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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
- The Deuteronomistic History
- The Chronicler's History and the Later Histories
- The Wisdom Books
- The Major Prophets, Baruch, and Lamentations
- Daniel and the Minor Prophets
- The Gospels and Acts
- Introduction to The Synoptic Gospels
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
- Acts
- Before Beginning …
- 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
- The Bible
- 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
- The Second Book of Chronicles
- 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
- The Second Book of Maccabees
- 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
- The Book of Hosea
- The Book of Joel
- The Book of Amos
- The Book of Obadiah
- The Book of Jonah
- The Book of Micah
- The Book of Nahum
- The Book of Habakkuk
- 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
- The Catholic Letters
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1, 1 :
From India to Ethiopia: from western India to Upper Egypt, the greatest extent of the Persian Empire achieved under Darius the Great, father of Ahasuerus.
1, 2 :
Susa: ancient capital of Elam (Gn 14, 1 ); under the Achamenid kings, one of the two capitals of the Persian Empire. The other was Persepolis, the summer palace of the kings.
1, 9 :
Queen Vashti: Herodotus (Histories 7, 61 ) relates that the wife of Ahasuerus was Amestris.
1, 19 :
Irrevocable royal decree: the historian Siculus indicates that such a concept of irrevocable laws existed in the time of Darius III (335–331 B.C.), the last of the Persian kings, cf Est 8, 8 .
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To each province … script and to each people … language: many languages were spoken in the Persian Empire, the principal ones being Persian, Elamite, Babylonian, Aramaic, Phoenician, Egyptian, and Greek. Each of them had its own script.