In the early 1970s the theology faculty of the University of Navarre embarked on the project of making a new Spanish translation of the Bible—a volume accompanied by commentary designed for the general reader. This project was entrusted to the faculty by St. Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei and the university’s first chancellor. The first volume, St. Matthew, appeared in 1976; the project was completed February 2005. The Navarre Bible series is considered by many the best Catholic commentary on the Bible available today.
More comprehensive than the The Navarre Bible: New Testament, this volume features notes and introductions—rarely very technical—designed to illuminate the spiritual and theological message of the Bible. The Standard Edition is replete with quotations from commentaries by the Fathers, as well as excerpts from other spiritual writers—not least among them, St. Josemaría Escrivá—provided to show how they read Scripture and made it meaningful in their lives.
The epistles of Paul to the Romans and the Galatians are two of the “Great Letters” written during Paul’s third missionary journey—the other two being 1 and 2 Corinthians. Galatians was written in response to the debate among Christians of Jewish background over whether salvation was contingent on the observance of the Mosaic Law. Extending and deepening what he wrote in Galatians, Paul fleshes out the tenets of faith in Romans, addressing key aspects of the teaching and redemptive work of Christ. Paul also treats four important notions: sin, death, the flesh, and the Law, emphasizing the demands of the Christian faith in relation to moral conduct.
The Navarre Bible New Testament, Standard Edition is both scholarly and readable, presenting an intellectual, historical, and applicable survey of the riches of the New Testament. In the Logos edition of Romans & Galatians, each Scripture passage links to your favorite translation, and is easy to study side-by-side with your other commentaries. You can search by topic or Scripture with split-second results!