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I’m a new Catholic…I got confirmed on Saturday :extrahappy: ! I’m looking for a Bible. I have no idea what would be a good Catholic Bible for me to get. I know that I need a New American Bible. I just have no idea what kind to get. I also want to start reading the Bible everyday. Could someone please help!! 👍 Could you recommend a devotional book or a daily reading book & a Bible that would be great for a brand new Catholic??

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Keri
 
Welc:wave:me home to the Church, Keri!

You don’t have to get a NAB if you don’t want to. The RSV Catholic Edition/Ignatius Bible is a solid translation with good commentary.

For daily Scripture reading the daily Mass readings are a good option. They will take you through the Church seasons and help you be united to the Church through them. 🙂
 
I am a collector of Bibles so I have a lot! The one that I use most is just a simple NAB Catholic Companion edition published by Fireside or my St. Joseph edition that I got during RCIA, published by Catholic Book Publishing, its just a paperback edition but very good. 👍

I also have a RSV, Jerusalem, Douay-Rheims (sp?), and many others. They are good too. If you want a study bible, I just ordered (after consulting several people on here:) ) the Oxford Catholic Study Bible (the next to last edition that was published in Dec. or Jan, I think)

As far as daily meditations or readings I recommend first of all Magnificat - it has prayers for morning & evening as well as the daily mass readings, responses, and order. I don’t know what I’d do with out it. I use it daily for Mass. Also there is a small magazine type devotional call Living Faith that I use. OSV puts out My Daily Visitor which is also good. You can also get The Word Among Us, which has an option of having daily Mass Readings in it. There are sooooo many options that you can choose from!

As far as books for spirituality, prayer, etc., check out Aquinas and More Catholic Goods. I’m a regular customer of theirs and have found many good books that you can’t find other places. 🙂
 
Hi Keri,

No you don’t have to get the NAB! In fact, I advise against it.

My recommendation would be either the RSV-CE (Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition) or the RSV-2CE (Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition), both of which are sold by Ignatius Press. You can also get them at Amazon.com for better prices. 😉

Of course, if you like the Elizabethan English of the King James Version, you could get its Catholic counterpart, the Douay-Rheims, Challoner revision. It’s a very good Bible and the one I personally use for most of my Bible study.

Maria
 
keri6789 said:
I’m a new Catholic…I got confirmed on Saturday :extrahappy: ! I’m looking for a Bible. I have no idea what would be a good Catholic Bible for me to get. I know that I need a New American Bible. I just have no idea what kind to get. I also want to start reading the Bible everyday. Could someone please help!! 👍 Could you recommend a devotional book or a daily reading book & a Bible that would be great for a brand new Catholic??

Thanks!!

Keri
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HI Keri and welcome to the Church!🙂

The kind of Bible you get depends on what you have in mind. I know some people don’t like the NAB, but if you are going to be involved in any parish-based Bible study, that is probably the one you’ll be asked to use. It may not not be the most poetic, and the notes can be annoying, but overall it’s a decent translation and easy to read to boot.

If you are looking for a devotional and/or study Bible for private use, I’d second the recommendation of the Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition (RSVCE). For my money, it’s the best at combining accuracy with dignified and even beautiful language. There are several versions to choose from: the Ignatius, Sceptor, and Oxford editions are all good. There’s no law that says you have to have more than one version, either – in fact, it’s nice to have a couple of versions for comparison purposes and to catch more of the nuances (no translation is perfect since the Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic does not exactly translate into modern language). If cost is a factor, you can find some great bargains at used bookstores.

If you want to read the Bible through in year, you can get it in either the NAB or RSV-CE. There are also a number of great Bible studies out that’ll help you learn the Scriptures in a more systematic and deeper way. For more ideas, please vivit my humble website linked below.
 
I have the little St Joseph paperback NAB too - it’s very handy for carrying around … but I also read other translations.

If you like more King James-style language then the Douay-Rheims is the one for you. Otherwise the RSV-CE is good - I hope to buy one fairly soon.
 
Whatever you do dont buy the NAB. The footnotes Deny the deity of Jesus and called the Virgin birth mere legend. Alot of other footnotes deny many Miracles.

These Footnotes were approved by the Bishops in America. Most of whom were involved in the Coverups.

Stay away from this
 
SoulRebel777 said:
Whatever you do dont buy the NAB. The footnotes Deny the deity of Jesus and called the Virgin birth mere legend. Alot of other footnotes deny many Miracles.

These Footnotes were approved by the Bishops in America. Most of whom were involved in the Coverups.

Stay away from this
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There’s always one - while the footnotes of the NAB are hardly fantastic, I have not seen anything in them, for example, calling the Virgin Birth mere legend - perhaps you’d care to point out exactly which verse’s footnotes state this? And which verse’s footnotes deny Jesus’ divinity?

I beleive they were revised from some earlier footnotes to the NAB - I’ve seen none of this sort of stuff in the footnotes of my 1970 St Joseph’s edition.
 
LilyM said:
There’s always one - while the footnotes of the NAB are hardly fantastic, I have not seen anything in them, for example, calling the Virgin Birth mere legend - perhaps you’d care to point out exactly which verse’s footnotes state this? And which verse’s footnotes deny Jesus’ divinity?

I beleive they were revised from some earlier footnotes to the NAB - I’ve seen none of this sort of stuff in the footnotes of my 1970 St Joseph’s edition.
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Agreed. It’s not my favorite translation, but it isn’t exactly satanic, as some make it out to be. It just involves bearing some informed discretion while reading.
 
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