St. Joseph and His World

“A TREMENDOUS BREAKTHROUGH” in the study of St. Joseph...

...There are few subjects so challenging” to authors as St. Joseph. So says scholar Scott Hahn in his foreword to this book. Yet the pages that follow give not merely glimpses, but vistas, of St. Joseph’s world. Hahn continues: “You’ll learn about Nazareth — and how it was created almost ex nihilo shortly before Joseph’s birth. You’ll learn about religious practice and education in that place and time. You’ll travel to Egypt and encounter the fascinating settlements of Jews in that land. You’ll also find out how a carpenter worked in those days: what tools he used, what items he crafted, where he got his training, and how he got to and from his job sites.” This book provides an imaginative entry into one of the most important lives in all of history — a life too often obscured by later legends. " 

Mike Aquilina is a popular author of Church history, especially the study of the early Church Fathers. He is executive vice-president and trustee of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, a research center based in Steubenville, OH. He is a contributing editor of Angelus magazine and general editor of the Reclaiming Catholic History Series from Ave Maria Press. He hosts "The Way of the Fathers," a podcast produced by CatholicCulture.org. Aquilina is the author or editor of more than fifty books.  

Prologue: On Words and Work

Foreword by Scott Hahn

1. St. Joseph’s World
2. Joseph and His King
3. Prosperity and Its Price
4. Marriage Amid the Madness
5. Joseph and His Angels
6. Flight from Herod
7. Joseph and His Work
8. Handing on the Passover
9. A Brief Reflection on Prudence

ISBN: 9781594173936

Product #:73936

Size: 5x7

Format:Paperback

Pages: 144