Invitation to Acts: A commentary on the Acts of the Apostles with complete text from the Jerusalem Bible (Doubleday New Testament commentary series) [Jan 01, 1978] Karris, Robert J

Invitation to Acts: A commentary on the Acts of the Apostles with complete text from the Jerusalem Bible (Doubleday New Testament commentary series)

Robert J. Karris

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Robert Karris spreads before us a unique and delightful framing of the food theme in the Gospel of Luke. Karris describes the food and drink popular in Jesus' day. He also documents the social, political, and general contexts in which the food was prepared and eaten. He outlines the social roles Jesus assumes in Luke's Gospel in relation to food and meals, as well as the relationship between women and food. Karris also examines the eucharistic implications of the way food and drink are portrayed. This volume invites readers to get actively involved in the process of discovery by checking Scripture references alongside the author. Food themes in the other three Gospels are also briefly compared with Luke's Gospel. Questions to stimulate an appetite for discussion or reflection and suggestions for further reading are provided at the end of each chapter. Robert J. Karris, OFM, ThD, is head of research at the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University in St. Bonaventure, New York. He has published more than fifteen books, including Liturgical Press titles Jesus and the Marginalized in John's Gospel, Symphony of New Testament Hymns, and Commentary on Galatians and Romans.

Eating Your Way Through Luke's Gospel

Religion & Spirituality

Robert J. Karris, O.F.M.

Christian Books & Bibles

Liturgical Press

The Collegeville Bible CommentaryNew Testament Paperback

The Collegeville Bible Commentary: Based on the New American Bible : New Testament

Spring Arbor Distributors

The Herald Biblical Booklets series, which offers popular studies on biblical books and themes, is now accompanied by a tandem series which will further meet the needs of the people of God by exploring in a thoroughgoing way the relationship of the Bible to daily life and to prayer. This new series, entitled "Read and Pray," features "Gospel of St. Luke" as No. 2 in the sequence. Each page in a "Read and Pray" booklet contains a comment, reflection, and prayer on a brief passage of Scripture. In the "comment," the author, an expert in Scripture, distills the best of contemporary scholarship; in the "reflection," he prods the reader into pondering the relationship of the Scripture to daily life; in the "prayer," he invites the reader to respond to God's message. Each book envisions a dynamic sequence of: 1) pray for the Spirit's guidance; 2) read the Scripture passage assigned; 3) read the comment and reflection; 4) reflect on your own; 5) read the prayer; 6) pray on your own. This new series should be of benefit to daily and Sunday homilists, shared prayer groups, Bible study groups, and to all those who seek in Scripture spirit and life.

The Gospel of St. Luke (Read and Pray Series, No. 2)

Franciscan Herald Press

Francis of Assisi was able to bridge the gap that had developed between the Church and the many popular approaches to being poor disciples, who often became separated from the Church. By bridging that gap, and by remaining rooted in the Gospel, Francis articulated the foundations for reform in the Church. His life was evanagelical, Catholic and reforming.For those of us who are Christian, the Word of God is a primary experience of the Divine. It is more than a mere carrier of ideas framed in concise propositions. It is, as much Scriptural scholarship maintains today, a life-changing, transformative encounter with the Father, Christ the Anointed One and the life-giving Spirit. It is an invitation into the life of the Spirit and an affirmation of each person's human destiny. The contribution of careful biblical scholarship to the Franciscan Movement yields a rich harvest of insight and depth. This present volume by four noted Franciscan scholars provides a valuable step forward in our Christian journey.In 2001, the English Speaking Conference of the Order of Friars Minor (ESC), in collaboration with Franciscan theological schools of the English-speaking world, committed itself to promoting the renewal of Franciscan theological and intellectual formation among the members of the Franciscan family. This promotion has a twofold purpose: to help members understand the beauty and wealth of the Franciscan intellectual tradition and to extend to the whole Franciscan family and to society the intellectual heritage of the Franciscan school so that it can support effective evangelization. This series of publications aims to carry forward this purpose. It is hoped that, with hope, joy and enthusiasm, Franciscans can once again look at their intellectual history, make it part of their lives and prepare to become better proclaimers of the Word to the world.

Franciscans and the Scriptures: Living in the Word of God: Washington Theological Union Symposium Papers, 2005

ILIA DELIO

Dominic Monti

Washington Theological Union

James Scullion

Michael D. Guinan

Franciscan Inst Pubs

For the first time, Bonaventure's commentary on the Gospel of John is now accessible in readable English with helpful, scholarly notes. Robert J, Karris, O.F.M., Th.D., brings us Bonaventure's interpretations which are often surprisingly contemporary, theologically attuned, pastorally sensitive and textually oriented.

Commentary on the Gospel of John: Works of St. Bonaventure, Volume XI

On the surface, St. Bonaventure's Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection seems like another scholastic exercise until one realizes four things. First, of the 81 pages in the critical edition 40 of those pages deal with poverty and 19 pages deal with obedience. Second, of the 19 pages dedicated to obedience almost half of those pages deal with obedience to the Pope. Third, at the end of this treatment of Question II, Article II on begging, Bonaventure devotes 6 pages to refuting those who attack the mendicant way of life. Finally, in Question II, Article II (on begging) and Question V 9on obedience) Bonaventure cites cannon law with great frequency. When these internal pieces of evidence are taken together with events at the University of Paris during the period 250-1256 and with the eschatological mood of the era, we begin to realize that this work of Bonaventure is not just a scholastic exercise that will help form young friars minor in their evangelical style of life. It is also an eschatological document with a sharp polemical bite. If readers today can capture just one spark of Bonaventure's eschatological fervor and vision in this writing, they will have surely warmed their hearts at its center.

Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection: Works of St. Bonaventure

Throughout his study of the sources of the Admonitions of St. Francis, Robert Karris, OFM, has sought to uncover three levels of meaning. The meaning of the spiritual tradition which Francis inherited. The meaning Francis creatively infused into the tradition. The meaning for today. these three meanings can be of benefit not only to the entire Franciscan family but to all who seek to be servants of God today.In this study of the 28 admonitions of St. Francis of Assisi, the author situates them in the spiritual context of their age. Karris investigates the use of scripture by St. Francis in this relatively small document, discovering that one third of Francis's seventy-two biblical allusions in the Admonitions did not originate in his hearing of the Scriptures read in Church or in private. Rather , Francis acquired his interpretation of these twenty-four scripture passages from a spiritual tradition he was using.The author provides a fresh translation of each admonition, translates parallel texts previously noted by other scholars or newly uncovered by his own research, and comments on the Admonitions verse by verse.

The Admonitions of St. Francis: Sources and Meanings (Aall Legal Research Series)

The extraordinary Commentary on St. Luke's Gospel by St. Bonaventure is matched only by the equally extraordinary ability and expertise of its translator and editor, Robert Karris. This highly readable translation with its invaluable footnotes and union of medieval commentary with contemporary exegesis will appeal to Franciscans, Lucan scholars, preachers and will also allow for quiet moments of Lectio Divina.

St. Bonaventure's Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Chapters 1-8 (Works)

This current translation of a major biblical commentary on the Gospel of Luke makes an outstanding contribution for the life of the Christian community today. This translation is the work of a distinguished Scripture scholar - Robert J. Karris, OFM - who has done an exceptional job. The outcome offers insight not only into the riches of many Church Fathers on whose thought he draws, but in its finished form, this publication is an excellent resource for teachers and for preachers, as well as for many who reflect on this Gospel in search of spiritual insight.

Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Part II - Chapters 9-16 (Works of St. Bonaventure, Volume VIII)

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