meaning of sacred scripture
By: translated by Mary Perkins Ryan.
Series: Liturgical Studies. Volume V
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 1958
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Bible  - criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible - Eeidences, authority, etc.
Description: While "The Meaning of Sacred Scripture" makes no pretense at being a complete commentary on the Bible, it nonetheless deals with the Bible's most significant Characteristics. Father Boyer's chief project is an examination of the purpose of Divine Revelation, and this he finds to be salvation, first for the Hebrews, and ultimately for all mankind. Man participates in divine life through grace on earth and glory in  heaven: this, in essence, comprises God's plan.
Such a book has long been needed, in part to combat the erroneous belief of the post-Reformation centuries that a dichotomy somehow exists between the Bible and Tradition. As the author indicates, Tradition and SCripture are not two independent sources which complete one another as two separate parts of a whole. Primitive Christians conceived Sacred Scripture to be so inseperable from Tradition as to be, in fact, a part of it. Tradition is that which gives to Holy Scripture its proper environment; the Bible plus Tradition should be visiualized as the Letter, plus the SPirit which dictated it and inspires its reading.
Step by step, the author traces the development of the divine plan of salvation. In so doin, he manages, thorugh a skillful process of selection, to make vivid the entire new-old story.
Apostolic-minded clerics and laymen alike will discover in this book's pages a vast fund of inspiration. Drawn from the texts of twenty-four lectures delivered by Father Bouyer at the University of Notre Dame's 1956 Summer Session, "The Meaning of Sacred Scripture" is expressed in exact, scholarly terms and compressed into manageable proportions.
A distinguished teacher at the Institut Catholique in Paris, Pere Louis Bouyer is the author of several significant works on theological and other topics. These include "Christian Humanism," "The Cistercian Heritage," and "Humain au Chretien". Briefer studies by the same author are "Saint Philippe Neri," "L'Incarnation et l'Eglise", "Corps du Christ dans la Theologie de Saint Athanase". Born in 1913, Father Boyer is a convert from Lutheranism. 
(The preceding text appears on the front and back flaps of the book's cover)
Notes: Originally published as 'La Bible et l'evangile'. Editions du Cerf, 1951.
Table of contents: title: The Word of God in Israel
pagenum: 1
class: chapter
label: ONE; label: TWO
pagenum: 15
class: chapter
title: From Abraham to Moses: The Covenant and the Name; label: THREE
pagenum: 32
class: chapter
title: The Divine Intervention in History: The Exodus and the People; label: FOUR
pagenum: 42
class: chapter
title: God in HIstory: The City and the Judgment; title: Amos and the God of Justice
pagenum: 52
class: chapter
label: FIVE; title: Osee and the God of Mercy
pagenum: 61
class: chapter
label: SIX; label: SEVEN
pagenum: 68
class: chapter
title: Isaias and the God of Holiness; title: Jeremias and the God of the Heart
pagenum: 82
class: chapter
label: EIGHT; title: Ezechiel and the Temple
pagenum: 91
class: chapter
label: NINE; title: The Presence in the Cloud
pagenum: 98
class: section
label: TEN; label: ELEVEN
pagenum: 117
class: part
title: Word and Wisdom; label: TWELVE
pagenum: 124
class: part
title: Job and the Servant of the Lord; label: THIRTEEN
pagenum: 135
class: part
title: Is There a Hebrew Mysticism?; title: Moses and Elias in Jewish Mysticism
pagenum: 149
class: part
label: FOURTEEN; label: FIFTEEN
pagenum: 156
class: part
title: The Kingdom of God; title: The Messias-King
pagenum: 164
class: part
label: SIXTEEN; label: SEVENTEEN
pagenum: 174
class: part
title: St. Paul and the Mystery; label: EIGHTEEN
pagenum: 182
class: part
title: St. Paul and the Heavenly Man; label: NINETEEN
pagenum: 191
class: part
title: The Revelation of St. John; label: TWENTY
pagenum: 201
class: part
title: The Gospel of Light and Life; title: Our Adoption by the Father and the Gift of the Spirit
pagenum: 207
class: part
label: TWENTY-ONE; label: TWENTY-TWO
pagenum: 224
class: part
title: The Psalms and the Church; label: APPENDIX A
pagenum: 242
class: part
title: Jewish Tradition and Christianity; title: Documents and Tendencies in Jewish Tradition
pagenum: 250
class: part
label: APPENDIX B; label: ..
pagenum: 253
class: part
title: Index