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The Catholic Study Bible
A special version of the New American Bible, with a wealth of background information useful to Catholics.
General and Introductory Articles- Reading Guides
- The Pentateuch
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- The Chronicler's History and the Later Histories
- The Wisdom Books
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- Daniel and the Minor Prophets
- The Gospels and Acts
- Introduction to The Synoptic Gospels
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- Acts: Reading the Book
- An Outline of Acts
- The Preparation for the Christian Mission ( 1, 1–2, 13 )
- The Mission in Jerusalem ( 2, 14–8, 3 )
- Mission in Judea and Samaria ( 8, 4–9, 43 )
- Inauguration of the Gentile Mission (10, 1–15, 35)
- The Mission of Paul to the Ends of the Earth (15, 36–28, 31)
- Things We Have Learned from Acts
- Further Reading
- Paul and His Writings
- Paul and His Writings
- Sources
- The Apostle and His Gospel
- Romans
- The Letters to The Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
- The Letters to the Thessalonians
- The Pastoral Letters
- The General Letters and Revelation
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- The Old Testament
- Preface
- The Pentateuch
- The Historical Books
- Introduction to the Historical Books
- The First Book of Samuel
- The Second Book of Samuel
- The First Book of Kings
- The Second Book of Kings
- The First Book of Chronicles
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- The Book of Ezra
- The Book of Nehemiah
- The Book of Tobit
- The Book of Judith
- The Book of Esther
- The First Book of Maccabees
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- The Wisdom Books
- The Prophetic Books
- Introduction to the Prophetic Books
- The Book of Isaiah
- The Book of Jeremiah
- The Book of Lamentations
- The Book of Baruch
- The Book of Ezekiel
- The Book of Daniel
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- The Book of Joel
- The Book of Amos
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- The Book of Zephaniah
- The Book of Haggai
- The Book of Zechariah
- The Book of Malachi
- The New Testament
- Preface
- The Gospels
- New Testament Letters
- Introduction to the New Testament Letters
- The Letter to the Romans
- The First Letter to the Corinthians
- The Second Letter to the Corinthians
- The Letter to the Galatians
- The Letter to the Ephesians
- The Letter to the Philippians
- The Letter to the Colossians
- The First Letter to the Thessalonians
- The Second Letter to the Thessalonians
- The First Letter to Timothy
- The Second Letter to Timothy
- The Letter to Titus
- The Letter to Philemon
- The Letter to the Hebrews
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1, 2 :
Shinar: ancient name for Babylonia, a deliberate archaism in this text: cf Gn 10, 10; 11, 2 .
1, 7 :
The young men are given Babylonian names as a sign of their adoption by the king.
1, 8 :
This defilement: the bread, meat, and wine of the Gentiles, which were unclean (Hos 9, 3; Tb 1, 12; Jdt 10, 5; 12, 1f ) because they might have been offered to idols or prepared over firewood taken from a sacred grove. Only raw vegetables and water were safe from this danger (v 12 ).
1, 21 :
The first year of King Cyrus: the year of this Persian king's conquest of Babylon, 539/8 B.C.