Based on the Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition, this book leads readers through a penetrating study of the Gospel of Mark, using the biblical text itself and the Church's own guidelines for understanding the Bible. Ample notes accompany each page, providing fresh insights and commentary by renowned Bible teachers Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, as well as time-tested interpretations from the Fathers of the Church. These helpful study notes make explicit what St. Matthew often assumes. Or they provide rich historical, cultural, geographical and theological information pertinent to the Gospel.

The Ignatius Study Bible also includes Topical Essays, Word Studies and Charts. Each page also includes an easy-to-use Cross-Reference Section. Study Questions are provided for each chapter of the Gospel that can deepen your personal study of God's Holy Word. There is also an introductory essay covering questions of authorship, date, destination, structure and themes. An outline of Mark's Gospel and several maps are also included.

"Once a generation a truly unique Bible tool is given to the Church. The Ignatius Study Bible is a gift for our generation. This is the most important book since the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Every parish study goup and every student of Sacred Scripture should own and use this Bible."
-David Currie
Author, Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic

"This Bible study on the Gospel of Matthew is a triumph of both piety and scholarship, in the best Catholic tradition: simply the most useful succinct commentary on Matthew that any Christian or other interested person could hope for."
-Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis
Author, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word

"With copious historical and theological notes, incisive commentary and tools for study, Matthew's Gospel comes alive in its historical setting and contemporary application. The wisdom of the Fathers and the teaching of the Church illuminate its every page. Hahn and Mitch have done all the work for us. Unabashedly Catholic, this volume is hopefully the first of many and will assist the scholar as well as the beginner to Bible study."
-Stephen Ray
Author, Upon This Rock