For Catholics, merely relying on the Sunday readings to provide a full understanding of the Bible can be unsatisfying. It is through a deliberate study of the "Good Book: as a whole that contextual understanding can be reached. Invitation to the Old Testament is a carefully written book that offers readers accessible and understandable explanations of the key themes and passages of the Hebrews Scriptures.
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Alice Camille is a well-respected author and educator who has won awards from the Catholic Press Association and the Associated Church Press. She is the author of Invitation to the New Testament: A Catholic Approach to the Christian Scriptures, and Invitation to Catholicism: Beliefs + Teachings + Practices.
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Old Testament Explained, Brought to Life,
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This review is from: Invitation to the Old Testament: A Catholic Approach the Hebrew Scriptures (Paperback)
Camille has written an "Everyman's" introduction (or reintroduction) to the Bible not as some huge, sprawling book about God, but "lots of little books clustered around a revolving cast of characters who understood themselves to be, in a fundamental way, the people of God." After briefly explaining the Church's use of the lectionery and ways of approaching scripture to get the whole picture, she brings those characters to life while addressing real issues of the day.
In the chapter Salvation by Journey, which covers Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, Camille addresses the question "Are you saved?" often asked by Fundamentalist Christians. That question, she explains, is often confusing to Catholics, who look at salvation not as a single event, but as (1) the Paschal Mystery, and (2) a process in which we participate our entire lives. Each chapter ends with several questions for reflection and a prayer activity, making this an excellent resource for personal or group study.
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This review is from: Invitation to the Old Testament: A Catholic Approach the Hebrew Scriptures (Paperback)
The author, Alice Camille, an out of work college graduate majoring in English, correctly points out that many Catholics lack an understanding of the scriptures. Her purpose was write a simple and readable book for these people so they can gain some grasp of the Old Testament. She apparently has a similar book for the New Testament, though I have not read it.
In this she does succeed. Her writing style is engaging and will appeal to those who are not scholars. Unfortunately, these are really the only good things about the book. In the introduction, the author happily points out that she is neither a theologian nor a Bible scholar. That becomes evident beginning with the first page. According to the author, God did not really create the Universe, He just kind of organized it. Aaron was named high priest solely due to nepotism. During the period of Judges, Deborah, the only woman judge, was the only one who had any wisdom. The 20th century figures Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez were prophets equivalent to the Old Testament prophets. She later expresses "astonishment" that any man would write about women in the Old Testament, apparently because, to the author, all men were, and still are, misogynists. She claims that women have been sidelined in the Bible. (Blessed, Virgin Mary, please pray for the author.) In the same paragraph, she then goes on to point out that more than three hundred women are discussed in the Bible, in seeming contradiction to her previous premise. She expresses concern that many unnamed women are often presented as being in a harem, completely ignoring the fact that many unnamed men are far more often simply described as soldiers. Her focus on innovative interpretations of the scripture and her radical feminism comes through on nearly every page. (Remember: theology + innovation = heresy.) If you love the Pope and pray for priests, if you look with respect upon nuns who wear the habit and priests in their cassocks, if you love God and respect the Magisterium, AVOID this book. This book DOES NOT carry an imprimatur nor does it carry a nihil obstat.
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