The Biblical Commission's Document the Interpretation of the Bible in the Church - Text and Commnetary (Paperback, Text and Commentary ed.)

The Pontifical Biblical Commission published in French is a document on the interpretation and use of the Bible in the Church. The English translation, appeared on November 18, 1993, is published in its entirety in the present volume, together with a clarificatory commentary by Fr. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J., a member of the Biblical Commission. A detailed bibliography is included. Also published are English translations of the address of His Holiness Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the publication of the French original, and of the preface to the document by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, President of the Biblical Commission. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, SJ., S.T.L., S.S.L., Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus, Department of Biblical Studies at the Catholic University of America, Washington. D. C. He received his doctorate from the John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and his licenciate from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome.