Gospel of Mark: Ignatius Study Bible-RSV (The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, 2nd Catholic Edition, Revised Standard Version) [Paperback]

Scott Hahn (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, 2nd Catholic Edition, Revised Standard Version | Publication Date: March 2001

Based on the Revised Standard Version – Catholic Edition, this volume leads readers through a penetrating study of the Gospel of Mark, using the biblical text itself and the Church's own guidelines for understanding the Bible. Ample notes accompany each page, providing fresh insights and commentary by renowned Bible teachers Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, as well as time-tested interpretations from the Fathers of the Church. These helpful study notes make explicit what St. Mark often assumes. Or they provide rich historical, cultural, geographical or theological information pertinent to the Gospel – information that bridges the distance between the biblical world and our own.

The Ignatius Study Bible also includes Topical Essays, Word Studies and Charts. The Topical Essays explore the major themes of Mark's Gospel, often relating them to the doctrines of the Church. The Word Studies explain the background to important Bible terms, while the Charts summarize crucial biblical information "at a glance".

Each page also includes an easy-to-use Cross-Reference Section that runs between the biblical text at the top of the page and the annotations at the bottom. Study Questions are provided for each chapter of the Gospel that can deepen your personal study of God's Holy Word. There is also an introductory essay covering questions of authorship, date, destination, structure and themes. An outline of Mark's Gospel and several maps are also included.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Ignatius Press; 2nd edition (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898708184
• ISBN-13: 978-0898708189
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Catholic Study Bible Series, December 11, 2009

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This is one volume of a very good, affordable 10-volume study bible series. It is accessible as well as scholarly (I know Dr. Hahn is a well educated religious writer and Protestant convert to Catholicism with Ph.D. in systematic theology). The notes are very orthodox theologically. The questions in the review sections are thoughtful. The size of these volumes are perfect for me and since the New Testament is broken into 10 volumes it is much easier to carry an individual volume for current study, though those who like to write in their study Bibles will find little room for their notes. I usually just read library versions of the theology works rather than buy them, as I have the Navarre Study Bible (another excellent, but more expensive series). But I found this series is very worthwhile and though a single volume covering the New Testament is rumored for next year, I prefer the individual books. I've recently purchased this volume as well as the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John and the volume that covers the First, Second, and Third Letters of St. John, and the Revelation to John. I intend to use these for personal study as well as for the RCIA and adult religious continuing education classes I assist in teaching and intend to eventually purchase all 10 volumes.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good resources inaccessible to all, October 4, 2007

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Patricia L. Marks (Morristown, N.J. United States) - See all my reviews
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These Bible study resources (Ignatius series) are excellect. The print is so small, however, that those with even mild eye challenges cannot use the guides without magnification. They ought to correct this.

5.0 out of 5 stars mark, January 23, 2012

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ER Dulaney (BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gospel of Mark: Ignatius Study Bible-RSV (The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, 2nd Catholic Edition, Revised Standard Version) (Paperback)

i read a lot of scott hahn so i decided to read his notes on the new testament and genesis...

i read them, i love them!!!

each front of one has the author - not who he was, but everybody he could be! then he goes on to explain all the main couldbes of the author, and why most picked the author they picked... and then the church's answer to it...

he explains the layout of the book, who it was written to/for, and why...

in the notes, at the bottom of each page of the book, the notes are abundant...some notes, because if you put in every note on every thing you end up with...the catechism, lol! no seriously the notes are worth reading, especially "contents and unity", "living tradition", "analogy of faith", topical essays, word studies, and charts...

i like curtis mitch, too...but the intro to the gospels, etc, arent in the individual books, and the study questions for understanding and for application arent in the new testament...

im looking forward to the old testament coming out individually and the old testament as whole...

also some (i dont know how many or how to order them) comes in large, easy to read format! great for stroke, lol!