"Excellent introductory essays: these essays bring together, in concise, friendly language, all of the essential points that need to be communicated: especially the opening essays on how the Bible came to be, genre, historical context, the meaning of revelation and inspiration, and the canon of Scripture.   I also greatly appreciated the map, unique to the College Study Bible, which shows the present-day political situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The importance of this issue cannot be overstated. Please keep that map in all your future editions!"
-Joan Crist, PhD
Adjunct Instructor
Religious Studies Dept
Calument College of St. Joseph, IN
"The style and tone of the writing is just right. In fact, many times the text reads like a story. The author's scholarship imbues the text but is kept somewhat in the background, and thus does not get in the way."
-Paul Wadell, PhD
Saint Norbert's College, De Pere, Wisconsin
“One of the challenges of teaching the Bible in a college setting is to help undergraduates grasp that we are involved in a serious academic pursuit and to awaken their intellectual curiosity. The Saint Mary's Press® College Study Bible provides me with the perfect format to introduce students to theological inquiry as a university discipline. This volume is their constant companion and allows us to move back and forth between methodology, contemporary theological application and praxis, commentary, study aids and of course the actual NAB text.”
-Cecilia González-Andrieu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
"Corrine Carvalho’s Primer on Biblical Methods is just what I’ve been seeking, a book that will get students to read their Bible and not read it for them. Primer on Biblical Methods doesn’t presume too much of students as it provides focused discussion on various methodological viewpoints. I like the questions and exercises the text provides. I can also supplement the Primer with other material without overburdening my students, most of whom are not religion majors."
-Peter Judge
Chair, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC
“The Saint Mary's Press® College Study Bible is very well suited to my undergraduate courses.  The footnotes and cross-references are easy to follow, the timelines are very clear and helpful, and the entire volume is designed for maximum readability and usefulness for study.  This will continue to be my required version of the Bible for college-level beginners."
-Maureen R. O'Brien, PhD
Associate Professor of Theology
and Director of Pastoral Ministry
Department of Theology, Duquesne University
"A glossary like this is absolutely essential for any student of the Church. This is like medicine and law. The language of the Church can just be too confusing. Not a bad idea to use as a gift!"
-Jack S. Rounds, Jr.
Adult Faith Formation Program
University of Dallas School of Ministry
“One of the challenges of teaching the Bible in a college setting is to help undergraduates grasp that we are involved in a serious academic pursuit and to awaken their intellectual curiosity. The Saint Mary's Press® College Study Bible provides me with the perfect format to introduce students to theological inquiry as a university discipline. This volume is their constant companion and allows us to move back and forth between methodology, contemporary theological application and praxis, commentary, study aids and of course the actual NAB text.”
-Cecilia González-Andrieu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
"[My students] found the Glossary both helpful and informative. Some students said they found the book 'addictive' and their joy at learning so many new terms made it hard to put down. . . .

Non-native English speakers said that the glossary easily clarified unfamiliar English terms for them. Many English-speaking students appreciated the clear definitions of Hispanic terms and said the glossary would help them in their outreach ministry to Hispanic people."
-Matthew Ogilvie
Assistant Professor of Systemic Theology
University of Dallas School of Ministry
"Clear and concise, with a wealth of easy reference inserts to jump-start inquiry, Jesus in the Gospels and Acts is an excellent text for an introductory level course."
-Matthew T. Powell
Assistant Professor
"Primer on Biblical Methods is the work of a master teacher. Corrine Carvalho’s book is not only thorough, moving all the way from source to postmodern criticism, but blessedly clear. Examples, questions, and exercises ensure that the reader understands each section. This work will be helpful for students approaching the complexity of biblical interpretation for the first time and also for professors who have been searching for ways to explain the intricacies of our task with clarity and simplicity."
-Irene Nowell, OSB, PhD
a Benedictine of Mount St. Scholastica
Atchison, Kansas
"Mari Rapela Heidt has produced an invaluable introductory religious ethics text for the millennial generation of students. In language that is relevant to this newest generation of students, a generation marked by the economic and cultural effects of globalization, Rapela Heidt provides a multiple-method approach to understanding the many world religions, and “lived examples” of a contemporary ethical issue addressed by each tradition. It will be a useful tool in introducing students to the complex world of religious ethics in the contemporary era."
-Whitney A. Bauman
Assistant Professor of Religion and Science
Florida International University, Miami
Anselm Academic Forthcoming Releases: Called Together, Women in Ministry, Moral Traditions
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