Download or read book Reading the New Testament in the Church written by Francis J. SDB Moloney and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally respected scholar Francis Moloney offers a Catholic introduction to the New Testament that shows how to read it both faithfully and critically. The opening chapter and an epilogue directly address the theological requirements of, and historical challenges for, ecclesial reading. The remaining chapters give exemplary readings of the figure of Jesus and of the various divisions of the New Testament canon. Conceived as a resource for religious educators, deacons, and other ministers in the Catholic Church, this book will serve Catholics and others as an ideal supplement to a conventional New Testament introduction or as a companion to reading the New Testament itself.