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ⓘ About Scott Hahn
About Scott Hahn An American Catholic theologian, Scott Hahn has been a vocal writer and speaker within his field for many years now. Voicing himself on numerous different issues relating to faith and society at large, he speaks about his own religion, articulating himself in-depth. Studying and teaching theology, he speaks out about Early Christianity and the history of the church, looking at how religion operates. Working and writing within several different institutions, he’s a respected figure by many, providing insight and analysis that’s unsurpassed. Speaking both nationally as well as internationally, he’s spoken about many different topic relating to the Catholic faith and Scripture.
All Book Series by Scott Hahn
The Gnostic Scriptures(300)Description / Buy at AmazonThe Birth of the Messiah
Series opener · book 1 of 53 · published 1977 Anthology · Porphyry,Bentley Layton,Irenaeus of Lyons,Basilides,David Brakke,Hermes Trismegistus,Clement of Alexandria,Epiphanius of Salamis,Valentinus,Ptolemy the Gnostic
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Volume 2: Expansions of the Old Testament and Legends, Wisdom and Philosophical Literature, Prayers, Psalms and Odes, Fragments of Lost Judeo-Hellenistic Works
Book 2 of 53 · published 1985 Anthology · James H. Charlesworth
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume 1: 10,000-586 B.C.E.
Book 3 of 53 · published 1990 Anthology · Amihai Mazar
A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume I: The Roots of the Problem and the Person
Book 4 of 53 · published 1991 Anthology · John P. Meier
Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Book 5 of 53 · published 1992 Anthology · James H. Charlesworth
The Pentateuch: An Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible
Book 6 of 53 · published 1992 Anthology · Joseph Blenkinsopp
History and Prophecy: The Development of Late Judean Literary Traditions
Book 7 of 53 · published 1993 Anthology · Brian Peckham
Introduction to Rabbinic Literature
Book 8 of 53 · published 1994 Anthology · Jacob Neusner
A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume II: Mentor, Message, and Miracles
Book 9 of 53 · published 1994 Anthology · John P. Meier
An Introduction to the New Testament
Book 10 of 53 · published 1997 Anthology · Raymond E. Brown
Education in Ancient Israel: Across the Deadening Silence
Book 11 of 53 · published 1998 Anthology · James L. Crenshaw
Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel
Book 12 of 53 · published 1998 Anthology · Susan Ackerman
The Death of the Messiah, Volume 1
Book 13 of 53 · published 1998 Anthology · Raymond E. Brown
The Death of the Messiah, Volume 2
Book 14 of 53 · published 1998 Anthology · Raymond E. Brown
A History of the Synoptic Problem: The Canon, the Text, the Composition, and the Interpretation of the Gospels
Book 15 of 53 · published 1999 Anthology · David Laird Dungan
A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume III - Companions and Competitors
Book 16 of 53 · published 2001 Anthology · John P. Meier
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume 2: The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Periods
Book 17 of 53 · published 2001 Anthology · Ephraim Stern
Peoples of an Almighty God: Competing Religions in the Ancient World
Book 18 of 53 · published 2002 Anthology · Jonathan Goldstein
An Introduction to the Gospel of John
Book 19 of 53 · published 2003 Anthology · Raymond E. Brown,Francis J. Moloney
The Empty Men: The Heroic Tradition of Ancient Israel
Book 20 of 53 · published 2005 Anthology · Gregory Mobley
No Ordinary Angel: Celestial Spirits and Christian Claims about Jesus
Book 21 of 53 · published 2008 Anthology · Susan R. Garrett
A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 4: Law and Love
Book 22 of 53 · published 2009 Anthology · John P. Meier
Kinship by Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of God's Saving Promises
Book 23 of 53 · published 2009
Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity
Book 24 of 53 · published 2009 Anthology · Luke Timothy Johnson
The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized
Book 25 of 53 · published 2010 Anthology · James H. Charlesworth
The Formation of the Jewish Canon
Book 26 of 53 · published 2012 Anthology · Timothy H. Lim
The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis
Book 27 of 53 · published 2012 Anthology · Joel S. Baden
Ancient Christian Martyrdom
Book 28 of 53 · published 2012 Anthology · Candida R. Moss
Alexander to Constantine - Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III
Book 29 of 53 · published 2012 Anthology · Mark A. Chancey,Eric M. Meyers
A Social History of Hebrew: Its Origins Through the Rabbinic Period
Book 30 of 53 · published 2013 Anthology · William M. Schniedewind
Women's Divination in Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge
Book 31 of 53 · published 2015 Anthology · Esther J. Hamori
Language and Literacy in Roman Judaea: A Study of the Bar Kokhba Documents
Book 32 of 53 · published 2015 Anthology · Michael Owen Wise
Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition
Book 33 of 53 · published 2015 Anthology · Benjamin D. Sommer
The Responsive Self: Personal Religion in Biblical Literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods
Book 34 of 53 · published 2015 Anthology · Susan Niditch
A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume V: Probing the Authenticity of the Parables
Book 35 of 53 · published 2015 Anthology · John P. Meier
Where the Gods Are: Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism in the Biblical World
Book 36 of 53 · published 2016 Anthology · Mark S. Smith
The House of the Mother: The Social Roles of Maternal Kin in Biblical Hebrew Narrative and Poetry
Book 37 of 53 · published 2016 Anthology · Cynthia R. Chapman
Friendship in the Hebrew Bible
Book 38 of 53 · published 2017 Anthology · Saul M. Olyan
The Birth of Christian History: Memory and Time from Mark to Luke-Acts
Book 39 of 53 · published 2017 Anthology · Eve-Marie Becker
Apocalypse as Holy War: Divine Politics and Polemics in the Letters of Paul
Book 40 of 53 · published 2018 Anthology · Emma Wasserman
Philo of Alexandria: An Intellectual Biography
Book 41 of 53 · published 2018 Anthology · Maren R. Niehoff
How Old Is the Hebrew Bible?: A Linguistic, Textual, and Historical Study
Book 42 of 53 · published 2018 Anthology · Ronald Hendel,Jan Joosten
The Temple in Early Christianity: Experiencing the Sacred
Book 43 of 53 · published 2019 Anthology · Eyal Regev
Matthew within Sectarian Judaism
Book 44 of 53 · published 2019 Anthology · John Kampen
Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine
Book 45 of 53 · published 2019 Anthology · Karel van der Toorn
Literary Theory and the New Testament
Book 46 of 53 · published 2019 Anthology · Michal Beth Dinkler
Jewish Christianity: The Making of the Christianity-Judaism Divide
Book 47 of 53 · published 2020 Anthology · Matt Jackson-McCabe
Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature
Book 48 of 53 · published 2021 Anthology · Meghan R. Henning
The Spirit within Me: Self and Agency in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism
Book 49 of 53 · published 2021 Anthology · Carol A. Newsom
Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel
Book 50 of 53 · published 2022 Anthology · Susan Ackerman
Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch
Book 51 of 53 · published 2022 Anthology · Jeffrey Stackert
Paul Transformed: Reception of the Person and Letters of Paul in Antiquity
Book 52 of 53 · published 2022 Anthology · Adela Yarbro Collins
The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal
Latest in the series · book 53 of 53 · published 2022 Anthology · Yonatan Adler
The Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2013 Co-authored · Mike Aquilina
The First and Second Letters of Saint Paul to the Corinthians
Book 7 of 22 · published 2004
The Letters of St. Paul to the Galatians & Ephesians
Book 8 of 22 · published 2005
The Letters of St. Paul to the Philippians, Colossians and Philemon
Book 9 of 22 · published 2005
The Letters of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Timothy, and Titus
Book 10 of 22 · published 2007
The First, Second, and Third Letters of St. John, and the Revelation to John
Book 13 of 22 · published 2009
Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism
Series opener · book 1 of 54 · published 1993 Co-authored · Kimberly Hahn
Our Father's Plan: Salvation History from Genesis to the Catholic Church
Book 4 of 54 · published 1995 Co-authored · Jeff Cavins
Understanding "Our Father": Biblical Reflections on the Lord's Prayer
Book 11 of 54 · published 2002
Living the Mysteries
Book 13 of 54 · published 2003 Co-authored · Mike Aquilina
Genesis to Jesus: Journey Through Scripture
Book 22 of 54 · published 2007 Co-authored · Kimberly Hahn,MichaelBarber
Answering the New Atheism
Book 24 of 54 · published 2008 Co-authored · Benjamin Wiker
Many Are Called: Rediscovering the Glory of the Priesthood
Book 32 of 54 · published 2010
For the Sake of Our Salvation
Book 33 of 54 · published 2011 Co-authored · David Scott
Politicizing the Bible
Book 35 of 54 · published 2012 Co-authored · Benjamin Wiker
Lenten Reflections From A Father Who Keeps His Promises
Book 36 of 54 · published 2012
Hope to Die
Book 46 of 54 · published 2020 Co-authored · Emily Stimpson Chapman
Modern Biblical Criticism as a Tool of Statecraft
Book 47 of 54 · published 2020 Co-authored · Jeffrey Lawrence Morrow
It Is Right and Just
Book 48 of 54 · published 2020 Co-authored · Brandon McGinley
The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture
Book 49 of 54 · published 2021 Co-authored · Benjamin Wiker
The Book of Psalms
Book 50 of 54 · published 2022 Co-authored · Curtis Mitch,Dennis Walters
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Old and New Testaments
Latest in the series · book 54 of 54 · published 2024 Co-authored · Curtis Mitch
Four Views on the Book of Revelation
Series opener · book 1 of 40 · published 1998 Anthology · Robert L. Thomas,C. Marvin Pate,Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.,Sam Hamstra Jr.
Five Views on Apologetics
Book 2 of 40 · published 2000 Anthology · Kelly James Clark,Gary R. Habermas,William Lane Craig,Steven B. Cowan,John M. Frame,Paul D. Feinberg
How Jewish Is Christianity?
Book 3 of 40 · published 2003 Anthology · Louis Goldberg
Exploring the Worship Spectrum
Book 4 of 40 · published 2004 Anthology · Harold M. Best,Stanley N. Gundry,Paul Basden
Two Views on Women in Ministry
Book 5 of 40 · published 2005 Anthology · Thomas R. Schreiner,Craig S. Keener,Craig L. Blomberg,Linda L. Belleville,Stanley N. Gundry,James R. Beck
Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament
Book 6 of 40 · published 2009 Anthology · Darrell L. Bock,Kenneth Berding
Four Views on Moving beyond the Bible to Theology
Book 7 of 40 · published 2009 Anthology · Kevin J. Vanhoozer,Zondervan ,Daniel M. Doriani,Mark L. Strauss,Stanley N. Gundry,Walter C. KaiserJr.,William J. Webb,Al Wolters,Christopher J. H. Wright,Gary T. Meadors
Show Them No Mercy
Book 8 of 40 · published 2010 Anthology · Tremper Longman III,Eugene H. Merrill
Three Views on Creation and Evolution
Book 9 of 40 · published 2010 Anthology · J.P. Moreland
Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond
Book 10 of 40 · published 2010 Anthology · Darrell L. Bock,Craig A. Blaising
Five Views on Law and Gospel
Book 11 of 40 · published 2010 Anthology · Greg L. Bahnsen,DouglasJ. Moo
Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World
Book 12 of 40 · published 2010 Anthology · R. Douglas Geivett
Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism
Book 13 of 40 · published 2010 Anthology · Michael Horton,J. I. Packer
Four Views on Divine Providence
Book 14 of 40 · published 2011 Anthology · William Lane Craig,Dennis Jowers,Ron Highfield,Gregory A. Boyd,Paul Kjoss Helseth
Five Views on Sanctification
Book 15 of 40 · published 2011 Anthology · John F. Walvoord
Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism
Book 16 of 40 · published 2011 Anthology · R. Albert Mohler Jr.,Andrew David Naselli,Collin Hansen,Roger E. Olson,Kevin T. Bauder,John G. Stackhouse Jr.
Four Views on Eternal Security
Book 17 of 40 · published 2011 Anthology · Norman Geisler
Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?
Book 18 of 40 · published 2011 Anthology · Wayne A. Grudem
Four Views on the Apostle Paul
Book 20 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · Michael F. Bird,Thomas R. Schreiner,Luke Timothy Johnson,Mark D. Nanos
Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment
Book 21 of 40 · published 2013 Anthology · Thomas R. Schreiner
Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy
Book 22 of 40 · published 2013 Anthology · Michael F. Bird,Kevin J. Vanhoozer,R. Albert Mohler Jr.,Peter Enns,Stanley N. Gundry,John R. Franke,James R.A. Merrick,Stephen M. Garrett
Four Views on the Historical Adam
Book 23 of 40 · published 2013 Anthology · Matthew Barrett,C. John Collins,John H. Walton,Gregory A. Boyd,Ardel B. Caneday,Stanley N. Gundry
Two Views on the Doctrine of the Trinity
Book 24 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Stephen R. Holmes
Genesis
Book 25 of 40 · published 2015 Anthology · James K. Hoffmeier,Gordon John Wenham
Counterpoints Theological Studies Collection One
Book 26 of 40 · published 2015 Anthology · Darrell L. Bock,Andrew David Naselli,Collin Hansen,J. Matthew Pinson,Stanley N. Gundry,Gary T. Meadors,Louis Goldberg,William V. Crockett,Alan Hultberg,Dennis Okholm,Timothy R. Phillips
Five Views on the Church and Politics
Book 27 of 40 · published 2015 Anthology · Robert Benne,Stanley N. Gundry,J. Brian Benestad
Four Views on Hell
Book 28 of 40 · published 2016 Anthology · Denny Burk,Preston M. Sprinkle
Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy
Book 29 of 40 · published 2016 Anthology · Paul M. Gould,K. Scott Oliphint
Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church
Book 30 of 40 · published 2016 Anthology · Wesley Hill,Zondervan ,Stephen R. Holmes,Stanley N. Gundry,William Loader,Megan K. Defranza,Preston M. Sprinkle
Four Views on the Church's Mission
Book 31 of 40 · published 2017 Anthology · Peter J. Leithart,Jonathan Leeman,John R. Franke,Christopher J. H. Wright
Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design
Book 32 of 40 · published 2017 Anthology · Hugh Ross,Stephen C. Meyer,Ken Ham,J.B. Stump,Deborah Haarsma,Stanley N. Gundry
Three Views on the Rapture
Book 33 of 40 · published 2018 Anthology · Douglas J. Moo,Craig Blaising,Alan Hultberg
Five Views on the Extent of the Atonement
Book 34 of 40 · published 2019 Anthology · Adam J. Johnson,Michael Horton,Fred Sanders,Tom Greggs,Matthew Levering
Do Christians, Muslims, and Jews Worship the Same God?
Book 35 of 40 · published 2019 Anthology · Francis J. Beckwith
Three Views on Christianity and Science
Book 36 of 40 · published 2021 Anthology · Zondervan
Five Views on the Exodus
Book 37 of 40 · published 2021 Anthology · James K. Hoffmeier,Ronald Hendel,Mark D. Janzen,Scott Stripling,Gary A. Rendsburg,Peter Feinman
Five Views of Christ in the Old Testament
Book 39 of 40 · published 2022 Anthology · Jason S. DeRouchie,Tremper Longman III,Brian J. Tabb
Five Views on the Gospel
Latest in the series · book 40 of 40 · published 2023 Anthology · Michael F. Bird,Scot McKnight,Michael Horton,Jason Maston,David A. deSilva,Julie C Ma,Shively T J Smith
Surprised By Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1994 Co-authored · Paul Thigpen,Patrick Madrid,Jimmy Akin,Al Kresta,Steve Wood,Marcus Grodi,Robert A. Sungenis,Julie Swenson,Rick Conason,T.L. Frazier,Tim Staples,Dave Armstrong
Surprised by Truth 2: 15 Men and Women Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons For Becoming Catholic
Book 2 of 3 · published 2000 Anthology · Patrick Madrid
Surprised by Truth 3: 10 More Converts Explain the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2002 Anthology · Patrick Madrid
Catholic for a Reason III
Book 2 of 3 · published 2004 Co-authored · Tim Gray,Curtis Mitch,Curtis Martin,Jeff Cavins,Kimberly Hahn,Sean Innerst,Edward Sri,Leon J. Suprenant Jr.,Regis J. Flaherty,Robert C. Morlino,Thomas J. Nash,Stephen Pimentel,MichaelBarber
Catholic for a Reason IV
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2007 Co-authored · Regis J. Flaherty
A Biblical Defense of Catholicism
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2001 Anthology · Dave Armstrong,John A. Hardon
More Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Companion to a Biblical Defense of Catholicism
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2002 Co-authored · Dave Armstrong
Letter & Spirit, Volume 8
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2013
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Scott Hahn?
About Scott Hahn An American Catholic theologian, Scott Hahn has been a vocal writer and speaker within his field for many years now. Voicing himself on numerous different issues relating to faith and society at large, he speaks about his own religion, articulating himself in-depth. Studying and teaching theology, he speaks out about Early Christianity and the history of the church, looking at how religion operates.
Which Scott Hahn series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library series, the earliest of Scott Hahn's multi-book series: it opens with The Gnostic Scriptures(300)Description / Buy at AmazonThe Birth of the Messiah (1977) and runs to 53 books across 1977–2022, ending with The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal (2022). Scott Hahn's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Scott Hahn written?
Scott Hahn has 193 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1977 and 2024. 180 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Scott Hahn Religion series with 54 books — and 13 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Scott Hahn's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Scott Hahn's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library (1977–2022, 53 books), Ignatius Catholic Study Bible (1991–2017, 22 books) and Scott Hahn Religion (1993–2024, 54 books), plus 5 more.
How are Scott Hahn's books organised into series?
This guide splits Scott Hahn's 193 books into 8 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Scott Hahn Religion (54 books, 1993–2024); The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library (53 books, 1977–2022); Counterpoints: Bible and Theology (40 books, 1998–2023); Ignatius Catholic Study Bible (22 books, 1991–2017); Didache (3 books, 2009–2013), plus 3 further series.