title: From Genesis to Apocalypse: Introducing the Bible
author:  Roland J Faley 
description: A Franciscan friar, Roland J. Faley is currently in residence at Saint Edward the Confessor Church in Syosset, New York. He has degrees from Catholic University, St. Thomas University in Rome and the Biblical Institute in Rome. He was the Minister General of his religious order and has taught in seminaries and universities here and abroad. He is the author of "Footprints on the Mountain, Bonding With God, and "Apocalypse Then and Now.
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  ### ascension
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## john coltrane and his quest
  
  eric nisenson
  
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  For my father and Dr. John Falencki-to both of whom
  
  
  I owe my life.
  
  
  
  
  
  # contents
  
  acknowledgments
  
  preface
  
  Introduction Apocalypse at the Half Note
  
  part one Resolution
  
  chapter 1 Traneing In
  
  chapter 2 In the Tradition
  
  chapter 3 Workin'
  
  chapter 4 Sheets of Sound
  
  chapter 5 Giant Steps
  
  chapter 6 [Equinox](index_split_001.html#page0106)
  
  chapter 7 [The Quartet](index_split_001.html#page0121)
  
  chapter 8 [World Music](index_split_001.html#page0135)
  
  chapter 9 [A Love Supreme](index_split_001.html#page0160)
  
  [part two Pursuance ](index_split_002.html#page0188)
  
  [chapter 10 Ascension ](index_split_002.html#page0190)
  
  chapter 11 [Meditation](index_split_002.html#page0216)
  
  chapter 12 [Out of This World](index_split_003.html#page0231)
  
  chapter 13 [After the Trane](index_split_003.html#page0254)
  
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