{"product_id":"a-commentary-on-the-new-testament-volume-i","title":"A Commentary on the New Testament (Volume I)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ronald Knox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.” \u003c\/b\u003eThese famous words of Saint Jerome make for a stirring challenge in the Christian life. For while Sacred Scripture does indeed bear the words of eternal life, those same words also throw difficulties into the path of understanding—apparent contradictions, obscure sayings, parallel passages, variant readings, and so forth. Yet the fact remains that the God who reveals himself to man is the true Light, “full of grace and truth,” and not a God who delights in obscurantism. On these grounds stand Monsignor Ronald Knox’s three volumes of \u003ci\u003eCommentary on the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1952, 1954, and 1956. Intended for a lay readership, rather than scholarly, Knox’s work aims to resolve, at least in part, those difficulties of the New Testament for those who “want to read the Bible for themselves without shirking the difficulties.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIn this first volume, \u003ci\u003eThe Four Gospels\u003c\/i\u003e, Knox examines every sentence in the back­ground of the whole Gospel narrative, seeking to clarify the meaning of the exact words employed by the evangelists, what they would have meant to the original audience, and what they imply given the entirety of revelation. The result is a profound aid to appreciating the mysterious riches of wisdom and knowledge contained in the Gospels, with Knox like the rich man described in Saint Matthew’s account, “who knows how to bring both new and old things out of his treasure house.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe gospel is not a thing of man’s dictation. \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe Letter to the Galatians)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Knox \u003c\/b\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism. Best known for his contemporary English translation of the Scriptures (the “Knox Bible”), he wrote numerous works of apologetics and collections of ser­mons, retreat conferences, and lectures, as well as six detective novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954635\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42861707001950,"sku":"978-1685954635","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1546.jpg?v=1780986728","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/a-commentary-on-the-new-testament-volume-i","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}