The Men and the Message of the Old Testament, as initially conceived, was for beginners only students on college level studying the Bible for the first time. Hence our first approach: the introduction to and familiarity with each of the sacred books. Thus, our second approach was added: the literary analysis of the books with rapid glance at pertinent biblical theology. This was added for those whose biblical studies would be ancillary to the study of sacred theology. Finally, our third approach the study of the psalms has been added both for the benefit of clerics and religious who daily recite the divine praises, and for that growing battalion of lay Catholics whose piety has drawn them instinctively to this inspired wellspring of liturgical prayer.