Best Catholic Bible?

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mtr01 said:
I should have mentioned the links in my post. There are great to have access to while online. And from my own witnessing of the progress of the OT notes, I suspect they’ll be ahead of schedule.

Oh and for another Douay resource, there is a program that gives you the Douay Translation side by side with Clementine Vulgate. You can get for free it at:

vulsearch.sourceforge.net/

If you use the Firefox web browser, you can also get a plug-in that allows you to search the Vulgate right from your browser!
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Thanks mtr01! What a great resource.
 
rlg94086 said:
Thanks mtr01! What a great resource.
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My pleasure 👍 Oh and I just looked, the Firefox plug-in isn’t on the “Vulsearch” contents tab, it’s on the “Clementine text project” tab - at the very bottom.
 
Cranch said:
Lately this link keeps popping up in various threads. The problem is it is not an accurate RSV-CE. As far as I can tell, it does not match any published version. See post #87 here for some more detail.
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I found out that it is not the RSV-CE upon further investigation. I don’t have that site bookmarked any more.
 
VAC said:
Which version/translation is approved by the USSCB or the Vatican?
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The USCCB only “approves” of one translation, viz, the NAB, of which it is the sponsor and copyright holder.

AFAIK, the Vatican does not have to approve of any vernacular translations of Scripture; it leaves that up to the local bishops’ conferences.

Now just how secure does THAT make you feel?
 
Manfred said:
The USCCB only “approves” of one translation, viz, the NAB, of which it is the sponsor and copyright holder.

AFAIK, the Vatican does not have to approve of any vernacular translations of Scripture; it leaves that up to the local bishops’ conferences.

Now just how secure does THAT make you feel?
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The RNAB is the translation that I am the least comfortable with, especially due to the way it renders the Psalms. I’ll take the KJV over the RNAB. The Douay-Rheims, RSV-CE and NJB are decent Catholic Bibles (accurate translations without excessive inclusive language). I have an RNAB that I almost never use. It is the only Bible I own that I feel was a waste of my money.
 
This is what I was told. Perhaps somebody can find a more direct or more recent site, but this is what I found…
**Norms for Scripture Translation
**In 1994, the Vatican reviewed and rejected two recent Scripture translations proposed for liturgical use: the Revised NAB Psalter and the New Revised Standard Version. (The three English Bibles approved for liturgy are the NAB, the Jerusalem Bible, and the Revised Standard Version Catholic edition. Of these, only the RSV is now in print.)
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wf-f.org/NCCBSpring97.html

I’m not sure what the last comment is all about…the NAB and Jerusalem are also in pring, as far as I know. 😛

Also, this does not mean that these are necessarily the “best” Bibles - only that they are the current approved Bibles for liturgy. The Douay Rheims is a good resource as well. I tend to use the RSV.
 
Pleasure reading — Jerusalem Bible or Knox Bible
Scripture study — RSV-CE

The DR and the DR-Challoner version (which most people refer to as the DR) are not in the same league as the above Bibles. If you like the older, more formal language, look closely at the Knox version.
 
fellowChristian said:
I took my family out to a second handstore (thrift store) today to look for some Bibles.(I keep having to give them away)

By husband looked through the shelves while I was waiting for our daughter (in the restroom) I came out and asked “Did you find anything?”

He said “No theres nothing good.”

So I decided to look at what else they might have.

Guess what I found?

An Ignatius Press Catholic Bible hardback $2.99!

I showed it to him and asked him “Whats wrong with this one?”

He looked at me and said 'That was not there!" he laughed and just shook his head.

We have been experiencing some wonderful things by the Grace of God! So his reaction was funny.

I continued looking and I thought the shelves need to be straightened. (No I don’t have a problem. Being neat is not a problem.) So while straightening the shelf I saw a black book medium in size and I picked it up. It had HOLY BIBLE in gold with a cross on it. I thought King James Vesion. Guess what,nope!

It was a Douay-Rheims Version still in the plastic!!!:dancing:

the original price? $35.99!!!

I got it for $6.99!!!
:extrahappy: :extrahappy: :extrahappy:

OOH and when I showed it to my husband?

He just kept laughing and shaking his head saying that wasn’t there!

:gopray2: Praise be to God:gopray2:
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Oh my goodness!! Both of them? On the same day?? That is fantastic!!!👍 👍
 
you could also look at the sticky at the top of this forum and the article on the CA homepage on the best bibles.
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=83627
in fact you will get a lot more out of this site and these forums if you first search on your topic and find out what is already out there than starting a new thread on a commonly asked question.
 
rlg94086 said:
This is what I was told. Perhaps somebody can find a more direct or more recent site, but this is what I found…
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**Norms for Scripture Translation
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The Douay-Rheims is also approved for liturgical use. It is the version used for the English translation found in the 1962 Missal for the TLM. At many TLMs, the epistle and Gospel are proclaimed in English as well as Latin.

Also, the NRSV (with some revisions) has recently been approved by Rome for use in the Canadian lectionary. Canada is the only country using the NRSV for their lectionary.

I think the only Jerusalem Bible in print is the “Reader’s Edition” which is missing most of the study notes. The 1966 original is still available used, of course.
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dove51 said:
I was wondering if anyone could share their opinion of the best Catholic Bible translation with me?

I have one called The New American Bible, but I’m not sure if this is best. Someone told me the Douay-Rheims version is good. What do you think?
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I love the Douay. I love its language. I love that I know I’m reading a translation that stands the test of time. I love that I NEVER have to worry about it being tinged with modernism.
 
scapularkid8 said:
Is the Jerusalem Bible any good? I opened one up the other day and saw that it used “Yaweh” instead of “LORD” and I liked that.
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yeah its a good one, it’s used in the English and Welsh lectionary, so its trustworthy, theres no inclusive language or anything like that. However, the lectionary uses The ‘Grail’ Psalms, whch don’t use Yahweh but Lord instead, so the JB loses out there.

The Catholic Truth Society are soon publishing a Jerusalem Bible with the grail psalms, instead of the Jerusalem ones, so it’s the exact translation used in the mass, this has not been printed in a bible until now. cts-online.org.uk/ctsbible.htm
 
The BEST is the Haydock Douay Rheims bible, for study.
Also good for study, very good,
is the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Catholic Edition, published by Ignatius. The Navarre Bible is excellent for study, too.
The Jerusalem Bible (1966) is nice for devotional reading.

The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Catholic Edition
is a beautiful
and elegant translation for devotional reading,
except that the horizontal Inclusive Language can get
irritating at times. The New Jerusalem Bible has the
same drawback as does the NAB. The text of the NAB
isn’t all that bad, much of it is good, but the study notes
are awful.
 
dove51 said:
Hi all! I hope I’m posting this in the right place. I was wondering if anyone could share their opinion of the best Catholic Bible translation with me?

I have one called The New American Bible, but I’m not sure if this is best. Someone told me the Douay-Rheims version is good. What do you think?
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I prefer the RSV-CE and the New Jerusalem bibles. The Douay-Rheims is excellent and pre-dates the KJV, but the language is somewhat archaic.
 
dove51 said:
Hi all! I hope I’m posting this in the right place. I was wondering if anyone could share their opinion of the best Catholic Bible translation with me?

I have one called The New American Bible, but I’m not sure if this is best. Someone told me the Douay-Rheims version is good. What do you think?
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Well, when I was in a catholic College, my SS professor had us use Goodspeed, which is a ‘protestant’ bible. He spent the first minutes of class showing where it was okay to use a Protestant version for study.

The basic idea for what is best is to get the closest to the original language as possible. Something that translates from Hebrew into English, preferably modern English is best. And as for the new Testament the closest to the original Aramaic is best. Of course there are no Aramaic versions dating back to the time of Christ, so you have to have ‘a translation of a translation’, which is the best we can do.

My personal preference is the Douay-Rheims, since I am familar with the English from my youth. But truth is this version is a translation from the Latin Vulgate of St. Jerome, (Douay is where the O.T. was translated in 1609 from the Latin 'dilgently compared to Hebrew, Greek and other translations), and Rheims in 1582. The are old standbys for Catholics.

I also use The New Jerusalem Bible, and the New American Bible, which claims to be translated from original languages (as best can be), but we don’t have original Aramaic available, the Greek is probably what they mean.

Get a translation style you are comfortable with, and read it often.
I am comfortable with the old Douay Rheims, and that is why I use it.

I don’t use King James. It is old as the D-R, and in older English form. It is reliable, and many people are accustomed to its translation.

peace
 
NJB is pretty legit, I use it for my Theology papers. You have to understand though, that is it is a huge challenge to translate Greek into English. Its not even normal Greek its Koine Greek, a dead language. Plus there is alot of politics in Bible translations, for instance inclusive langauge, the 4 letter word. Scholarship changes like the wind sometime, take an NIV and NAB and just compare verses. Its very interesting the words a translater will use.
 
mgrfin said:
Well, when I was in a catholic College, my SS professor had us use Goodspeed, which is a ‘protestant’ bible. He spent the first minutes of class showing where it was okay to use a Protestant version for study.
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I have never heard of the Goodspeed Bible. Is it still in print? Is it a formal equivalence or dynamic equivalence translation?
 
lak611 said:
I have never heard of the Goodspeed Bible. Is it still in print? Is it a formal equivalence or dynamic equivalence translation?
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Mine was copyrighted in 1948. My degree goes back to 1961, so I never heard of formal equivalence or dynamic equivalence, at least in those terms.

Check out Amazon, under Edgar J. Goodspeed. He was a prolific writer on the Bible.

1948 is quite recent when comparing it to King James, or Douay Rheims.

peace
 
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