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Overview
This commentary, which uses the lectionary approved by the NCCB in 1998, is a literary-liturgical reading of the four lections, including the psalm response, of each Sunday and major feast of the liturgical year cycle A. It explicitly situates the interpretation of each day within the theology of its respective liturgical season, theology that is drawn from the specific themes of the readings of that particular year rather than from general theological themes otherwise associated with the season. The lections are also read in sequential order, from the first Sunday of that season to the last, thus providing another way of interpreting the riches of the readings.Dianne Bergant, C.S.A., Ph.D., is professor of biblical studies and director of the Joint Doctor of Ministry Program at Catholic Theological Union. She has been an active member of the Catholic/Jewish Scholars Dialogue for twelve years. She is on the editorial board of The Bible Today, having previously served as its general editor for five years. She is also on the editorial boards of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Biblical Theology Bulletin, New Theology Review, and Chicago Studies. She works in the areas of biblical interpretation and biblical theology, particularly with issues of peace, ecology, and feminism.
Synopsis
This commentary, which uses the lectionary approved by the NCCB in 1998, is a literary-liturgical reading of the four lections, including the psalm response, of each Sunday and major feast of the liturgical year cycle A. It explicitly situates the interpretation of each day within the theology of its respective liturgical season, theology that is drawn from the specific themes of the readings of that particular year rather than from general theological themes otherwise associated with the season. The lections are also read in sequential order, from the first Sunday of that season to the last, thus providing another way of interpreting the riches of the readings.
Dianne Bergant, C.S.A., Ph.D., is professor of biblical studies and director of the Joint Doctor of Ministry Program at Catholic Theological Union. She has been an active member of the Catholic/Jewish Scholars Dialogue for twelve years. She is on the editorial board of The Bible Today, having previously served as its general editor for five years. She is also on the editorial boards of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Biblical Theology Bulletin, New Theology Review, and Chicago Studies. She works in the areas of biblical interpretation and biblical theology, particularly with issues of peace, ecology, and feminism.