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Inside the Bible - An introduction to each book of the Bible - by Fr Kenneth Baker SJ (Ignatius Press)
Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church

Church Documents

Divini Afflante Spiritu Pope Pius XII - On the Most Opportune Way to Promote Biblical Studies - 1943

Multimedia

How to Study the Bible Catholic Answers Live interview with Mark Brumley (requires RealPlayer - save file to your hard drive)
How to Study the Bible Catholic Answers Live interview with Fr Mitch Pacwa SJ, an Old Testament scholar (requires RealPlayer - save file to your hard drive)

Websites

Catholic Doors Ministry Nine Roman Catholic Bible Study courses by correspondence; course material is online, and for a small fee they will check your answers to test. Other spiritual material and homily suggestions.
Catholic Scripture Study Biblical Evidence for Catholicism. RealAudio of homilies.

Articles

Hermeneutics (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Historical Criticism (Catholic Encyclopedia)

'Dei Verbum' and the Synoptic Gospels Fr Bernard Orchard OSB critques the trend in Biblical scholarship to give priority to Mark's Gospel at the expense of the historicity of Matthew, ostensibly based on "Dei Verbum."
Avoiding Biblical Paralysis: Sacred Scripture and the Modern Catholic by Curtis A Martin. A basic guide to the proper approach to Scripture for those who wish to read and interpret it as God intended. (from Catholic Dossier, March/April 1996)
Bible Gap : Benedict M. Ashley, O.P. by Fr Benedict Ashley OP. Essay on the need to restore a proper sense of what Scripture is to Scripture scholarship. (from Catholic Dossier, March/April 1996)
Bible Study Guide by Father Hal Stockert.
Contemporary Catholic Biblical Scholarship: Certitudes or Hypotheses? by Msgr. Michael J. Wrenn
Crisis in Scripture Studies Fr. William Most discusses the roots of the present crisis in the Church.
Critique of the Documentary Theory by Fr. William G. Most
Encyclical Spiritus Paraclitus in its Historical Context: I. Was Spiritus Paraclitus rendered obsolete by Divino Afflante Spiritu? by Fr Brian Harrison OS (from Living Tradition, September 1995)
Encyclical Spiritus Paraclitus in its Historical Context: II. The Contemporary Relevance of Spiritus Paraclitus by Fr Brian Harrison OS (from Living Tradition, November 1995)
Historical-Critical Scripture Studies and the Catholic Faith by Michael Waldstein (from Catholic Dossier, Mar/Apr 1996)
Jean Levie and the Biblical Movement by Msgr John F McCarthy (from Living Traditoin, September 1990)
Jesus Seminar : George William Rutler by Fr George Rutler (from Crisis, September 1996)
Neo-Patristic Exegesis to the Rescue by Msgr John F McCarthy (from Living Tradition, May 1992)
Neo-Patristic Exegesis: Its Approach and Method Part I - The State of the Question. By Msgr John F McCarthy (from Living Tradition, May 1998)
Neo-Patristic Exegesis: Its Approach and Method Part II - A Neo-Patristic Reply to the Historical-Critical Question. By John F McCarthy (from Living Tradition, July 1998)
One Year Bible Study
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 01 (September 1998) - The Neo-Patristic Approach to Sacred Scripture
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 02 (October 1998) - The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 03 (November 1998) - Historical Criticism of the New Testament
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 04 (December 1998) - Inspiration of Sacred Scripture
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 05 (January 1999) The Patristic Approach to Sacred Scripture
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 06 (February 1999) The Philosophical Origins of Historical-Criticism
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 07 (March 1999) The Four Senses of Matthew 1:1
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 08 (April 1999) The Four Senses of Matthew 1:17
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 09 (May 1999) The Four Senses of Matthew 1:2a "Abraham begot Isaac"
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 10 (June 1999) The Four Senses of Matthew 1:2b "And Isaac begot Jacob"
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 11 (October 1999) The Calling of Nathaneal (John 1:45-51): Literal Sense
Roman Theological Forum: Lesson 12 (November 1999) The Calling of Nathaneal (John 1:45-51): Spiritual Sense
Scripture 525: Basic Scripture Fr. William Most's basic scripture course, taught at the Notre Dame Catechetical Institute. How to study Scripture, plus brief commentaries on all the books of the Old and New Testaments.
Scripture Durcheinander Fr. William Most charges that modern Scripture study is a Durcheinander: a confused tangle, he presents some solutions to the problem.
Scripture Is Inspired By God: Medieval Exegesis and the Modern Christian by Mark Holz. Literal, allegorical, tropological and anagogical senses of Scripture as developed in the Scriptural exegesis of the Middle Ages.
St Thomas' Method of Biblical Exegesis by Thomas P Kuffel (from Living Tradition, November 1991)
Traditional Catholic Scholars Long Opposed Fr. Brown's Theories Article about the opposition of traditional Catholic biblical scholars to the works of the late Fr Raymond Brown SS (from The Wanderer, 10 September 1998)
Two Pillars of Rome by Fr John Moran SS. Rationalists and Modernists have spent much labor in trying to find differences between the theological views of St. Paul and the Synoptics. They have been well refuted by Catholic and by not a few non - Catholic scholars.
Two Views of Historical Criticism Part I - Historical Criticism as a Critical Method. By Msgr John F McCarthy (from Living Tradition, September 1998)
Two Views of Historical Criticism Part II - Historical Criticism as an Historical Method (from Living Tradition, November 1998)
Unspoken Promise by John Young. 'It is not biblical scholarship that leads to novel conclusions; it is the erroneous rejection of the supernatural.' (from Religious Life, April 1995)