Study Resources

An odd, round-about way to find good Catholic study guides. I was listening to some lectures, courtesy iTunes University, on the Gospels and the Pauline Epistles provided by Reformed Theological Seminary, a Calvinist school. The lecturer, Dr. Knox Chamblin, is very good, and I enjoy the lectures. In several lectures he recommended books by Fr. Raymond Brown. He tells his students not to dismiss Fr. Brown just because he is a Catholic, the books are very good. So... off I go to Amazon to spend my allowance.



The first ordered was this introduction to the New Testament. It is not light reading, and is an excellent resource for someone who, like myself, has not been able to attend seminary. However, the repeated references to another volumn got me scraping my change together to afford it.



A superb commontary - not one I would necessarily use when writing sermons; rather one which is giving me a deeper understanding of the scriptures.

Between the two I have about 2400 pages of reading, more than enough to keep me busy through the summer. What fun!