Revision as of 2021 February
by MJ. Smith
Catholic Bible Interpretation
Reading List
Verbum resources
Church documents and their commentaries
- The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church
- Catholic Principles for Interpreting Scripture: A Study of the Pontifical Commission’s The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church
- “Catholic Church Documents related to Biblical Studies” | Felix Just, S.J.
- “Biblical Interpretation in Crisis: On the Question of the Foundations and Approaches of Exegesis Today” in God’s Word: Scripture—Tradition—Office | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger: Pope Benedict XVI
Starting points
- Making Senses out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did | Mark Shea
- The Catholic Church and the Bible | Rev. Peter M. H. Stravinkas
- You Can Understand the Bible: A Practical Guide to Each Book in the Bible | Peter Kreeft
- Torah through Time | Shai Cherry
- Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views | Stanley E. Porter and Beth M. Stovell, editors.
Reference works
- Handbook for Biblical Interpretation: An Essential Guide to Methods, Terms, and Concepts | W. Randolph Tate
- Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters | Donald K. McKim earlier edition Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters
- Handbook of Women Biblical Interpreters: A Historical and Biographical Guide | Marion Ann Taylor and Agnes Choi
Studies
- Biblical Exegesis and Church Doctrine | Raymond E. Brown, S.S.
- Opening up the Scriptures: Joseph Ratzinger and the Foundations of Biblical Interpretation | José Granados, Carlos Granados, and Luis Sánchez-Navarro, eds.
- Scripture and Tradition: What the Bible Really Says | Edith M. Humphreys
- The Sensus Plenior of Sacred Scripture: A Dissertation | Raymond E. Brown, S.S.
- Verbum Domini and the Complementarity of Exegesis and Theology | Fr. Scott Carl
- Feminist Interpretation of the Bible and the Hermeneutics of Liberation | Silvia Schroer and Sophia Bietenhard
- Hermeneutics: An Introduction | Anthony C. Thiselton
- The Hermeneutics of Doctrine | Anthony C. Thiselton
- Text and History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical Text | Jens Bruun Kofoed
- Time and the Word: Figural Reading of the Christian Scriptures | Ephraim Radner
History
- Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church: An Historical Introduction to Patristic Exegesis | Manlio Simonetti
- Chrysostom: A Study in the History of Biblical Interpretation | Frederic Henry Chase
- Jewish Interpretation of the Bible: Ancient and Contemporary | Karin Hedner Zetterholm
- Creative Biblical Exegesis: Christian and Jewish Hermeneutics through the Centuries | Benjamin Uffenheimer and Henning Graf Reventlow
Hauser and Watson series
- A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period | Alan J. Hauser and Duane F. Watson
- A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2: The Medieval through the Reformation Periods | Alan J. Hauser and Duane F. Watson
Reventlow series
- History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: From the Old Testament to Origen | Henning Graf Reventlow
- History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2: From Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages | Henning Graf Reventlow
- History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3: Renaissance, Reformation, Humanism | Henning Graf Reventlow
- History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 4: From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century | Henning Graf Reventlow
Hughes Oliphant Old series
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 1: The Biblical Period | Hughes Oliphant Old
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 2: The Patristic Age | Hughes Oliphant Old
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 3: The Medieval Church | Hughes Oliphant Old
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 4: The Age of the Reformation | Hughes Oliphant Old
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 5: Moderatism, Pietism, and Awakening | Hughes Oliphant Old
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 6: The Modern Age | Hughes Oliphant Old
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 7: Our Own Time | Hughes Oliphant Old
Bibliographies
- “Reading Lists: Bible Researcher’s Bibliography of Biblical Interpretation” | use with caution
Online resources
- “How to Read the Bible” | Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia
- “How to Read Your Bible” | Bishop Kallistos Ware
- “How to Study the Bible” | George Barbary
Physical books
- Liturgy and Biblical Interpretation: The Sanctus and the Qedushah. Sebastian Selven. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2021.
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