Although the translation of the Bible was the main focus of Allegra's work, and he has usually been viewed as primarily a Scripture scholar, he took time to help the poor and the sick, particularly the lepers.

Tradition and Other Paths He accepts the label of a "radical" Scripture scholar, admitting to a readiness to take ideas and "imagine the maximum scenario."

Carlo Maria Martini, S.J., Catholic Cardinal-Archbishop Emeritus of Milan, Scripture scholar (Doctor Divinitatis, honoris causa)

A former monk who loves monasticism, an active Roman Catholic who has found himself barred from teaching in some Catholic institutions, a member of the world of Scripture scholars whose working premises he is now challenging, Professor Johnson is a walking illustration of how unsatisfactory labels like conservative and liberal can be.

He opposed renowned Scripture scholar Raymond E. Brown and wrote a number of articles for conservative Catholic publications on the issues of the day.

He is convinced that the ideological and professional divisions that have arisen between Scripture scholars, "systematic" and "historical" theologians have served Catholic theology ill.

Ordained in 1986, Father Rosica is a Scripture scholar who holds advanced degrees in theology and Sacred Scripture from Regis College at the University of Toronto, the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem.

Though not a Scripture scholar in the strict sense, he knew the Pauline Epistles well and a selection of his lectures on St Paul from the 1930s were published after his death (Colloqui Religiosi, Brescia, 1981).

The Catholic Church chronicler Rocco Palmo called Turkson the lone Scripture scholar in the Pope's "Senate" and believes that his status as a potential "papabile" has been elevated due to his appointment as spokesman for Second Synod for Africa in 2009.