Christopher Gilbert

A literary and historical introduction to the Bible exploring the content of both the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian New Testament, but also introducing the reader to scholarly questions and theories about the Bible.

Lectio Divina Edition: Deluxe / Leather Cover

Paulist Press

Experience the ancient, beautiful, and life-transforming practice of lectio divina--the prayerful reading of Scripture. Give the gift of prayer to yourself and to those you love. Gilded page edges; Navy-blue bonded leather cover.

Difficult Text & Modern Faith

Antony F. Campbell, SJ

Indicates how current trends in scriptural scholarship may benefit modern faith.

Lectio Divina Edition - Cloth/Hard Cover

Paulist Press

An ideal Bible for anyone who desires to reflect on the individual stories and chapters of just one, or even all, of the biblical books, while being led to prayer through meditation on that biblical passage.

Acts of the Apostles

Paulist Press

An inspirational way to practice lectio divina through the person of St. Paul, the first of all Christian proclaimers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, using the Acts of the Apostles.

Joseph A. Fitzmyer, SJ

Written for interested readers as well as students of the Bible, this book emphasizes the importance of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Exploring Relationships of Biblical Women

Kathleen MacInnis Kichline

Uses tools of biblical scholarship, prayer, reflection, and the insights of other women to explore the relationships of various women of both the Old and New Testament.

In Defense Historical Critical Method

Joseph A. Fitzmyer, SJ

This book seeks to establish the properly oriented use of the historical-critical method as the mode of ascertaining the sense of the written Word of God.

Jewish Way Reading the Sacred Scripture

Stephen M. Wylen

Introduces the reader to the major texts and genres of rabbinic literature in which the Jews present their reading of the Bible through which every biblical verse discloses seventy different insights, all of them wise and true.

Study Guide

Timothy R. Carmody

Using the "three worlds" of the historical background, the literary features, and the interpretive possibilities for the text, this book surveys the major divisions of the Bible and presents examples of how to interpret the Bible using contemporary ...

John W. Miller

A detailed study of the form and message of the Bible as a whole, along with carefully documented information on how, when, and why its diverse components were assembled.

Raymond E. Brown

A noted biblical scholar's concise responses to a wide range of the questions most frequently posed to him about the Bible.

Introduction Bibilical Literary Form

Margaret Nutting Ralph

A revised edition of a bestseller that introduces readers to the importance of understanding the various literary forms that appear in Scripture.

Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Four essays that explain how the proper interpretation of Scripture should function in relation to tradition, in the study of theology, and in ecumenical work.

Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Questions and answers that people ask today about the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls their contents, their significance, and recent developments about them written by an expert who has worked on the scrolls from the beginning.