Best catholic study Bible

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Can someone point me to the best Catholic study Bible? I read the RSV-CE which I like much better than the NAB. My fiance has a NAB Catholic study Bible and I havent heard very good things about this particular study bible so I thought I would get my own.

I got a couple of the study books from Dr. Hahn (well actually 3 John, Acts and Romans) but I dont want to buy every book and also its not completed yet, he has something like 16 books finished. I guess when it is finished it is supposed to released as one study bible which I will probably get, but until then what is a good study Bible?

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Roman_Catholic said:
Can someone point me to the best Catholic study Bible? I read the RSV-CE which I like much better than the NAB. My fiance has a NAB Catholic study Bible and I havent heard very good things about this particular study bible so I thought I would get my own.

I got a couple of the study books from Dr. Hahn (well actually 3 John, Acts and Romans) but I dont want to buy every book and also its not completed yet, he has something like 16 books finished. I guess when it is finished it is supposed to released as one study bible which I will probably get, but until then what is a good study Bible?

God Bless
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Well, it’s hard to go wrong with the Ignatius Study Bible by Scott Hahn, the one you’re reading. As you said though, there’s only 9 volumes so far. Still, I’ve heard almost nothing bad about it. I’m sure that when it’s complete it will be one of the best Catholic study Bibles out there.

I would recommend the Navarre Study Bible. It’s published by Scepter Press (the American publisher of Opus Dei), and it is entirely faithful to the Magesterium. It contains the RSV-CE, commentary, and the text of the Latin Vulgate all on one page. It’s outstanding, but it’s also expensive. It’s available in 10 hardcover volumes of around $40 each. There is also a version of the New Testament in 12 softcover volumes for slightly less, and an Abridged New Testament without the introductory essays and Vulgate for about $40 total.

If you’re big on the Early Church Fathers, I would also recommend the Haydock Douay-Rheims Bible. This uses the earliest Catholic English translation of the Vulgate, and contains a commentary written by a certain Father Haydock in the mid-19th century. It is well-known for both its orthodoxy and its extremely heavy content of quotes from the Early Church Fathers. If you like knowing what the greatest church scholars of all time had to say about the Bible, this is a great resource.
 
Rolltide said:
If you’re big on the Early Church Fathers, I would also recommend the Haydock Douay-Rheims Bible. This uses the earliest Catholic English translation of the Vulgate, and contains a commentary written by a certain Father Haydock in the mid-19th century. It is well-known for both its orthodoxy and its extremely heavy content of quotes from the Early Church Fathers. If you like knowing what the greatest church scholars of all time had to say about the Bible, this is a great resource.
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The Haydock can be viewed at this website: haydock1859.tripod.com/

Many good resources for Bible study here:
biblia.com/jesusbible/
biblia.com/encyclopedia/
biblia.com/dominguez/

and here
bible.claret.org/bibles/index.html
 
Would like to have a look at the Hahn Bible, in the meantime am using a TEV/Versión Popular purchased at a book fair at the chancery. It’s not perfect, the Spanish is better than the English, but the English is not the Elizabethan that is sometimes difficult.
 
I think I heard Scott say on one of the CA radio programs, that his Ignatius Catholic Study Bible was suppose to be released as a single volume sometime in 2007, and that he is also working on a 600 page Catholic dictionary.
 
that he is also working on a 600 page Catholic dictionary.

That’s interesting! I’ve been looking at dictionaries recently. If he is going to be publishing one soon then I’m going to hold off on getting a Catholic dictionary until he’s comes out.
 
runandsew said:
I think I heard Scott say on one of the CA radio programs, that his Ignatius Catholic Study Bible was suppose to be released as a single volume sometime in 2007, and that he is also working on a 600 page Catholic dictionary.
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If I’m not mistaken, Scott Hahn’s study Bible is only the New Testament.

Other than that, I haven’t found an RSB-CE Study Bible and I’ve been looking for one.
 
LeahInancsi said:
If I’m not mistaken, Scott Hahn’s study Bible is only the New Testament.

Other than that, I haven’t found an RSB-CE Study Bible and I’ve been looking for one.
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Wait… RSB (Reformed Study Bible) or RSV (Revised Standard Version)? There ISN’T an RSB version for Catholics. And as for the RSV-CE, the Navarre series is utterly outstanding. (It’s by Opus Dei)
 
At this moment in time, there are really only a few one volume Catholic Study Bibles you can choose from:
  1. The Catholic Study Bible (New American Bible) (Which has multiple manifestations. The good aspect of this is that it has a lot of information and some fine maps. Also, the newest edition, which just came out, also has additional essays, more maps, and a valuable concordance. On the bad side, the Catholic Study Bible comes with at times higher-critical notes, that can be unhelpful to people who are not associated with the historical-critical method. Also, the current NAB Psalms are just horrible, IMHO, to read. If you really like the NAB and this edition, I would suggest trying to get a hold of the 1st edition Catholic Study Bible, which came out in 1990. It has some of the same material, but comes without the 1991 butchered Psalms.
  2. New Jerusalm Bible- The NJB came out in 1985. It updated the older Jerusalem Bible, but while it did make it more literal, they also decided to use inclusive language. (However, it is not as bad as the NRSV) I find the notes, format, and crossreferences in the NJB to be far superior to the NAB Catholic Study Bible. However, the NAB is a better, more literal translation, and is not so overboard (at least the 1990 edition) on the inclusive language.
Others: Hopefully in the next few years we will get a full one volume Ignatius Study Bible…but that could be many years off. So, at this point you can choose between these two.

A Bible like the DR Haddock, while an awesome resource (which I own), is certainly not a study Bible.

The Navarre set is also very good, and I hope they come out with a one volume version…formatted like the NJB.
 
Rolltide said:
Wait… RSB (Reformed Study Bible) or RSV (Revised Standard Version)? There ISN’T an RSB version for Catholics. And as for the RSV-CE, the Navarre series is utterly outstanding. (It’s by Opus Dei)
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I meant RSV. I was thinking in terms of a one volume Bible. I forgot about Navarre (9 volumes min.). Yes, it is very good.
 
LeahInancsi said:
I meant RSV. I was thinking in terms of a one volume Bible. I forgot about Navarre (9 volumes min.). Yes, it is very good.
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You can get the Navarre New Testament in one volume, although it’s abridged. They leave out the introductory essays and the Latin Vulgate. It’s around $40. I have no idea if an abriged Old Testament will be released.
 
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