Catholic Truth Society Bible

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The Catholic Truth Society, “publishers to the Holy See”, is on the verge on releasing a new Study Bible. It’s based on the original (non-gender inclusive) Jerusalem Bible although the Psalms are from the Grail version, i.e. what they use in the British Isles at Mass.

The Jerusalem Bible’s uncommon decision to render God’s name (the Tetragrammaton) in the Jewish scriptures as Yahweh, rather than as LORD or God has been overturned in this edition following recent papal mandate.

Even if you don’t like the JB, the notes will probably justify buying this. I think they are basically taken from the Third French Edition of the *La Bible de Jérusalem *
The notes from the
Première édition, 1956, were in the original 1966 JB.
Deuxième édition révisée, 1973, were in the 1985 NJB but the translation was never accepted liturgically because of it’s move toward gender inclusiveness.
Troisième édition, 1998, are in this 2007 JB.

Some of you might consider notes by Dominican scholars at the Jerusalem École Biblique somewhat ‘modernist’ but this school really led the “biblical revival” witnessed at Vatican II.

cts-online.org.uk/ctsbible.htm

If it’s not for sale in the U.S. yet you could always import it from Amazon.co.uk.
 
This new Bible has the Third Edition of French Jerusalem Bible’s notes but has returned to the 1966 JB Text rather than using the 1985 NJB text or even a new text.

This is because British Catholics still use the JB in their liturgy and because the NJB text was never accepted because it’s gender inclusive. The 1966 text is the one J.R.R. Tolkien helped translate.
 
Australia also uses the JB in the Lectionary. I prefer it to some other translations that are out there. However, others have noted that besides being gender inclusive, the NJB seems to be a less dynamic (others would disagree with me; Im no expert either). I have the NJB without the notes, so Im not sure if the notes are as good or better than the 1966 JB.

I was think that maybe the third edition would be an improvement on both.
 
The Jerusalem Bible’s uncommon decision to render God’s name (the Tetragrammaton) in the Jewish scriptures as Yahweh, rather than as LORD or God has been overturned in this edition following recent papal mandate.
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Please explain that?, All spanish language Catholic Bibles I have use Yahweh.
 
B16 doesn’t like Yahweh being used in the liturgy. So the 2007 CTS Catholic Bible has changed Yahweh to LORD throughout. That’s about 5,789 times. It’s a recent directive which you’d only find in a new Catholic Bible.
 
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B16 doesn’t like Yahweh being used in the liturgy. So the 2007 CTS Catholic Bible has changed Yahweh to LORD throughout. That’s about 5,789 times. It’s a recent directive which you’d only find in a new Catholic Bible.
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You mean in 95% of all English Bibles. Not bandying about the Name of God (due to its extreme holiness) is a longstanding Jewish tradition (they take it much farther). Maybe it’s not strictly necessary, but I’d rather err on the side of respecting God. :rolleyes: Also consider that we’re not entirely sure which vowels we should even use in the Tetragrammaton. For all we know we’re mispronouncing it. 🤷 Reading and printing His Name as “the LORD” has worked for centuries, why quit now?
 
The 1966 Jerusalem Bible and 1985 New Jerusalem Bible have contained the 6,000 YHWHs for decades much to the chagrin of many.

I mentioned this in my post merely to note the 2007 Jerusalem Bible has turned away from this. A major reason for this edition is to offer exactly the same Bible text as the English, Irish, Australians, etc. use in the Liturgy.
 
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The 1966 Jerusalem Bible and 1985 New Jerusalem Bible have contained the 6,000 YHWHs for decades much to the chagrin of many.

I mentioned this in my post merely to note the 2007 Jerusalem Bible has turned away from this. A major reason for this edition is to offer exactly the same Bible text as the English, Irish, Australians, etc. use in the Liturgy.
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Ah. Well, thank “the LORD” for B16 anyway… 🙂 New study Bibles are always nice, especially ones that don’t make me wince on every page of the OT! 👍 Thanks for the info TheMese!
 
I actually got to have a look at this today but I didn’t buy as I’d have liked a bigger font. Very nice looking volume though.
 
I have purchased the travel edition of the new CTS Catholic Bible. I’ve looked through briefly and the first thing you see is the Bible is very easy to navigate through. Lots of headings leading through the books, and some good introductions at the beginning of books, too.

Some points grate me, such as in Luke chapter 1 the greeting to Mary is “Rejoice, so highly favoured” rather than “Hail, full of Grace” but I don’t want to get over picky. I just prefer the second translation, which is in the RSV CE Bibles I have.

Overall I’m happy with the book, it is fairly short, but very stout with over 2,000 pages included. Also at the back is a very useful guide to the different readings over the three year cycle at Mass.

I have a travel RSV Bible that zips all the way round that I usually keep in my bag with me, which is well protected, but I can see me taking the CTS with me on occasions too. It just has such a good feel to it.
 
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