This classic gift and study Bible offers durable, high-quality bindings and other convenient features: • Full-color presentation/record section • Full-color maps • Book introductions/outlines • List of popes • Suggested readings for the liturgical year • The purpose of the Bible • The Bible and history • How the Bible came about • How to study the Bible • Sunday readings of the Holy Scripture This book is an artistic treasure that achieves its purpose in sharing the wealth of these charming icons and prayerful reflections with the universal Church, East and West.Catholic Studies . . . a most accessible introduction to icons in the wider context of liturgical life and prayer. The lucid commentary is thorough, accurate, and discerning and enables the reader to understand icons as ‘theology in color,’ a ‘bible in images,’ without getting mired in much of the detail of the history and schools of iconography.Cistercian Studies Quarterly The icons themselves are quite beautiful and they will inspire anyone who uses this book for prayer and contemplation of the life of Jesus. Catholic Library World Francis J. Moloney, SDB, studied at the Salesian Pontifical University, at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, both in Rome, and at the University of Oxford (DPhil, 1976). Foundation professor of theology at Australian Catholic University (1994–1999), dean and professor of New Testament at the Catholic University of America (1999–2005), Moloney is a member of the Order of Australia (AM) and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA). He is currently a senior professorial fellow at the Catholic Theological College in Melbourne, Australia, part of the ecumenical University of Divinity. Moloney is also the author of more than forty books, including The Gospel of John in the Sacra Pagina series.