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The Apocalypse of John
Sean P. Kealy, CSSp
Paperback
The Apocalypse has been one of the most fascinating and most frustrating books of the Bible. Interpretations abound, yet the mystery at the heart of it continues to intrigue scholars. Father Kealy's thoughts on the Apocalypse are provocative, stimula...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5581-8
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$21.95
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Berit Olam: 1 Kings
Jerome T. Walsh
Hardcover
The narratives of Solomon and Jeroboam, of Elijah and Ahab, have fascinated readers for millennia. Even apart from questions of historical authenticity, they are gripping stories of richly drawn characters caught up in the complex tale of God's deali...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5044-8
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Berit Olam: 1 Samuel
David Jobling
Hardcover
1 Samuel is a national autobiography of the Hebrew people. David Jobling reads 1 Samuel as a story that is complete in itself, although it is part of a much larger narrative. He examines it as a historical document in a double sense: (1) as a documen...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5047-9
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Berit Olam: 2 Kings
Robert L. Cohn
Hardcover
Opening with the prophet Elijah's ascent into heaven and closing with the people of Judah's descent to Babylonia, 2 Kings charts the story of the two Israelite kingdoms until their destruction. This commentary unfolds the literary dimensions of 2 Kin...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5054-7
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Berit Olam: Ezra and Nehemiah
Gordon F. Davies
Hardcover
Ezra-Nehemiah has been neglected in biblical studies, but it is important as one of the few windows into the Persian period of Israel's history, the setting for so much of the final shape of the Hebrew Bible. To know this period is to know what influ...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5049-3
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$29.95
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Berit Olam: Genesis
David W. Cotter, OSB
Hardcover
The central thesis underlying this study of Genesis is that the God who is revealed as a character in Genesis is always a savior. In Genesis, David Cotter, OSB, helps readers discern a structure in the book whereby the least and the weakest are the o...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5040-0
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$49.95
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Berit Olam: Joshua
L. Daniel Hawk
Hardcover
What does Joshua hold to be the essential marks of Israelite identity? What distinguishes "Israel" from all other peoples? In tracking these themes, L. Daniel Hawk reveals in Joshua a profound struggle to define the people of the God of Israel.
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5042-4
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Berit Olam: Judges
Tammi J. Schneider
Hardcover
The biblical book of Judges contains culturally familiar stories such as that of Samson and Delilah and Deborah and Baraq. But despite the popularity of these stories, other important stories in Judges such as that of Achsah, the raped pilegesh, and ...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5050-9
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Berit Olam: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Stephen K. Sherwood, CMF
Hardcover
Many good intentions to read the entire Bible have foundered on the rocks of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Do these books have literary qualities? How does the storyteller tell the story? In Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Stephen Sherwood, C...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5046-2
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Berit Olam: Psalms
Konrad Schaefer, OSB
Hardcover
The psalms are masterful poems that echo the tenors of community life and worship as they project the scope of the human drama from lament to praise. They chart a profound and vital relationship with God, with all the ups and downs that this relation...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5061-5
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Berit Olam: Ruth and Esther
Tod Linafelt and Timothy K. Beal
Hardcover
Some ancient works of literature survive in fragments that appear so simple and complete it's hard to imagine them as being part of a larger narrative. Such is the case with Ruth and Esther. On first reading they appear so simple, so whole, and their...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5045-5
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Berit Olam: The Song of Songs
Studies in Hebrew Narrative & Poetry
Dianne Bergant, CSA
Hardcover
Among all of the books of the First Testament, the Song of Songs is one of the most intriguing. On the one hand, its unabashed sensuality has captured the imagination and has endeared it to those who appreciate passionate human love. On the other han...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5069-1
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Berit Olam: The Twelve Prophets
Two-volume set
Marvin A. Sweeney
Hardcover Book Set
There is generally no common material that binds together the works of the individual prophets that comprise the Twelve, but through Sweeney's commentary they stand together as a single, clearly defined book among the other prophetic books of the Bib...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5059-2
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$89.90
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Berit Olam: The Twelve Prophets
Volume 1: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah
Marvin A. Sweeney
Hardcover
There is generally no common material that binds together the works of the individual prophets that comprise the Twelve, but through Sweeney's commentary they stand together as a single, clearly defined book among the other prophetic books of the Bib...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5095-0
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$44.95
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Berit Olam: The Twelve Prophets
Volume 2: Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Marvin A. Sweeney
Hardcover
There is generally no common material that binds together the works of the individual prophets that comprise the Twelve, but through Sweeney's commentary they stand together as a single, clearly defined book among the other prophetic books of the Bib...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5091-2
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$54.95
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Building from Belief
Advance, Retreat, and Compromise in the Remaking of Catholic Church Architecture
Michael E. DeSanctis
Paperback
Imagine what Sundays in a parish could be if worshiping communities are assured that the liturgy in their spaces might be a foretaste of the heavenly liturgy. Or what town-hall meetings could also be in a place where parish committees are inspired to...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-2755-6
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The Canonical Function of Acts
A Comparative Analysis
David E. Smith
Paperback
The book of Acts was recognized as canonical throughout most of the Catholic Christian world by the early third century. Its canonization was due largely to its linking of the Old Testament with the ministries of Jesus, the Jerusalem apostles, Paul, ...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5103-2
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$15.95
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Chronicles and Its Synoptic Parallels in Samuel, Kings, and Related Biblical Texts
John C. Endres, SJ, William R. Millar, and John Barclay Burns, Editors; Corrine Patton, Pauline Viviano, and Jim Fitzgerald, Contributors; Roger W. Uitti, Project Design
Paperback
The importance of synoptic parallels for study of the Hebrew Bible and the emergence in recent decades of fresh energy for studying the book of Chronicles has inspired scholars across North America to take a new view of the historical books of the Ol...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-5930-4
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Clerical Culture
Contradiction and Transformation
Michael L. Papesh
Paperback
You'll hear it in news coverage of the Church scandals—"Clerical Culture"—but what does it mean? In Clerical Culture: Contradiction and Transformation Michael L. Papesh provides an understanding for today’s clerical system and present ...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-3001-3
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The Collegeville Atlas of the Bible
James Harpur and Marcus Braybrooke
Hardcover
2000 Catholic Press Association Award Winner!
The Collegeville Atlas of the Bible offers those with an interest in their historical and religious heritage a guided tour through the Bible. It describes the stories and events of the Bible and places...
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ISBN: 978-0-8146-2702-0
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$24.95
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