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Una introducción didáctica e inteligente a la Biblia, desde los relatos de Adán y Eva, Noé, Abraham y Moisés, y los grandes reyes y profetas de Israel, hasta la persona y obra de Jesús.Bergsma ofrece en este volumen un curso de (More) introducción a la Biblia y a la teología, de enorme popularidad entre sus estudiantes americanos, y con más de 60.000 ejemplares vendidos. Manifiesta en sus páginas una sorprendente habilidad para hacer comprensibles e inspiradoras las ideas fundamentales de la fe católica.El lector va recorriendo el Antiguo Testamento y contemplando los relatos de Adán y Eva, Noé, Abraham y Moisés, y los grandes reyes y profetas de Israel, para culminar finalmente en la persona y obra de Jesús: un gran libro de cabecera para quien enseña y para quien aprende.

Award-winning author and theology professor John Bergsma follows up his popular Bible Basics for Catholics—which has sold more than 60,000 copies—with a more in-depth look at the New Testament. Using simple illustrations and the (More) same clear, conversational style that characterized his earlier book, Bergsma introduces four of the most important writers in the New Testament: Matthew, Luke, Paul, and John.
With humor and simple illustrations, theology professor John Bergsma focuses on Matthew, Luke, Paul, and John, whose writings comprise about 90 percent of the New Testament. The gospel of Matthew, written for Jewish Christians, illuminates the life and teachings of Christ as the long-promised Messiah. In Luke’s gospel, readers will delve into the infancy and Triduum narratives, as well as the Acts of the Apostles and the life of the early Church. This leads the reader to discover St. Paul and his first and arguably greatest theological treatise: Romans. Finally, “the beloved apostle” St. John draws us in to the unsurpassed beauty of the fourth gospel, as well as the most mysterious book of the New Testament: the book of Revelation. A concluding chapter offers suggestions for further study.
Intended as an introductory work for those who are new to scripture study, New Testament Basics for Catholics does not aspire to be a comprehensive guide to all twenty-seven books of the New Testament, but is intended to lay the foundation for a lifetime of scripture reading.

John Bergsma’s popular Bible Basics for Catholics, which has sold more than 60,000 copies, offers readers an accessible vision of salvation history as it unfolds in the Bible, showing readers how the Bible points us to the saving (More) life and work of Jesus. This new edition includes an additional chapter on covenant fulfillment in the Book of Revelation.