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Required Texts:

Boadt, Lawrence. Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction. New York: Paulist 1984. ISBN# 0809126311.

Catholic Study Bible: New American Bible. Ed. Donald Senior et al. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1990. ISBN# 0195283910.

Lee, Bernard. “Hermeneutics,” Jewish Roots of Christian Faith Syllabus. The Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension Program. New Orleans: Loyola University, 2003.

The Pontifical Biblical Commission. The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church. Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 1993. ISBN # 0819836702. Text is available online at http://clawww.lmu.edu/faculty/fjust/Docs/PBC_Interp.htm.

Official Church Documents:

Bechard, Dean P. The Scripture Documents: An Anthology of Official Catholic Teachings. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 2002. ISBN # 0814625916.

Catechism of the Catholic Church. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C: United States Catholic Conference, 2000. Publication #5-109 (hard cover); publication # 5-110 (paperback). Order by calling 800.235.USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202.722.8716; or by visiting the web site http://www.usccb.org/publishing/catechism.shtml. Text is available online at http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.htm. (Note to diocesan librarians: this text is an Additional Resource for Course 1, so the diocese may have already purchased this text.)

The Pontifical Biblical Commission. The Jewish People and their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible. Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 2002. ISBN# 0819839752. Text is available online at http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con

_cfaith_doc_20020212_popolo-ebraico_en.html.

Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents. Vols. 1 and 2. Ed. Austin Flannery, O.P. Northport, NY: Costello, 1998. ISBN # 0918344395 and 0-9183-4416-6. Documents are available online at
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm. (Note to diocesan librarians: this text is an Additional Resource for Course 1, so the diocese may have already purchased this text.)

Additional Sources:

(*Indicates recommended books for diocesan or sponsoring agency libraries)

* Berlin, Adele, et al. Introduction to Hebrew Poetry, Job, Psalms, and 1 and 2 Maccabees. Vol. 4. New Interpreter’s Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. ISBN # 0687278171.

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. A History of Prophecy in Israel. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1996. ISBN# 0664256392.

* Brueggemann, Walter. Abiding Astonishment: Psalms, Modernity, and the Making of History. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991. ISBN# 066425134X.

---. Israel's Praise. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1988. ISBN# 0800620445.

* Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old and New Testament. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1986. ISBN # 0814614833. (This text is also required for Course 3.)

Creach, Jerome F. D. Psalms. Westminster John Knox, 1998. ISBN # 0664500218.

* Davidson, Robert. Old Testament: Genesis 1-11. Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible. New York: Cambridge UP, 1973. ISBN # 0521097606.

* Gottwald, Norman K. The Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Literary Introduction. Minneapolis: Augsberg Fortress, 2002. ISBN# 080061853X.

* Hammer, Raymond. Old Testament: The Book of Daniel. Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible. New York: Cambridge UP, 1976. ISBN # 0521097657.

* Herbert, A.S. Old Testament: The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, 1-39. Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible. New York: Cambridge UP, 1973. ISBN # 0521086248.

Heschel, Abraham. The Prophets. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 2002. ISBN# 0060936991.

Hester, David. First and Second Samuel. Westminster John Knox, 2000. ISBN # 0664500730.

Kugel, James. The Bible as It Was. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1997. ISBN# 0674069412.

Lace, O. Jesse. Old Testament: Understanding the Old Testament. Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible. Ed. ISBN # 0521084156.

* Light, Gary W. Isaiah. Westminster John Knox, 2001. ISBN # 0664227643.

* Marshall, Celia. Genesis. Westminster John Knox, 1999. ISBN # 0664500382.

* New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Raymond Brown, et al. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000. ISBN# 0138598363. (This text is also required for Course 3.)

* Newsome, James D. Exodus. Westminster John Knox, 1998. ISBN 066450020X.

* Nicholson, Ernest W. Old Testament: The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, Chapters 26-52. Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible. New York: Cambridge UP, 1975. ISBN # 052109867X.

* Nowell, Irene. Women in the Old Testament. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical , 1997. ISBN# 0814624111.

Perdue, Leo G., Bernard B. Scott, and William J.Wiseman, eds. In Search of Wisdom. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1993. ISBN# 0664252958.

* Peterson, David L., et al. Isaiah 1-39, Isaiah 40-66, Jeremiah, Letter of Jeremiah, Baruch, Lamentations, Ezekiel. Vol. 6. New Interpreter’s Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 2000. ISBN # 0687278198.

Pixley, Jorge. Biblical Israel: A People's History. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992. ISBN# 0687278198.

* Rogerson, John W., and John W. McKay. Old Testament: Psalms 101-150. Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible. New York: Cambridge UP, 1977. ISBN # 0521291623.

* Weems, Renita, et al. Introduction to Wisdom Literature: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles (Song of Song), Book of Wisdom, Sirach. Vol. 5. New Interpreter’s Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997. ISBN # 068727818X.

* Whybray, R.N. Old Testament: The Book of Proverbs. Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible. New York: Cambridge UP, 1972. ISBN # 0521083648.

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