What are some biblical allusions and their connections in James Joyce's "Araby"?

Joyce's "Araby" opens with Biblical allusions. A literary
allusion is a device whereby the writer conveys a great deal of information in very few
words, usually through the imagery of very few words, that call up cultural recollection
of commonly know facts, legends, stories, myths, histories, etc. A Biblical allusion is
an allusion that refers to Biblical stories, characters, theologies, doctrines or
religious persons, groups, concepts, locations, etc.

In one
instance, the opening of "Araby" alludes to religious concepts of celibacy by having
former tenant of the house be a Catholic priest, indicative of the narrator's plight
regarding his love for Magan. It also alludes to the value of religious literary works
by classing a popular theological work of the day, The Devout
Communicant, with a detective story (The Memoirs of
Vidocq) and a novel by Walter Scott about Benedictine monks and by locating
them in the "waste room behind the kitchen ... with old useless
papers."

Midway through the story, the narrator calls up a
religious allusion when he says the deserted after-hours bazaar was like "a church after
a service": the energy of past sounds and past activity is still present and still
throwing out a metaphorical glow as a of ghost, which may suggest Joyce's sentiment as
to the value (seemingly nil) of church services.