title: Thomas Merton: Opening the Bible
author: Thomas Merton OCSO
description: A short but profound presentation of the demands and purposes of God's Word, it is written with such effective technique that the reader will be impelled to further study of the Bible.
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  OPENING THE BIBLE
  
  Thomas Merton
  OPENING
  THE BIBLE
  With an Introduction by Rob Stone
  The Liturgical Press
  Collegeville, Minnesota
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  Cover design by Cathleen Casey
  "Introduction" copyright ® 1986 by Robert E. Stone,
  II.
  Copyright ® 1970 by the trustees of The Merton Legacy Trust. All
  rights reserved. Published in the United States of America.
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968.
  Opening the Bible.
  Includes bibliographical references.
  1. Bible— Criticism, interpretation,
  etc.
  I.
  Title.
  BS511.2.M47
  1986
  220.6 '1
  85-24722
  ISBN 0-8006-1910-2
  ISBN 0-8146-0408-0 (Liturgical Press)
  
  OPENING THE BIBLE
  
  Introduction
  I,.n December, 1966, rabbi and biblical scholar
  Abraham Heschel telephoned Thomas Merton at the
  Abbey of Gethsemani regarding a writing project for
  Time-Life Books. The news reached Merton se