Confraternity New Testament
Prefaces, scholarly articles, and reference material from the Confraternity New Testament and its supplemental commentary.
Front Matter & Articles
Front Matter
- Imprimatur & Nihil Obstat Ecclesiastical approvals for the Confraternity New Testament and Commentary.
- Preface Introduction to the Confraternity New Testament by Rev. John J. Dougherty.
- Commentary Preface Editors’ preface explaining the purpose and scope of the supplemental commentary.
- List of Contributors The Catholic scholars who revised and commented on each book of the New Testament.
- Abbreviations & Reference Key Abbreviations of biblical books, other abbreviations, key to references, and Psalm numbering.
- The New Testament Background Historical background of Palestine, the Herod dynasty, Roman rule, and Jewish sects at the time of Christ.
- Chronological Table Key dates in Palestine, the Apostles’ missions, and the Roman procurators.
- The Parables of the Gospels Classification and interpretation of the Gospel parables by Rev. John F. McConnell.
- Literary Relations of the First Three Gospels The Synoptic question: literary dependence among Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
- The Life and Epistles of St. Paul Biographical overview of St. Paul: origin, conversion, missionary journeys, and epistles.
- Transcription Notes Editorial notes on changes made to the original printed texts for electronic transcription.