The Quick Reference Guide to the Catholic Bible

by Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan

Overview

How many times have you wanted some context and background about a book of the Bible but didn’t have the time to wade through a long commentary? The Quick Reference Guide to the Catholic Bible is a concise guide that is meant to orient you as you read the various books of the Bible—something you can keep by your side and glance at quickly before going back to your prayer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781593254599
Publisher:	The Word Among Us Press
Publication date:	08/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	638 KB

About the Author

Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan is a popular lecturer and teacher who taught theology in colleges and seminaries for more than forty years. She has a doctorate in sacred theology from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium and is the author of more than ten books on topics related to the Scriptures, most recently Parables of the Kingdom and Women of the Gospels: Missionaries of God’s Love (The Word Among Us Press, 2010).

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Bible 8

Introduction to the Old Testament 21

Introduction to the Pentateuch 23

Genesis 26

Exodus 31

Leviticus 35

Numbers 38

Deuteronomy 42

Introduction to the Historical Books 45

Joshua 50

Judges 53

Ruth 56

1 and 2 Samuel 59

1 and 2 Kings 63

1 and 2 Chronicles 67

Ezra 71

Nehemiah 75

Introduction to Tobit, Judith, Esther, and 1 and 2 Maccabees 78

Tobit 82

Judith 86

Esther 89

1 Maccabees 93

2 Maccabees 96

Introduction to the Wisdom Books 100

Job 103

Psalms 107

Proverbs 111

Ecclesiastes 115

Song of Songs 118

Wisdom 121

Sirach 124

Introduction to the Major Prophets 128

Isaiah 132

Jeremiah 138

Lamentations 142

Baruch 146

Ezekiel 149

Daniel 153

Introduction to the Minor Prophets 156

Hosea 159

Joel 162

Amos 166

Obadiah 170

Jonah 173

Micah 176

Nahum 180

Habakkuk 183

Zephaniah 186

Haggai 189

Zechariah 192

Malachi 195

Introduction to the New Testament 199

Introduction to the Gospels 201

Matthew 206

Mark 210

Luke 214

John 218

Acts of the Apostles 222

Introduction to the Pauline Letters 226

Romans 232

1 Corinthians 236

2 Corinthians 240

Galatians 244

Ephesians 248

Philippians 252

Colossians 256

1 Thessalonians 260

2 Thessalonians 264

Introduction to the Pastoral Epistles 267

1 Timothy 270

2 Timothy 273

Titus 277

Philemon 280

Hebrews 283

Introduction to the Catholic Epistles 287

James 290

1 Peter 294

2 Peter 298

1 John 301

2 John 304

3 John 307

Jude 310

Revelation 313