NEW COLLEGEVILLE BIBLE COMMENTARY NEW TESTAMENT - 9780814632604

The New Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testament gathers the series' commentaries on every book of the New Testament into a single paperback volume, with Daniel Durken, OSB, as series editor. Written by Scripture scholars in concise, accessible language, it lets readers explore any New Testament book, from the Gospels through Revelation, with one resource beside their Bible. It is suited to parish Bible study participants and leaders, catechists, students, and anyone who wants a single guide to the New Testament without the size of a whole-Bible commentary.

The commentaries help readers engage the New Testament more deeply and reflect on what it means for living a Christian life today. Published by Liturgical Press, the volume responds to the Second Vatican Council's call that access to Scripture be "open wide to the Christian faithful." At 912 pages and 6 by 9 inches, it is noticeably lighter than the series' one-volume edition of the whole Bible, which makes it easier to bring to a weekly Bible study or a class. Fr. Durken (1929–2014), a Benedictine monk and priest of Saint John's Abbey, taught Scripture at Saint John's University for nearly five decades and directed Liturgical Press from 1978 to 1988.

Use & care: Suited to keeping beside a Bible for a parish study group, a catechesis or RCIA/OCIA class, or personal reading through a Gospel or Epistle. With 912 pages in a paperback binding, open it gently rather than folding the cover back, and store it upright on a shelf.