1966 Jerusalem Bible

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The parish office is being remodeled to accommodate security and access requirements. On one corner of the lobby desk, coated with dust was the 1966JB. I asked the secretary who it belonged to and she said ‘no one, it’s been here for years, you can have it.’ With that she turned to the carpenters who were wrangling office furniture out of harm’s way. It has no personalized markings, highlighting or pencillings.

Now it’s here, in my home. Can you believe it? May I hear from the experts onboard as to the strengths and weaknesses of this translation? I have no intention of letting this Bible go anytime soon.

Your help appreciated.

Joe
 
Jguerra said:
The parish office is being remodeled to accommodate security and access requirements. On one corner of the lobby desk, coated with dust was the 1966JB. I asked the secretary who it belonged to and she said ‘no one, it’s been here for years, you can have it.’ With that she turned to the carpenters who were wrangling office furniture out of harm’s way. It has no personalized markings, highlighting or pencillings.

Now it’s here, in my home. Can you believe it? May I hear from the experts onboard as to the strengths and weaknesses of this translation? I have no intention of letting this Bible go anytime soon.

Your help appreciated.

Joe
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I am not your expert Joe, But I love the JB and use it along with others, it has great foot notes and I believe it is a favorite EWTN’S Mother Angelica.:)Peace, Carlan
 
I love the original JB (not the revised). I use it for private prayer. I believe Mother Angelica also used this bible when she was on her show.
 
I don’t claim to be n expert on anything, but IMHO it’s your lucky day, though I worry a bit for your parish. The 1966 JB is my favourite Bible for reading, reference and general use. It is the perfect balanced compromise: reflecting modern scholarship but without going into faddish minimise-the-historical-nature pseudoscholarship. Expressed in easily understandablke idiomatic modern English, but without the ghastly and often theologically deficient politically correct neutralised “inclusive” language of the NJB and the NRSV, or the dumbed-down primary school English of the GNB.
 
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I don’t claim to be n expert on anything, but IMHO it’s your lucky day, though I worry a bit for your parish…
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Tnx for the (name removed by moderator)ut but why would you worry for my parish?

Joe
 
Carlan said:
I am not your expert Joe, But I love the JB and use it along with others, it has great foot notes and I believe it is a favorite EWTN’S Mother Angelica.:)Peace, Carlan
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It is, indeed.🙂

I have it and like it a lot (although currently I’m using the RSV CE=Ignatius Bible)
 
I’m not a fan. I don’t care for the constant use of “Yahweh” instead of the traditional use of “LORD.”
I also think it departs too far from traditional English biblical renderings.
I use it occasionally to get another perspective on a verse but for devotional reading I use RSV-CE or the Confraternity NT.
 
Jguerra said:
The parish office is being remodeled to accommodate security and access requirements. On one corner of the lobby desk, coated with dust was the 1966JB. I asked the secretary who it belonged to and she said ‘no one, it’s been here for years, you can have it.’ With that she turned to the carpenters who were wrangling office furniture out of harm’s way. It has no personalized markings, highlighting or pencillings.

Now it’s here, in my home. Can you believe it? May I hear from the experts onboard as to the strengths and weaknesses of this translation? I have no intention of letting this Bible go anytime soon.

Your help appreciated.

Joe
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its a good translation, but YHWH is hard to read. There are a few passage I am not fond of like Luke 1:28, but overall a good translation
 
Jguerra said:
Tnx for the (name removed by moderator)ut but why would you worry for my parish?

Joe
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Because they had left a perfectly good Bible just sitting there gathering dust and obviously not used or touched for years.
 
I love the gospels in this version, esp. John, and it is my favorite for devotional reading of John. I find they type size and lightness harder and harder to read as time goes on however. I also find the YHWH jarring. It is also getting too heavy for me to hold.

you have a treasure, but the binding on some editions was poorly done and of non-acid-free paper byproducts like a particle board, and is probably deteriorating. A plastic cover will make it worse. Dust it thoroughly including through the inside of the back, with a gentle hair dryer on cool (outside) and make a fabric cover for it for ease of reading so the brown stuff does not come off on your hands.
 
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