Difference between Navarre Study Bibles

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This review from Amazon should help:
The Navarre Bible New Testament Expanded Edition is a treasure for the Church. In the event you own previous Navarre volumes – the compact edition of the NT or individual books – the “Preface and Preliminary Notes” section explains how this edition fits into the overall scheme of things: “The present volume does not replace the twelve New Testament volumes. Its commentary is different, although it overlaps with theirs to a degree; it often draws on the Catechism of the Catholic Church (which they do not); it is also shorter, but it covers the biblical text passage by passage.” So in a nutshell, it covers much of the same ground as earlier volumes, and with the same thoroughness, but incorporates more recent insights from magisterial sources published since 1985 (when the first volume went to print), e.g., the Catechism, papal encyclicals, apostolic exhortations, etc. The commentaries themselves now take the form of short meditative essays rather than passage-by-passage notes. And the spiritual writings of St. Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei, are used more sparingly – a welcome development. This new edition is aesthetically pleasing and well made, with a tight binding, excellent typesetting, and clear translations (the original was written in Spanish.) Highly and unreservedly recommended.
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I have both.

The single volume is fine. The set is better…for personal enrichment.

However, if you plan serious, academic study of scripture and Catholic interpretation, it is of little value…more like a text book for a lower-level survey course in scriptural studies.
 
phil19034 said:
Thanks Mark! That was helpful, can’t believe I missed that.

Anyone have both? Should I still invest in the 12 volume set?

Thanks again!
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I would not recommend getting the 12-volume set. They have a 3-volume set with exactly the same content as the 12-volume set, and it’s cheaper and probably takes up less space.
The 3-volume set might be worth investing in.
 
I have the 10 volume Navarre Bible set ( three of which are New Testament), and use them all the time. If you want just the NT, the three hardback volumes would be the way to go!
 
I just bought a hardbound version of the Navarre Gospels and Acts from Abe Books. Says it is a readers edition. I Also have the Navarre New Testament Compact edition and the commentary are somewhat condensed, but a a nice handy book. The Readers edition has more commentary. Whatever you do by buy it used so you save some money.
 
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