Favorite Bible Study Guides

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I am trying to post a poll, but it does not look like it is working.I keep timing out of this forum when I type more than one sentence.

I am searching for a Bible Study guide, and am curious to hear feedback from the perceived strengths and weeknesses any one may have observed in the follwowing:

Guide to the Bible by Antonio Fuentes

Pathways in Scriputres by Damasus Winzen

New Jerome Bible Handbooy by Raymond Brown et al

Prophets and Apostles by Joseph Ponessa et al
 
I haven’t read the last one but I own the others. My answer would depend on where you are at in your study of the Bible. If you are new, I’d avoid the Jerome for a while. There is a lot of useful things in it, but it tends to be dry, technical, and tends to have a modernist slant that could be confusing if you are not well grounded in Catholic teaching.

Pathways is a good spiritual guide to the books of the Bible and draws out a lot of good meditation material. It has some background on the Bible, but it is mostly from a spiritual viewpoint.

Guide To The Bible by Fuentes is a good resource if you are looking for short introductions to the books of the Bible that are written in an understandable language and isn’t too tinged with liberal Bible interpretation. It is published by the same house that brought us the excellent Navarre Bible series.
 
Thanks for the advice. I ordered Pathways from Amazon. Basically what I want at this point is primarily a background on Catholic interpretation of the books and their history. Interpretaions of the content is welsome too, but not the main priority for me right now. This is so cliche to say, but the Bible is such an amazing book, that I can not read it without recieving guidance ofr my life, and new infsight into life in general, regardless of how amny times I go over it, but at the same time, other’s (name removed by moderator)ut adds new dimensions too.

I have seen a few recommendations for Antonio Fuentes’ book, but when I searched on Amazon for that book, it recommended *Pathways *too, and I chose it since the descpitions for the two books seemed similar, with the excpetions that Pathways was longer, and that Fuentes’ book was translated form Spanish.
I’ve been bit by a bit of an apologetics bug lately, so I ordered a few books. Today I purchased Kreeft’s What Catholics Believe and By What Authority by Richard Gaillardetz, both of which have chapters about perspectives on the inspiration behind the Bible. I also ordered Scott Hahn’s book called something like *Scripture Matters, *which I think has similar details and guides to approaching the Bible.

I have Patrick Madrid’s Where is that in the Bible to help me identify passages associated with some of the Catholic teaching that non-Catholics find more objectionable. I know that Catholic teaching is rooted in scriptures, but I want to be more attentive to which exact passage. I ordered and can not wait to read Any Friend of God is a Friend of Mine, which has not arrived yet. I have never understood why people question the idea of the communion of siants or how they are lead to misinterpret it, but I welcome the knowledge that will enable me to defend it better.

As for the Jerome Bible Commentary, I decided to hold off on that. Too much of an expnse, and it looked like more criticsm than what I need at this momment, and I am not so interested in learning all the possible critiques of sources (call me lazy) and philosophy behind those critiques, as I am in discerning basic messages pertinent to me and that bolster the church as an institution. I have also heard negative feedback about the book in terms of it not always being in line with orthodox teaching, and my objective now is to understand better the rationale behind the orthodoxy.
 
I am just wondering, if anyone here knows a good website I could use for my religion book, so I can get a study guides to understand what I am reading. Thank you.
 
Please everyone. For the sake of your pockets and your sanity, STAY AWAY from the New Jerome Biblical Commentary. I was foolish enough to buy a copy, only to discover it was mostly modernist trash. In fact, if you see anything with Raymond Brown, SS on it, burn it.
 
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Basically what I want at this point is primarily a background on Catholic interpretation of the books and their history. Interpretaions of the content is welsome too, but not the main priority for me right now.
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Then I think the best way to go is the Antonio Fuentes’ book. To get a good overview of the Catholic approach to Scripture study, I’d also highly recommend Mark Shea’s “Making Senses of Scripture” and the Catechism’s section on Divine Revelation. It’s terrific!
 
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I am just wondering, if anyone here knows a good website I could use for my religion book, so I can get a study guides to understand what I am reading. Thank you.
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That depends–what’s the theme or content of your religion book? (You might want to start another thread on this as your question might get buried here).
 
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