Tradition
âKrijn Pansters
7 Some Reflections on Tradition and Teaching
The Case of Thomas Aquinas
âRudi A. te Velde
8 âA Primarily Pastoral Teaching Officeâ (John XXIII)
The Creative Potential of the Principle of âPastoralityâ
âJos Moons
9 Recent Magisterial Teaching and Tradition
On Separating Jesus and Christ
âHenk J. M. Schoot
10 Recontextualizing Catholic School Identity: Five Criteria
âJan Bouwens
11 Epilogue
Teaching and Tradition: A Creative Process
âJos Moons, Rudi A. te Velde and Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen
Index of Authors
The book is intended for post-graduate students in theology, theologians in general, philosophers in general, scholars of religious studies, biblical scholars, and church historians.