Preachers and liturgy planners will find "The Cultural World of
the Apostles" a complementary companion to Pilch & Acirc's
previous series "The Cultural World of Jesus." Each essay offers
brief historical and literary information on the New Testament
reading assigned for the Sundays in the three-year Lectionary
cycle. Suggestions for cross-cultural comparisons with Western
culture and links with the gospel for each Sunday encourage readers
to explore pastoral applications to modern life.
The principle that guided the architects of the Lectionary in
selecting the second readings in the Sunday Lectionary was that the
readings should be short and easily understood. The second readings
were intended to be an independent, semi-continuous reading of the
letters attributed to Paul and James, with selections from Peter
and Revelation. Pilch explains that, because the readings were
shortened, their brevity has deprived readers of sufficient context
to interpret the text-segment in a responsible way. To help people
make sense of such high-context documents, Pilch provides in "The
Cultural World of the Apostles" a broader literary context for each
reading.
"John J, Pilch, PhD, teaches Scripture at Georgetown University.
His book, "The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible" won The Catholic
Press Association Award for 2000. His other The Liturgical Press
publications include "The Cultural World of Jesus" series, "The
Triduum and Easter Sunday: Breaking Open the Scriptures, Choosing a
Bible Translation, Galatians and Romans in The Collegeville Bible
Commentary, "and articles in "The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia, The
Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology, " and "The
Bible Today.
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