Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The New Testament
Digital Verbum Edition
The Ignatius Study Bible does not include the Bible texts. The print edition cites the RSVCE, available separately.
Overview
This volume presents the New Testament in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for personal and group study. Extensive study notes, topical essays, and word studies provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. They also provide rich historical, cultural, geographical, and theological information pertinent to the narratives. Commentaries include the best insights of ancient, medieval, and modern scholarship, and follow the Church’s guidelines for biblical interpretation. Plus, each book is outlined and introduced with an essay covering questions of authorship, date of composition, intended audience, and general themes. Also included are handy reference materials such as a doctrinal index, a concise concordance, a helpful cross-reference system, and various maps and charts.
Delve more into the works of Scott Hahn with the Scott Hahn Bundle (27 vols.).
Key Features
- Presents the New Testament in a highly readable, accurate translation
- Provides rich historical, cultural, geographical, and theological information pertinent to the narratives.
- Includes authentic Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church
Top Highlights
“Angels that appear as animals. They symbolize the glory of God expressed in creation, e.g., divine authority (lion), strength (ox), intelligence (man), and swiftness (eagle).” (Page 499)
“Allegorically (St. Bede, In Marcum): Jesus heals the blind man to announce the mystery of redemption. As God Incarnate, Jesus heals man through the sacrament of his human nature, here signified by his hands and spittle. This grace cures our spiritual blindness gradually, and, as with the blind man, progress is measured in proportion to our faith. Allegorically (St. Jerome, Homily 79), the restoration of the blind man signifies our gradual increase in wisdom, from the darkness of ignorance to the light of truth. Christ’s spittle is the perfect doctrine that proceeds from his mouth; it enhances our vision and brings us progressively to the knowledge of God.” (Pages 79–80)
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“This form of OT interpretation is called typology.” (Page 28) |
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“ he uses old truths to instruct us about new ones.” (Page 28) |
“‘flowing’ water, i.e., a preferable alternative to stagnant well water” (Page 168)
About Scott Hahn
Scott Hahn is one of the most prominent Catholic authors and theologians of our time. A former Presbyterian minister, Hahn entered the Catholic Church in 1986 and has since become a bestselling author and respected professor of Scripture. He currently teaches at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic university in the United States. “My work is about reading the Bible,” writes Hahn on his website, “Reading it with you, and reading it ‘from the heart of the Church’.” Many of his most notable workd can be found in the Scott Hahn Bundle (27 vols.).
About Curtis Mitch
Curtis Mitch is research fellow and trustee of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology in Ohio. A former student of Scott Hahn, Mitch is the general editor for the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, has contributed essays and commentary for the Catholic for a Reason series, and has coauthored The Gospel of Matthew in the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture series. He lives with his wife, author Stacy Mitch, near Steubenville, Ohio.
Reviews
4 ratings
Paul
9/17/2024
Fr. Corey Tufford
11/9/2020
Kevin Clarke, Ph.D.
3/19/2020
This resource is a must for Catholic professors of Sacred Scripture.Deacon Jay Frantz
3/28/2016
I happened to buy this because I have the paper version and thought my life could be a lot simpler with a digital version. Not so, at least with this one. The download comes with the Introduction as it is in the paper version however, there is no bible text at all, just commentary on select parts of the text. Unless one wants to use this with the paper version in hand, to me, it is virtually useless.
