Best way to read Bible?

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I now have 2 bible i like. I need advice as to which to go for (Ordered the Duoay one but can cancel if need be)

amazon.co.uk/dp/190557438X/ref=asc_df_190557438X11207336?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=190557438X

Or

amazon.co.uk/Catholic-Bible-RSV-Ignatius-Press/dp/0898709369/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356690549&sr=1-4

Any help here would be great. Thanks
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Decided to go for the Catholic Bible-RSV as it looks easier to read

The DR is a nice bible but maybe too heavy going for me. I am not a scholar but just want to be able to read / study the bible easily.
 
Very much looking forward to getting my bible now. Is it a good idea to get it blessed by my local priest?
 
ajecphotos said:
Decided to go for the Catholic Bible-RSV as it looks easier to read

The DR is a nice bible but maybe too heavy going for me. I am not a scholar but just want to be able to read / study the bible easily.
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The RSV-CE is a good choice and the St. Ignatius Study BIble of the NT is so helpful.
In order to get the picture of salvation history start with the books that tell the story. Jeff Cavin’s Great Adventure Bible Study is excellent and will help you get the whole picture. If a Catholic Church near you offers the course, take it! You will learn so much. Then you can plug in the other books that are meant to be read and seen in a particular time period. Here are the 14 narrative books to read first in order to get the whole picture.

Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Judges, 1&2Samuel, 1&2Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah, Maccabees, Luke, and Acts.

Jeff Cavins divides the Bible into 12 periods: The Early World, The Patriarchs, Egypt and Exodus, Desert Wanderings, Conquest and Judges, Royal Kingdom, Divided Kingdom, Exile, Return, Maccabean Revolt, Messianic Fulfillment, The Church.

He shows how God’s covenant expanded from One Holy Couple with Adam and Eve, One Holy Family with Noah, One Holy Tribe with Jacob and his sons, One Holy Nation with Moses, One Holy Kingdom with David, One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church with Jesus.

He follows the bloodline of Jesus and looks at the fulfillment of the 3 promises to Abraham:
Land, Kingdom(name or dynasty), and World wide blessing.

He explains which books fit into which period and who the prophets were speaking too. He explains the world powers at the time and how they affected history. By the time you are done you will get so much more out of reading the bible and going to mass and listening to the readings. You will love it! God Bless!

PS Go to the website for the St. Paul Center for Biblical Study…www.salvationhistory.com and you can follow free studies with commentaries as you read these books!
 
Well, returnd the RSV bible i had today as not happy with it at all. Index is lacking, Very basic with no intro or any pages where i can put family history down. Most important bit for me is lack of an index!! Really poor.

May get the Duoay Rheims instead?
 
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Anyone?
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Well, it is the Jerusalem bible which ought to be comfortable to read and is Catholic. I see headings and cross-references in the picture, and both of those I consider essential. I couldn’t tell how extensive the footnotes were from that one snapshot, but perhaps they are lengthy throughout (some bibles are skimpy in the OT). I found footnotes more helpful when I was learning and less helpful as I assimilated more information.

What type of index did you want? It mentions an index, but not of words. It has good psalms and has removed “Yahweh” from everywhere according to the flyer, which I prefer.

Note that it reads in paragraph format, and not verse by verse. Some folks like verse by verse reading (common in KJV). A beginner probably not so much.

Remember, nowadays many deficiencies can be made up with internet access. For example, finding a somewhat remembered verse is easy with a bible search site. The most helpful features I find for on the spot reading are the headings (which are inserted into the text, announcing stuff like “the parable of the prodigal son” and such).

I am unfamiliar with the CTS publisher, so I can’t say about the quality of their workmanship.

I bet it will be fine. 🙂
 
I personally use the New American Bible: Revised Edition. It is the official Bible, I believe, of the US Council of Catholic Bishops. Make sure you begin Scripture reading with a prayer! One way that you could keep up with bible reading and the Church’s teaching would be to do something like the read the Bible and Catechism in a year. It uses some OT, some NT, and some Wisdom Writing (Psalms, Sirach, Wisdom &c,) and then it works cover to cover in the catechism doing like a few paragraphs a day. Here is a link to what I am going to use in 2013:

chnetwork.org/readguide04.pdf

God bless!
 
The Coming Home Network is a great resource not only for those who think they are being called home to the Church, there is good material for all of us. The radio program Deep In Scripture is archived there and has really opened up various portions of the Bible for me.

chnetwork.org

God Bless y’all!!
 
ajecphotos said:
Well, returnd the RSV bible i had today as not happy with it at all. Index is lacking, Very basic with no intro or any pages where i can put family history down. Most important bit for me is lack of an index!! Really poor.

May get the Duoay Rheims instead?
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The St. Ignatius Study Bible is great for study, commentary, word study, concordances, etc…unfortunately the Old Testament won’t be ready for another year…except the books of Genesis and Exodus have independent study guides. The translation that they use is the RSV-CE. I have several bibles for different purposes! But for Study…the Navarre Bible and St. Ignatius Study Bible are my favorite.
 
 
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