What's New in the 2004 Editions

Users of prior versions of the Classic Texts Library "... At Your Fingertips" will find some important texts newly incorporated in the present edition. Many minor revisions were made; graphics added, and improvements made in formatting and linkage, in line with current Internet usage.

Younger readers will enjoy StoryTime with its graphics, tests and interactive features. Note in particular the 28 Bible Stories newly prepared for this edition.

For liturgists, the range of our Lectionary has been expanded, and Homily Ideas added, by kind permission of various authors.

Some texts added in the area of bible, theology and spirituality include:

Parallel English & Greek text of the New Testament
Bauer, Walter: Orthodoxy and Heresy In Earliest Christianity
Dorr, Donal: Divine Energy
Feuerbach, Ludwig: The Essence of Christianity
Gospel Parallels (Greek)
Goodspeed, Edgar J.: The Formation of the New Testament
Grant, Robert: A Historical Introduction to the New Testament
Joyce, James: Ulysses
Judaic Texts [1]: Pirqe Aboth (Sayings of the Fathers)
Judaic Texts [2]: Midrashim: Tales from the Midrash
Judaic Texts [3]: Talmudic Tract: "Sanhedrin"
Maimonides, Moses: Guide for the Perplexed
McDonagh, Sean: To Care for the Earth
Napier, B.D.: Song of the Vineyard (Introduction to the Old Testament)
O'Riordan, John J.: Irish Catholic Spirituality
Patrick, Saint: Confession (revised edition)
Renan, Ernest: A Life of Jesus
Schweitzer, Albert: The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Septuagint: The Old Testament in Greek
Strauss, David F.: The Life of Jesus Critically Examined

In the History/Biography section the only additional text is:

Trollope, Anthony: Autobiography

but many of the texts there, and in the fiction section, have been enhanced with a detailed table of contents, by way of links to their individual chapters.

All works are edited by Dr. Patrick Rogers from Dublin, Ireland and are published, using Folio® technology, by The FIEN Group, Encino, California.