This book introduces the historical books of the Old Testament as a way by which all, especially those aspiring to the priesthood, can become familiar with the Old Testament and the various spiritual ways, grounded in the literal, historical meaning intended by the inspired author, of interpreting the texts.
This book engages the canonical prophetic literature of the Old Testament, demonstrating how it points to Christ and is fulfilled in Christ. Like Wisdom Literature, prophetic literature teaches perennial moral truths that reflect how God has created the universe, in particular how God created human beings as inherently social creatures in His image and likeness. Prophecy is, consequently, a gift that is given in all ages and time, that did not end with the Old Testament but continued in the New Testament and is still given today.
This book gives a special emphasis to a spiritual interpretation of the Pentateuch in a manner that springs forth from and is based on the literal interpretation, in particular the actual words used in Hebrew. Although the presented spiritual interpretation is distinctly Catholic, in which Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of all the types contained in the Old Testament, this does not mean that the ancient Israelite people did not also read the Bible in a spiritual way, and their spiritual interpretation is also, at times, presented.