Best NABRE Study Bible

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I’d like to purchase a study Bible keyed to the NABRE translation, with supplementary materials updated accordingly (I heard that the topical essays in the Oxford Catholic Study Bible are still based on the older NAB text). Which one is the best if I’m looking for a historical-critical commentary that interfaces with Catholic theology at least in some degree? This will be for subdiaconate preparation classes.

Please no apologies for other translations. I am well aware of the debates over the footnotes in the NABRE as well as the strengths and weaknesses of other Catholic Bibles.
 
I bought ‘The Catholic Bible Personal Study Edition’ (by Oxford) which unlike ‘The Catholic Study Bible’, it was changed to reflect the NABRE update. It is billed as Study Bible for RCIA, non specialists, etc, but I found it to be very similar to ‘The Catholic Study Bible’. It has a 462 page Reading Guide which is a little more user friendly than ‘The Catholic Study Bible’ (using more charts and side bars) and putting more information at your finger tips. After the reading guide, ‘The Catholic Bible Personal Study Edition’ is very similar to ‘The Catholic Study Bible’, using the same maps, lectionary readings, concordance etc.
 
CalCatholic, you are absolutely, 100% sure that the study aids have all been upgraded to mesh with the new NABRE text, correct? I don’t mean to second guess you, I just couldn’t find an online sample, so I want to be certain before I make my purchase.
 
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CalCatholic, you are absolutely, 100% sure that the study aids have all been upgraded to mesh with the new NABRE text, correct? I don’t mean to second guess you, I just couldn’t find an online sample, so I want to be certain before I make my purchase.
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Yes, I checked several areas of the reading guide (including the General Introduction) for quotes from the Old Testament and compared them to the NAB and the NABRE, and they definitely match the NABRE. And in the General Introduction it mentions the NAB Revised Edition. 👍
 
Is the Little Rock Study bible available in the NABRE? How good a study bible is it?
 
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