Rene Van de Walle

The Reverend Father
Rene Van de Walle, SJ
Teacher - in - Old Testament (1958-1989)
De Nobili College, Poona (Maharashtra)
Born(1924-01-28)January 28, 1924[2]
Larrey, Côte-d'Or[2] (France)[1]
DiedJune 9, 2009(2009-06-09) (aged 85)[3][4]
Bruges[1] (Belgium)
Education
Alma mater
OccupationSpiritual Formator
Years active1957-2009 (52 years)
Known forExegesis on Wisdom Literature
ReligionChristianity
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
(Society of Jesus)
Ordained1957[1]
Congregations served
Ranchi (India) and Menen (Belgium)
Offices held
  • Translator, Bible Society of India, Bombay Auxiliary
  • President, Society for Biblical Studies in India
  • Member, Catholic Biblical Association of India
TitleThe Reverend Father

René Van de Walle (28 January 1924 - 9 June 2009) was a Belgian Jesuit priest, biblical scholar, and academic. He specialized in the Old Testament and taught at the major National Catholic Seminary of Jnana Vidyadeepth in Pune (India). He contributed to scholarly research through his writings which appeared in the major theological journals in India for nearly two decades.

Biography

Born in Larrey, Côte-d'Or (France) on 28 January 1924 the young René entered the novitiate of the Jesuits in Drongen (Belgium), on the 7 September 1945. After a year of preparation – learning Sanskrit and Indian civilization – in Wépion, he sails off to India where he first spends another year of language study (Hindi) in Hazaribagh. Then follow philosophical studies in Shembaganur near Kodaikanal (1949–1952).

After two years of educational experience among the tribals of Chotanagpur (Ranchi) René is sent for theological studies in Pune, at the De Nobili College, from 1954 to 1958, with priestly ordination by Bishop Andreas D’Souza (of Pune) at the end of the third year, on March 24, 1957.

However, given his intellectual bent, the young priest is destined for higher ecclesiastical education, and hence sent for a two years ‘biennium’ at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome (1960–1963). His dissertation - required for the doctoral degree -, deals with The Murmuring of the Jews in the Wilderness. While in Rome, on the 2 February 1963, he makes his final religious profession in the Society of Jesus.

Back in India Fr Van de Walle immediately begins his academic career at the national Seminary (nowadays Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth’) in Pune (then Poona), a major town of Maharashtra, east of Mumbai, on the West coast of India. There Van de Walle was Professor[5] of Old Testament[6] and was associated with the revision of the Marathi Bible produced by the Bible Society of India.[7] He remains in Pune continuously until his retirement and departure to Belgium in 1989.

Writings

  • 1965, An Administrative Body of Priests and a Consecrated People,[8][9]
  • 1967, Welcome address at the biennial of the Society for Biblical Studies in India,[10]
  • 1969, The sin in the garden and the sinfulness of the world,[11]
  • 1975, Jesus - Christ of Atonement or Christ The New Man?,[12]
  • 1975, The Prophets' Call for Renewal and Reconciliation,[13]
  • 1978, (co-translated with Christopher T. Begg[14]), Parables of Jesus. Insight and Challenge[15]
  • 1978, Death and beyond in the sapiential literature,[16]
  • 1981, Israel's Relations with the Nations,[17]
  • 1983, Esther and Judith, Two Valiant Women,[18]
  • 1986, The Various Facets of Man in Wisdom Literature,[19]
  • 1986, Wisdom,[20]
  • 1989, The Minor Prophets as Conscientizers,[21]
  • No date, A comparative study on Psalm 139 and Hymn IV, 16 of Atharvaveda,[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c Erik Breye, Rene Van de Walle 1924-2009, 1 December 2014
  2. ^ a b Belgisch staatsblad, Issues 1-90, p.921, 1958
  3. ^ Ranchi Jesuit Society, List of obituaries, 17 February, 2016
  4. ^ In Memoriam
  5. ^ P. David, St. Paul's Expression 'Man in Christ' and the Vedantist's Understanding of jeevanmukta in Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 18, 2-3, p.196. [1]
  6. ^ In the beginning, and for nine years, Van de Walle also conducted classes in Fundamental Theology.
  7. ^ Basil Rebera, The Bible Society of India and Inter-Confessional Translations, in D. S. Amalorpavadass (Edited), Report of the II All-India Biblical Meeting, NBCLC, Bangalore, 1975, p.370. [2]
  8. ^ Rene Van de Walle, An Administrative Body of Priests and a Consecrated People, Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 14, 1965, pp.57-72. Cited in John Davies, A Royal Priesthood: Literary and Intertextual Perspectives on an Image of Israel in Exodus 19:6, T&T Clark International, London, 2004, p.74.[3]
  9. ^ Rene Van de Walle, An Administrative Body of Priests and a Consecrated People, Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 14, 1985, pp.57-72. Cited in Michael A. Grisanti, The Missing Mandate - Missions in the Old Testament in W. Edward Glenny, William H. Smallman (Edited), Missions in a New Millennium: Change and Challenges in World Missions, p.67. [4]
  10. ^ Rene Van de Walle, Welcome address at the biennial of the Society for Biblical Studies in India in Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 16, 1-2, January–June 1967, pp.1-6. [5]
  11. ^ René Van de Walle, The sin in the garden and the sinfulness of the world, Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 18.2-3, April–September, 1969, pp.124-164.[6]
  12. ^ Rene Van de Walle, Jesus - Christ of Atonement or Christ The New Man? in Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 24, 3-4, July–December 1975, pp.151-161. [7]
  13. ^ Rene Van de Walle, The Prophets' Call for Renewal and Reconciliation, Bible Bhashyam, Volume 1, 1975, p.285. Cited in John Sankarathil, Towards a Prophetic Spirituality of Religious Life, Asian Trading Corporation, Bangalore, 1999, p.97. [8]
  14. ^ The Catholic University of America, Christopher T. Begg
  15. ^ Rene Van de Walle, Christopher T. Begg (Translated), Parables of Jesus. Insight and Challenge, Theological Publications in India, Bangalore, 1978. Cited in F. Neirynck, Jozef Verheyden, R. Corstjens (Compiled), The Gospel of Matthew and the sayings source Q - A Cumulative Bibliography 1950-1995, Volume I, Leuven University Press, Leuven, 1998, p.510. [9]
  16. ^ Rene van de Walle, Death and beyond in the sapiential literature, Bible Bhashyam, Volume 4, 1978, pp.312-321. Cited by Michael L. Brown in Israel's Divine Healer, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1995, p.348. [10]
  17. ^ Rene Van de Walle, Israel's Relations with the Nations in Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 30, 1981, pp.177-180. Cited in Religious and Theological Abstracts, Volumes 26-27, 1983, p.cli. [11]
  18. ^ Rene Van de Walle, Esther and Judith, Two Valiant Women in Bible Bhashyam, Volume 9, 1983, pp.104-113. Cited by Claudia Rakel in Judit-- über Schönheit, Macht und Widerstand im Krieg: eine feministisch , Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2003, p.79. [12]
  19. ^ Rene Van de Walle, The Various Facets of Man in Wisdom Literature in Jeevadhara 16, 1986, pp.121-132. Cited in G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren (Edited), Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume 13, 2004, p.367. [13]
  20. ^ Rene van de Walle, Wisdom in Jeevadhara, Volume 16, 1986, pp.133-137. Cited in Elunchus of Biblica, Volume 2, 1986, p.388. [14]
  21. ^ Rene Van de Walle, The Minor Prophets as Conscientizers in Jeevadhara, Volume 19, 1989, pp. 118- 132. Cited by Fred Guyette, Amos the Prophet: A Meditation on the richness of 'Justice' in Jewish Bible Quarterly, Volume 36, Number 1, 2008, pp.15-21.[15]
  22. ^ Rene Van de Walle, A comparative study on Psalm 139 and Hymn IV, 16 of Atharvaveda, Indian Ecclesiastical Studies. Cited by Ishanand Vempeny, Inspiration in the Non-Biblical Scriptures, Theological Publications in India, 1973, p.24.[16]
  23. ^ a b c d e Fr. Max Gonsalves (Edited), Society for Biblical Studies in India Directory 1998.
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