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Wisdom of Solomon Mark Giszczak CATHOLIC COMMENTARY ON SACRED SCRIPTURE Mary Healy, Mark Giszczak, and Peter S. Williamson, series editors The Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS) series responds to the desire of Catholics to study the Bible in depth and in a way that integrates Scripture with Catholic doctrine, worship, and daily life. The seventeen New Testament volumes in the CCSS have been widely acclaimed. Now the series editors offer readable Old Testament commentaries that integrate the best of contemporary biblical scholarship with the traditional understanding of the Old Testament books as proph- esying and prefiguring Christ. Wisdom of Solomon is the inaugural Old Testament volume in the series. “The Wisdom of Solomon was the last book of the Catholic Old Testament to be written. It develops Jewish belief in God for a new era, influenced by the ideas of Greek philosophers. Giszczak’s com - mentary offers a clearly presented introduction to this fascinating but enigmatic scriptural book, providing salient quotations from Jewish and Greek sources to illustrate the intellectual background. Useful features include sidebars making connections with Chris- tian life, a glossary explaining technical words, and several illustra- tions. I commend this commentary to all who wish to understand
the Wisdom of Solomon in light of Catholic teaching.” —JEREMY CORLEY, St. Patrick’s Pontifical University
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“This commentary is perfectly designed to make the Wisdom of Solomon comprehensible, accessible, and relevant to Catholic believers. It balances helpful background about the Hellenistic Jewish context in which the book originated with connections to the Catholic traditions of liturgy and theology, from the early Church Fathers to the twentieth century. The numerous ‘Reflection and Application’ and ‘In the Light of Christ’ sections make apparent the relevance of the Wisdom of Solomon to contemporary Christian life.” —KARINA HOGAN, Fordham University
Mark Giszczak (PhD, The Catholic University of America) is profes- sor of Sacred Scripture at the Augustine Institute. He is the author of Bible Translation and the Making of the ESV Catholic Edition and Light on the Dark Passages of Scripture. He has also contributed to the Augustine Institute’s Bible in a Year and the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible.
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