Books by Daniel J.

In this follow-up to his popular book What Are We Hoping For? he extends his reflections on hope in the Scriptures. He draws us into the striking images of the psalms the mountain, the sun, refuge, the kingdom, sheltering wings, the olive tree, and the shepherd to lead us to the discovery that hope is the predominant image of the book of Psalms.

Jesus Ben Sira combines secular wisdom from Near Eastern wisdom sources and divine revelations from the Hebrew Bible to create the Book of Sirach. By applying from criticism to Ben Sira's book, the author provides students with historical information of the psychological and sociological context underlying Ben Sira's teachings.

Volume 12

This text provides a summary of what is known about Jesus and his times - Galilee, his sense of mission as an eschatological prophet and miracle worker, and the mechanics of how the memories of Jesus's words and deeds circulated amongst his followers and were passed on in the written tradition.