Some of the resources on the author's bookshelf.
Tom Faletti
February 13, 2024
Major Sources
Augsberger, Myron. Matthew. The Communicator’s Commentary (Mastering the New Testament), Lloyd J. Ogilvie, general editor. Word Books, 1982.
Barclay, William. The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 1. 2nd edition. The Daily Study Bible. The Saint Andrew Press, 1958. Note: All of the volumes in Barclay’s Daily Study Bible series can be viewed online at “William Barclay's Daily Study Bible,” Bible Portal, https://bibleportal.com/commentary/william-barclay.
Barclay, William. The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 2. 2nd edition. The Daily Study Bible. The Saint Andrew Press, 1958. Note: All of the volumes in Barclay’s Daily Study Bible series can be viewed online at “William Barclay's Daily Study Bible,” Bible Portal, https://bibleportal.com/commentary/william-barclay.
Brown, Raymond E. An Introduction to the New Testament. Yale University Press, 1997.
Ellison, H. L. “Matthew.” The International Bible Commentary: With the New International Version. F.F. Bruce, General Editor. Marshall Pickering/Zondervan, 1986.
Harrington, Fr. Daniel J. The Gospel According to Matthew. Collegeville Bible Commentary, The Liturgical Press, 1983.
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The New Testament, Revised Standard Edition, Second Catholic Edition. Ignatius Press, 2010.
Interlinear Bible. Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/interlinear/.
The International Bible Commentary: With the New International Version. F.F. Bruce, General Editor. Marshall Pickering/Zondervan, 1986.
Liddell, Henry George and Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940. Internet Archive, Volume I: https://archive.org/details/b31364949_0001/mode/2up, Volume II: https://archive.org/details/b31364949_0002/mode/2up. Also at Furman Classics Editions, http://folio2.furman.edu/lsj/.
New American Bible, revised edition (NABRE). Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, 2010. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Edited by Raymond E. Brown, et al. Prentice Hall, 1990.
The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version: With the Apocrypha: An Ecumenical Study Bible. Eds. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Z. Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, and Pheme Perkins. 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2010.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance. Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/greek/21.htm.
Vine, William E. Vine’s Expository Dictionary, 1940, StudyLight.org, https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/ved.html.
Viviano, Benedict T., O.P. “The Gospel According to Matthew.” The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Edited by Raymond E. Brown, et al. Prentice Hall, 1990.
Additional Sources
Aquinas, Thomas. Catena aurea: commentary on the four Gospels, collected out of the works of the Fathers. Oxford: Parker, 1874, https://archive.org/details/p1catenaaureacom01thomuoft/page/244/mode/2up.
Aquinas, Thomas. “Commentary on Matthew 20.” StudyLight.org, “Golden Chain Commentary on the Gospel,” https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gcc/matthew-20.html.
Augustine. “Sermon 272.” Philip Schaff, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series, Early Church Texts, https://earlychurchtexts.com/public/augustine_sermon_272_eucharist.htm.
Barna Group. “1 in 4 Practicing Christians Struggles to Forgive Someone.” Barna Group, 11 Apr. 2019, https://www.barna.com/research/forgiveness-christians/.
Belfast, directed by Kenneth Branagh, TKBC and Northern Ireland Screen, 2021.
The British Museum. “Slavery in ancient Rome.” Exhibition: “Nero the man behind the myth,” 2021. The British Museum, https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/nero-man-behind-myth/slavery-ancient-rome.
Calechman, Steve. “Sleep to solve a problem.” Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School, May 24, 2021, https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/sleep-to-solve-a-problem-202105242463.
Cooper, Kyle. “Have you given up on your New Year’s resolution? Here’s how to get back on track.” WTOP, 12 Jan. 2024, https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2024/01/today-is-the-day-many-of-us-give-up-on-our-new-years-resolutions-but-you-may-be-able-to-get-back-on-track-with-these-tips/.
“Faith and the Faithful in the 2024 Election.” Online forum. Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Georgetown University, 13 Feb. 2024, https://catholicsocialthought.georgetown.edu/events/faith-and-the-faithful-in-the-2024-election.
Feldman, Robert S. Understanding Psychology, 14th edition. McGraw Hill Education, 2019.
Fischer, John. “Inside.” YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avrVLA4uDos. Lyrics at Genius, https://genius.com/John-fischer-inside-lyrics.
Fischer, John. “John Wayne and the Sermon on the Mount.” The Catch Ministry, 29 Nov. 2023, https://catchjohnfischer.live/2023/11/29/john-wayne-and-the-sermon-on-the-mount/.
“Food & Nutrition.” World Concern, https://worldconcern.org/food-nutrition. Accessed 25 Aug. 2024.
Francis of Assisi. “Letter to the Faithful II” [also known as “Later Admonition and Exhortation To the Brothers and Sisters of Penance (Second Version of the Letter to the Faithful)”]. c. 1220. The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi, Parts I & II. Translated from the Latin Critical Edition by Fr. K. Esser, O.F.M. [Die opuskula des hl. Franziskus von Assisi. Neue textkritische Edition. Editiones Collegii S. Bonaventurae ad Claras aquas, Grottaferrata (Romae) 1976], http://www.liturgies.net/saints/francis/writings.htm.
Frost, Robert. “The Road Not Taken.” 1915. Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken.
Grohol, John M. “Why ‘Sleeping on It’ Helps.” LiveScience, 26 Oct. 2009, https://www.livescience.com/5820-sleeping-helps.html.
Innocence Project. “Explore the Numbers: Innocence Project's Impact,” Innocence Project, 2024, https://innocenceproject.org/exonerations-data/.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Strength to Love. Beacon Press, 1963.
Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity. Macmillan Publishing Co., 1952. Macmillan Paperbacks edition, 1960.
Litke, Austin Dominic, O.P. “Reading Flannery O’Connor in our times.” Aleteia, 3 July 2020, https://aleteia.org/2020/07/03/reading-flannery-oconnor-in-our-times/. His citation for the Flannery O’Connor quote is: “The fiction writer and his country.” Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970, p. 34.
Longenecker, Fr. Dwight. “Fighting the Un-Holy Trinity: The World, the Flesh and the Devil.” Catholic Online, 14 Feb. 2010, https://www.catholic.org/news/national/story.php?id=35421.
The Magnificat Advent Companion, Advent 2023.
Meyers, Eric. “Galilee.” From Jesus to Christ. Frontline, Apr. 1998, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/portrait/galilee.html.
Miller, Jared. “Does ‘Sleeping on it’ Really Work?” WebMD, https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/features/does-sleeping-on-it-really-work.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words. Compiled by José Luis González-Balado. Liguori, 1996.
Mother Teresa: Where There is Love, There is God. Compiled by and edited by Brian Kolodiejchuk. Doubleday, 2010.
“Music for the Second Week of Advent.” St. Peter’s Church on Capitol Hill, https://saintpetersdc.org/pray/advent23/35171-music-for-the-second-week-of-advent, Dec. 2023.
O’Toole, Garson. “When One Door Closes Another Opens, But Often We Look So Long Upon the Closed Door That We Do Not See the Open Door.” Quote Investigator, 3 Dec. 2018, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/12/03/open-door/.
“Palestine in the time of Jesus, 4 B.C. - 30 A.D.: (including the period of Herod, 40 - 4 B.C.).” Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009579463/.
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church. Libreria Editrice Vaticana (The Vatican). United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005.
Poythress, Vern. “The Baptism of Jesus.” The Gospel Coalition, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/the-baptism-of-jesus/.
“Quitters Day.” There is a Day for That, https://www.thereisadayforthat.com/holidays/various/quitters-day.
Randall, Rebecca. “Which Is Worse: the Guilty Freed or the Innocent Punished?” Christianity Today, 5 Mar. 2021, https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/march-web-only/wrongful-convictions-prison-bible-view-split-by-race.html.
Shelby, Daniele. “DNA and Wrongful Conviction: Five Facts You Should Know.” Innocence Project, 25 Apr. 2023, https://innocenceproject.org/dna-and-wrongful-conviction-five-facts-you-should-know/.
Silverstein, Shel. “God’s Wheel.” A Light in the Attic. HarperCollins, 1981, p. 152.
Warren, Rick. The Purpose-Driven Life. Zondervan, 2002.
Welch, John W. and John F Hall. “Chart 6-4: Estimated Distribution of Citizenship in the Roman Empire.” Charting the New Testament, BYU Studies, 2002, https://byustudies.byu.edu/further-study-chart/6-4-estimated-distribution-of-citizenship-in-the-roman-empire/.
Wesley, John. “The Use of Money,” Sermon 50, https://web.archive.org/web/20150402061915/http://www.umcmission.org/Find-Resources/John-Wesley-Sermons/Sermon-50-The-Use-of-Money.
“Which Was the Son of... (Arvo Pärt) - Sofia Vokalensemble.” Sofia Vokalensemble, 23 Oct. 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyPmFBpiF7E.
“The World, the Flesh, and the Devil.” Ligonier Ministries (founded by Dr. R. C. Sproul), 23 May 2011, https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/world-flesh-and-devil.
“The world, the flesh, and the devil.” Wikipedia, 31 March 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_world,_the_flesh,_and_the_devil [presents the views of scholars who wrote centuries ago].
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