John Bergsma’s popular Bible Basics for Catholics, which has sold more than 60,000 copies, offers readers an accessible vision of salvation history as it unfolds in the Bible, showing readers how the Bible points us to the saving life and work of Jesus. This new edition includes an additional chapter on covenant fulfillment in the Book of Revelation.
Bergsma brings to his theology a combination of academic expertise, pastoral wisdom, and unique playfulness. Bible Basics for Catholics is based on Bergsma’s popular Introduction to Theology course at Steubenville. As a teacher, Bergsma has an uncanny ability to make complex ideas understandable and faith-inspiring while staying true to both Catholic teaching and biblical scholarship. Readers will begin to see the Christian understanding of salvation by walking through the Old Testament, going through the great stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses, the great kings and prophets of Israel, and culminating in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
Product Preview
| Format: | Paperback book |
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| Product code: | AM712913 |
| Dimensions: | 5½" x 8½" |
| Length: | 224 pages |
| Publisher: |
Ave Maria Press
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| ISBN: | 9781594712913 |
| 1-2 copies | $14.91 each |
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| 3-9 copies | $14.23 each |
| 10-49 copies | $13.56 each |
| 50-99 copies | $13.22 each |
| 100+ copies | $12.71 each |
Praise
Bible Basics for Catholics is the best resource in my classroom, hands down. It is my go-to resource for teaching Scripture and I tell all my students and their parents to add it to their library.
Theology teacher
St. Louis Catholic High School
Lake Charles, Louisiana,
and author of Room 24
Even though this is a basic, non-intimidating overview of the Bible, the author is not afraid to deepen our appreciation of Scripture by occasionally introducing some important technical terms and Hebrew and Greek words, always explaining them thoroughly and understandably.
John Bergsma is a very effective teacher of Scripture with a gift for clarity and depth.
Author of The Lamb's Supper
John Bergsma brings his biblical scholarship, pastoral heart, and gift for teaching together in this charming, easy-to-use overview of Salvation History. Highly recommended.
Chancellor and Professor of Scripture and Theology
Augustine Institute
Let award-winning teacher John Bergsma guide you through a high-energy and entertaining walk through the Bible, illustrated with his own charming drawings. So fresh, engaging, and truly instructive that you will find yourself smiling as you read it, and you'll be amazed at what you retain.
The Anchoress at Patheos.com
A treasure to give people who are serious about Bible study but don’t have a lot of time or an extensive scriptural study background. I will strongly recommend it to all my radio listeners.
Host of Food for the Journey
It would be worth it to go back to college just to learn from a master teacher like Bergsma. This book saves us the tuition and the trip to faraway Ohio. Instead, we go by way of history and imagination to the Holy Land, and to times long past, and we meet the most fascinating people who ever lived: Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus. We can do all this because of Bergsma’s rare gifts. This book can change lives.
Author of The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition
A splendid book, and acutely necessary. Every time an evangelical tries to use the Bible to attack the Church, we now have a good, accessible volume with which to respond.
Author of Why Catholics Are Right
