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Word of the Lord 7 Essential Principles for Catholic Scripture Study

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ISBN-10: 1612785883

ISBN-13: 9781612785882

Edition: N/A

Authors: Steven C. Smith, Scott Hahn

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For many Catholics, Scripture remains an elusive part of their faith, or worse yet, a weapon used against them when encountering challenges from other denominations.
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
Publication date: 9/5/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 255
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Scott Hahn, an internationally renowned Catholic lecturer & apologist, is a professor of theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. His books include "A Father Who Keeps His Promises", "Rome, Sweet Home", the best-selling story, coauthored with his wife, of their conversion to Catholicism, & most recently, "The Lamb's Supper". He lives in Steubenville, Ohio.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Seven Indispensable Principles for the Study of Scripture
Principle 1: God's Word: Divine Words in Human Language
Inspiration and the Truth of Scripture: Questions and Answers
Principle 2: God's Word Is Revealed in History
Principle 3: God's Word: Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture
The Canon of Sacred Scripture
Principle 4: God's Word: Revealed in the Unity of the Old and New Testaments
Scripture's Unitive Pattern: The Theme of Covenant
The Threefold Pattern of the Covenant
Biblical Typology and Recapitulation
Principle 5: God's Word Has Meaning(s)
Modern Biblical Interpretation
Principle 6: God's Word Requires Sound, Balanced, Methodological Analysis
Principle 7: God's Word Is Life-giving and Active!
Appendices
The 7 Principles of Catholic Biblical Interpretation in Summary Form
Modern Biblical Scholars
Meet the Rationalists: Six Influential Academic/Secular Biblical Scholars
Ten Significant Catholic/Christian Scholars of the Modern Era
Biblical Resources
Selecting Biblical Software
Selecting Biblical Commentaries
Other Recommended Commentaries
An Indexed Bibliography
About the Author
List of Tables and Figures
Tables
Relative Roles of the Divine and Human Author(s) in the Inspiration Process
Ancient Manuscripts: The Bible and Other Texts
Textual Variants in the New Testament
Three Periods of Response of the Church to the Historical-Critical Method
The Canon of the Old Testament 100-101
The Threefold Pattern of the Covenant
Figures
The Documentary Hypothesis
The Two-Source Hypothesis
Ten Key Elements in Narrative Criticism
Hierarchy of Needs ("Self-Actualization")