Catholic Bible Study Bibliography-Scott Hahn

Catholic Biblical Study

A Bibliography

I. Magisterial Teachings

Primary Sources:
Louis, C. (ed.), Rome & the Study of Scripture: A Collection of Papal Enactments on the Study of Holy Scripture Together with the Decisions of the Biblical Commission (7th ed.). St. Meinrad, IN: Abbey Press, 1964.
Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Historicity of the Gospels. Boston: Daughters of St. Paul, 1964.
Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church. Boston: Daughters of St. Paul, 1993.
Pope Leo XIII. Providentissimus Deus (Encyclical on the Study of Sacred Scripture, 1893). Boston: Daughters of St. Paul.
Pope Benedict XV. Spiritus Paraclitus (Encyclical on the Fifteenth Centenary of the Death of St. Jerome, 1920). Boston: Daughters of St. Paul.
Pope Pius XII. Divino Afflante Spiritu (Encyclical on the Promotion of Biblical Studies, 1943). Boston: Daughters of St. Paul.
Vatican II. Dei Verbum (The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, 1965). Boston: Daughters of St. Paul.

Secondary Sources:
Bea, Augustin. The Study of the Synoptic Gospels. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.
_______. The Word of God and Mankind. Chicago, IL: Franciscan Herald Press, 1967.
Harrison, Brian W. The Teaching of Pope Paul VI on Sacred Scripture. Rome: Pontificium Athenaeum Sanctae Crucis, 1997.
Megivern, James J. (ed.). Official Catholics Teachings: Bible Interpretation. Wilmington, NC: McGrath, 1978.
Myers, Edith. What Does the Church Really Say About the Bible? St. Paul, MN: Wanderer Press, 1979.
Pope, Hugh. The Catholic Church and the Bible. New York: Macmillan, 1928.

II. Biblical Inspiration and Authority ({P}=Protestant)
Benoit, Pierre, Aspects of Biblical Inspiration. Chicago: Priory Press, 1965.
Benoit, Pierre and P. Synave. Prophecy and Inspiration: A Commentary on the Summa Theologica II, Q. 171-178. New York: Desclee, 1961.
Burtchaell, James T. Catholic Theories of Biblical Inspiration Since 1810. New York: Cambridge, 1969.
Carson, Donald A. and J. D. Woodbridge (eds.). Scripture and Truth. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1983. {P}
Conn, Harvie (ed.). Inerrancy and Hermeneutic: A Tradition, A Challenge, A Debate. Grand Rpaids, MI: Baker, 1988. {P}
Farrow, Douglas. The Word of Truth and Disputes About Words. Winona Lake, IN: Carpenter Books, 1987. {P}
Geisler, Norman (ed.). Inerrancy. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1979. {P}
Hagerty, Cornelius. The Authenticity of Sacred Scripture. Houston, TX: Lumen Christi Press, 1969.
Hannah, John D. (ed.). Inerrancy and the Church. Chicago: Moody Press, 1984. {P}
Levie, Jean. The Bible, Word of God in Words of Men. New York: P. J. Kenedy, 1961.
McDonald, H. D. Theories of Revelation: An Historical Study 1700-1960. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1979. {P}
Most, William. Free From All Error: Authorship, Inerrancy, Historicity of Scripture, and Modern Scripture Scholars. Libertyville, IL: Prow Books Franciscan Marytown Press, 1985.
O’Neill, J. C. The Bible’s Authority. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1991. {P}
Steinmueller, John E. The Sword of the Spirit. Fort Worth, TX: Stella Maris Books, 1977.
Walvoord, John F. (ed.). Inspiration and Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1957. {P}
Wenham, John. Christ and the Bible (3rd ed.). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993. {P}

III. Scripture, Tradition and Canonicity
Congar, Yves. Tradition and Traditions: The Biblical, Historical and Theological Evidence for Catholic Teaching
on Tradition. Granville, OH: Basilica Press, 1998.
Farmer, WIlliam R. and D. Farkasfalvy. The Formation of the New Testament Canon. New York: Paulist, 1983.
Graham, Henry G. Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church. Rockford, IL: Tan, 1977.
Lienhard, Joseph T. The Bible, the Church, and Authority: The Canon of the Christian Bible in History and Theology. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995.
Shea, Mark P. By What Authority? An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 1996.
Sungenis, Robert (ed.). Not By Scripture Alone: A Catholic Critique of the Protestant Doctrine of Sola Scriptura. Santa Barbara, CA: Queenship, 1998.
Varillon, Francois. Announcing Christ Through Scripture to the Church. Westminster, MD: Newman, 1963.
Whiteford, John. Sola Scriptura: An Orthodox Analysis of the Cornerstone of Reformation Theology. Ben Lomond, CA: Conciliar Press, 1995.

IV. Scripture in the Liturgy and Catechesis
Barthelemy, Dominique. God and His Image: An Outline of Biblical Theology. New York: Sheed & Ward, 1966.
Bouyer, Louis. The Word, Church & Sacraments. New York: Desclee, 1961.
Bradley, Robert I. The Roman Cathechism in the Catechetical Tradition of the Church. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990.
Breck, John. The Power of the Word in the Worshipping Church. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary, 1986.
Corbon, Jean. Path to Freedom: Christian Experience and the Bible. New York: Sheed & Ward, 1969.
Danielou, Jean. The Bible and the Liturgy. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1956,
Deiss, Lucien. God’s Word and God’s People. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1976.
Jackson, Pamela, E. J. Journeybread for the Shadowlands: The Readings for the Rites of the Catechumenate. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993.
Paris, Charles W. Biblical Catechetics After Vatican II. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1971.
Vogels, Walter. Reading and Preaching the Bible. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1986.
V. History of Interpretation
Blowers, Paul M. (ed.). The Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997.
_______. Exegesis and Spiritual Pedagogy in Maximus the Confessor. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.
Brown, Dennis. Vir Trilinguis: A Study in the Biblical Exegesis of Saint Jerome. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1992.
Chau, Wai-Shing. The Letter and the Spirit: A History of Interpretation from Origen to Luther. New York: Peter Lang, 1995.
Danielou, Jean. From Shadows to Reality: Studies in the Biblical Typology of the Fathers. London: Burns & Oataes, 1960.
De Lubac, Henri. Medieval Exegesis (Volume I). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998.
De Margerie, Bertrand. An Introduction to the History of Exegesis (3 vols.). Petersham, MA: Saint Bede’s Publications, 1993-95.
Evans, G. R. The Lauguage and Logic of the Bible: The Earlier Middle Ages. New York: Cambridge, 1984.
Finan, Thomas and Vincent Twomey (eds.), Scriptural Interpretation in the Fathers: Letter and Spirit. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1995.
Froelich, Karlfried (ed.). Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984.
Gorday, Peter. Principles of Patristic Exegesis. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1983.
Grant, Robert M. The Bible in the Church: A Short History of Interpretation. New York: Macmillan, 1948.
_______. The Letter and the Spirit. New York: Macmillan, 1957.
McNally, Robert E. The Bible in the Early Middle Ages. Westminster, MD: Newman, 1959.
Preus, James S. From Shadow to Promise: Old Testament Interpretation from Augustine to the Young Luther. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969.
Reist, Thomas. Saint Bonaventure as a Biblical Commentator. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985.
Sadowski, Frank. The Church Fathers on the Bible: Selected Readings. Staten Island, NY: Alba House, 1987.
Simonetti, Manlio. Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church: An Historical Introduction to Patristic Exegesis. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1994.
Smalley, Beryl. The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1973,
_______. Medieval Exegesis of Wisdom Literature. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1986.
Trigg, Joseph W. (ed.). Biblical Interpretation. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1988.
Valkenberg, Wilhelm G. “Did Not Our Hearts Burn?”: The Place and Function of Holy Scripture in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. Utrecht: Thomas Instituut te Utrecht, 1990.

VI. Introductory Manuals and Commentaries
Aquinas, Thomas. Catena Aurea: A Commentary on the Four Gospels Collected Out of the Works of the Fathers (translated and edited by John Henry Newman). Southampton: Saint Austin Press, 1997.
Barrosse, Thomas. God Speaks to Men: Understanding the Bible (2nd ed.). Notre Dame, IN: Fides, 1964.
Bouyer, Louis. The Meaning of Sacred Scripture. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1958.
Brown, Raymond et al. (eds.). The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (rev. ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990.
Casciaro, Jose Maria (ed.). The Navarre Bible (New Testament – 12 vols). Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1989-92.
Charlier, Dom Celestin. The Christian Approach to the Bible. London: Sands, 1961.
Fuentes, Antonio. A Guide to the Bible. Houston, TX: Lumen Christi Press, 1987.
Hahn, Scott. A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God’s Covenant Love in Scripture. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant Books, 1998.
Hartman, L. (ed.). A Commentary on the New Testament. Kansas City: Catholic Biblical Association, 1942.
Heidt, William G. A General Introduction to Sacred Scripture: Inspiration, Canonicity, Texts, Versions and Hermeneutics. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1970.
Kodell, Jerome. The Catholic Bible Study Handbook. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant, 1985.
Lattey, Cuthbert. Back to the Bible. Harrison, NY: Roman Catholic Books, 1995.
Lapide, Cornelius A. The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide (8 vols.). Edinburgh: John Grant, 1908.
Laux, John. Introduction to the Bible. Rockford, IL: TAN Books, 1990.
Oden, Thomas (general editor). Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (27 vols; 2 presently available). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998-.
Orchard, Bernard et al. (eds.). A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture. NY: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1951.
Pope, Hugh. The Catholic Student’s Aids to the Bible (5 vols., rev. ed.). New York: P. J. Kenedy, 1926-36.
Rooney, Gerard. Preface to the Bible. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1952.
Steinmueller, John E. A Companion to Scripture Studies (3 Vols.). Houston, TX: Lumen Christi Press, 1969.
Winzen, Damasus. Pathways in Scripture: A Book-By-Book Guide to the Spiritual Riches of the Bible.
Ann Arbor, MI: Word of Life, 1976.

VII. Old Testament
Archer, Gleason L. A Survey of Old Testament (2nd ed.). Chicago: Moody, 1994. {P}
Boadt, Lawerence. Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction. NY: Paulist, 1984.
Casciaro, J. M. and J. M. Monforte. God, the World and Man in the Message of the Bible. Dublin: Four Courts, 1996.
Childs, Brevard S. Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979. {P}
_______. Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985. {P}
Dillard, Raymond B. and Tremper Longman III. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994. {P}
De Vaux, Roland. Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1961.
Duggan, Michael. The Consuming Fire: A Christian Introduction to the Old Testament. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1991.
Hill, Andrew E. and John H. Walton. A Survey of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1991. {P}
Hopkins, Martin. God’s Kingdom in the Old Testament. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1964.
Jensen, Joseph. God’s Word to Israel. Wilmington, DE: Glazier, 1982.
Kaiser, Walter. The Messiah in the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1995. {P}
_______. Toward an Old Testament Theology. Grand Rapids, MI; Zondervan, 1978. {P}
Martin, George. Reading Scripture as the Word of God (3rd ed.). Ann Arbor, MI: Servant, 1998.
Merrill, Eugene H. A Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israel. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1987. {P}
Sailhamer, John H. Introduction to Old Testament Theology: A Canonical Approach. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1995. {P}
Smith, Archbishop William. The Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch (2nd ed.). London: Sands, 1913.
Steinmueller, John E. Some Problems of the Old Testament. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1936.
Sullivan, Kathryn. God’s Word and Work: The Message of the Old Testament Historical Books. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1958.
Van Imschoot, Paul. Theology of the Old Testament. NY: Desclee, 1965.
Young, E.J. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1964. {P}

VIII. New Testament
Bonsirven, Joseph. Theology of the New Testament. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1963.
Carson, Donald A. et al. An Introduction to the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1992. {P}
Childs, Brevard S. The New Testament as Canon. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985. {P}
De Grandmaison, Leonce. Jesus Christ: His Person, His Message, Mis Credentials (3 vols.). New York: Sheed and Ward, 1935.
Egger, Wilhelm. How to Read the New Testament. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996.
Fillion, L. C. The Life of Christ: A Historical, Critical and Apologetic Exposition (3 vols.). St. Louis: Herder, 1948.
Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Introduction (2nd ed.). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1990. {P}
Harrington, Daniel J. Interpreting the New Testament. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990.
Hopkins, Martin. God’s Kingdom in the New Testament. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1964.
Johnson, Luke T. The Writings of the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.
Matera, Frank J. New Testament Ethics. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.
Most, William. The Thought of St. Paul. Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press, 1994.
Orchard, Dom Bernard, Born to be King: The Epic of the Incarnation. London: Ealing Abbey, 1993.
Prat, Ferdinand. Jesus Christ: His Life, His Teaching, and His Work. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1950.
_______. The Theology of St. Paul (2 vols.). Westminster, MD: Newman, 1950.
Quesnell, Quentin. This Good News: An Introduction to the Catholic Theology of the New Testament. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1964.
Schelckle, Karl H. Theology of the New Testament (4 vols). Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1971.
Spicq, Ceslaus. Agape in the New Testament (3 vols.). St. Louis: Herder, 1963.
Wright, Nicholas T. Jesus and the Victory of God. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1996. {P}
_______. The New Testament and the People of God. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1992. {P}

IX. Methods and Issues in Biblical Interpretation
Felder, Hilarin. Christ and the Critics (2 vols.). London: Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1933.
Fitzmyer, Joseph A. An Introductory Bibliography for the Study of Scripture (3d ed). Rome: Biblical Institute Press. 1990.
Fogarty, Gerald P. American Catholic Biblical Scholarship. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.
Fowl, Stephen E. (ed.). The Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1997.
Jeffrey, David L. People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996.
Kelly, George. The Church’s Problem With Bible Scholars. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1985.
_______. The New Biblical Theorists. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant Books, 1983.
Linnemann, Eta. Historical Criticism of the Bible: Methodology or Ideology? Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1990.
Maier, Gerhard. The End of the Historical Critical Method. St. Louis: MO: Concordia, 1977. {P}
McCarthy, John F. The Science of Historical Theology: Elements of a Definition. Rockford, IL: TAN Books, 1991.
Meyer, Ben F. Reality and Illusion in New Testament Scholarship. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1994.
Montague, George. Understanding the Bible: A Basic Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. New York: Paulist Press, 1997.
Morrow, Stanley B. Basic Tools of Biblical Exegesis. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1978.
Neuhaus, Richard J. (ed.). Biblical Interpretation in Crisis: The Ratzinger Conference on Bible and Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1989.
Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal. Biblical Interpretation in Crisis. Rockford, IL: Rockford Institute, 1988.
Robinson, Robert B. Roman Catholic Exegesis Since Divino Afflante Spiritu. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988.
Stuhlmacher, Peter. Historical Criticism and Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Towards a Hermeneutics of Consent. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977. {P}
Stump, Eleonore and Thomas P. Flint (eds.). Hermes and Athena: Biblical Exegesis and Philosophical Theology. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993.
Taguchi, Paul Cardinal. The Study of Sacred Scripture. Boston, MA: Daughters of St. Paul, 1974.

X. Reference Works
Aharoni, Yohanan. et al. The Macmillan Bible Atlas (rev. ed.). New York: Macmillan, 1993.
Bauer, J. B. (ed.). An Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology. New York: Crossroad, 1981.
Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (ed.). The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (rev. ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1979-1988. {P}
Brown, Colin (ed.). The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (4 vols). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1975-86. {P}
Danker, Frederick W. Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study (rev. ed.). Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.
Green, Joel B. and Scott McKnight (eds.). Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1992. {P}
Hartdegen, Stephen J. Nelson’s Complete Concordance of the New American Bible. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1977.
Hawthorne, Gerald and Ralph Martin (eds.). Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1992. {P}
Leon-Dufour, Xavier (ed.). Dictionary of Biblical Theology (rev. ed.). New York: Seabury, 1973,
Negev, Avraham (ed.). The Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land (rev. ed.). New York: Thomas Nelson, 1986.
Spicq, Ceslas. Theological Lexicon of the New Testament (3 vols.). Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994.
Steinmueller, John E. and K. Sullivan (eds.). Catholic Biblical Encyclopedia. New York: Joseph Wagner, 1956.
Tenney, Merrill (ed.). The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible (4 vols). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1976. {P}
Thompson, Newton and Raymond Stock. Complete Concordance to the Bible (Douay Version). St. Louis: Herder, 1945.
Whitaker, Richard E. The Eerdmans Analytical Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible (with the Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal Books). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1988.
Young, Robert. Young’s Analytical Concordance to the Bible. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1982.