Rene Van de Walle explained

Honorific Prefix:	The Reverend Father
Rene Van de Walle, SJ
Honorific Suffix:	Teacher - in - Old Testament De Nobili College, Poona (Maharashtra)
Birth Date:	28 January 1924
Birth Place:	Larrey, Côte-d'Or^[1] (France)^[2]
Death Date:	^[3] ^[4]
Death Place:	Bruges (Belgium)
Years Active:	1957-2009 (52 years)
Occupation:	Spiritual Formator
Education:	B.Th. (JDV) L.S.S. (PIB)
Alma Mater:	Sacred Heart College, Shembaganur (Tamil Nadu) St. Aloysius Minor Seminary, Ranchi (Jharkhand) De Nobili College, Pune (Maharashtra) Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (Italy)
Known For:	Exegesis on Wisdom Literature
Religion:	Christianity
Church:	Roman Catholic Church (Society of Jesus)
Ordained:	1957
Congregations:	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
The Reverend Father

Rene Van de Walle (born 1924; died 2009) was an Old Testament Scholar hailing from the Society of Jesus. Van de Walle contributed to scholarly research through his writings which appeared in the major theological journals in India for nearly two decades.

Van de Walle was Professor^[5] of Old Testament at the De Nobili College (Papal Seminary), Pune and was associated with the revision of Marathi Bible produced by the Bible Society of India.^[6]

Writings

• 1965, An Administrative Body of Priests and a Consecrated People,^{[7] [8]}
• 1967, Welcome address at the biennial of the Society for Biblical Studies in India,^[9]
• 1969, The sin in the garden and the sinfulness of the world,^[10]
• 1975, Jesus - Christ of Atonement or Christ The New Man?,^[11]
• 1975, The Prophets' Call for Renewal and Reconciliation,^[12]
• 1978, (co-translated with Christopher T. Begg^[13]), Parables of Jesus. Insight and Challenge^[14]
• 1978, Death and beyond in the sapiential literature,^[15]
• 1981, Israel's Relations with the Nations,^[16]
• 1983, Esther and Judith, Two Valiant Women,^[17]
• 1986, The Various Facets of Man in Wisdom Literature,^[18]
• 1986, Wisdom,^[19]
• 1989, The Minor Prophets as Conscientizers,^[20]
• No date, A comparative study on Psalm 139 and Hymn IV, 16 of Atharvaveda,^[21]

Notes and References

1. Belgisch staatsblad, Issues 1-90, p.921, 1958.https://books.google.com/books?id=4sDXbj9MkaAC&dq=poona+rene+van+de+walle&pg=PA921
2. http://www.ranjesu.org/getObituary.php?obId=2 Erik Breye, Rene Van de Walle 1924-2009, 1 December 2014
3. http://www.ranjesu.org/ObituaryPub.php Ranchi Jesuit Society, List of obituaries, 17 February, 2016
4. In Memoriam.https://www.inmemoriam.be/nl/2009-06-09/rene-van-de-walle/
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. http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/ijt/18-2-3_191.pdf
6. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=giQ9AAAAIAAJ&q=c.+arangaden+bible+society
7. 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.https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnCvAwAAQBAJ&dq=r.van+de+Walle+theology&pg=PR4
8. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=4Ftc6tNf3TQC&dq=r.van+de+Walle+theology&pg=PA67
9. 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. http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/ijt/16-1-2_001.pdf
10. 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.http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/ijt/18-2-3_124.pdf
11. 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. http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/ijt/24-3_4_151.pdf
12. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=CVbZAAAAMAAJ&q=r.van+de+Walle+theology
13. http://trs.cua.edu/res/docs/faculty-pages/begg/Begg-Curriculum-Vitae-1-4-13.pdf The Catholic University of America, Christopher T. Begg
14. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3guXdIPBCEC&dq=r.van+de+Walle+theology&pg=PP1
15. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=KCzmNKnLqMkC&dq=r.van+de+Walle+theology&pg=PA2
16. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=EN4nAAAAYAAJ&q=r.van+de+Walle+theology
17. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=YLJjjuZd7FMC&dq=Vande+Walle+Esther+and+Judith%3A+Two+Valiant+Women&pg=PA79
18. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=RAwg47G0M2IC&q=Walle&pg=PA367
19. Rene van de Walle, Wisdom in Jeevadhara, Volume 16, 1986, pp.133-137. Cited in Elunchus of Biblica, Volume 2, 1986, p.388. https://books.google.com/books?id=fgu7dyXKY74C&dq=r.van+de+Walle+theology&pg=PA388
20. 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.http://jbq.jewishbible.org/assets/Uploads/361/361_amos.pdf
21. 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.https://books.google.com/books?id=jhLXAAAAMAAJ&q=Atharvaveda+Van+de+Walle