Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
Overview
This volume in the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible series leads you through a penetrating study of the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon using the biblical text itself and the Church’s own guidelines for understanding the Bible.
Ample notes accompany each page, providing fresh insights by renowned Bible teachers Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, as well as time-tested interpretations from the Fathers of the Church. They provide rich historical, cultural, geographical, or theological information pertinent to the Old Testament book—information that bridges the distance between the biblical world and our own.
It also includes topical essays, word studies, and charts. The topical essays explore the major themes of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon, often relating them to the teachings of the Church. The word studies explain the background to important Bible terms, while the charts summarize crucial biblical information at a glance.
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Key Features
- Offers a penetrating study of the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon
- Provides extensive study notes on each page
- Includes authentic Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church
Top Highlights
“This is not a contradiction if we understand that divine Wisdom is an uncreated perfection in the mind of God as well as something exemplified in the created entities that God has made. Wisdom in the former sense is eternal; wisdom in the latter sense is as old as the cosmos.” (Page 25)
“biblical thinking, the heart encompasses all the faculties of the inner person, including mind and memory” (Page 18)
“Servile fear, which corrects the error of sins, is the first divine fear. Perfect love casts out this fear. Holy fear, which comes later, is supplemented by love rather than replaced by it. It is the fear of a good son who is afraid to offend his loving father in the least (St. Bede, Commentary on Proverbs 1, 1).” (Page 17)
“In the Church’s tradition, the wisdom speeches of Proverbs are sometimes read in relation to the Blessed Virgin Mary (CCC 721).” (Page 24)
“The biblical notion of wisdom includes humility, faith, and a living relationship with the Lord.” (Page 19)
- Title: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon: With Introduction, Commentary, and Notes
- Authors: Scott Hahn, Curtis Mitch
- Edition: Second Catholic Edition
- Series: The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
- Publisher: Ignatius
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Pages: 110
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Proverbs › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Proverbs › Study and teaching; Bible. O.T. Ecclesiastes › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Ecclesiastes › Study and teaching; Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon › Study and teaching
- ISBNs: 9781586177751, 1586177753
- Resource ID: LLS:CATHSTUDYBIBLE20PR
- Resource Type: Study Bible
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:18:16Z
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.