Do I need Douay-Rheims?

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Like many people here, I own several Bibles ranging from the King James Version to the New Revised Standard Version. My one Catholic Bible has been the RSV-CE. I greatly enjoy the translation of the text, since it’s only one edition behind the NRSV, and use it for all my primary Biblical purposes (e.g., studying, reading, research, etc.). I do not own a Douay-Rheims Bible, and while I understand the significance of the Douay-Rheims Bible in context of the Church, I find that I’m not especially fond of the translation and I can’t even begin to fathom when I’d possibly use it since I’m quite spoiled with the RSV-CE. Why should I spend money on one when it’s likely just to collect dust? :confused: Or is it just good “Catholic manners/sense” to own at least one copy?
 
It is not necessary to own a DRV. However, you can pick up a cheap confraternity edition of the New Testament from Scepter Publishing or Midwest Theological Seminary.
 
Or you could go the full route… and get the Haydock commentaries with the Douay… 2 volumes, soft cover, $99. It is more that just another version… it will allow for a study of the “closest-to-the-Vulgate” you can get, plus great commentary.
 
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Or you could go the full route… and get the Haydock commentaries with the Douay… 2 volumes, soft cover, $99. It is more that just another version… it will allow for a study of the “closest-to-the-Vulgate” you can get, plus great commentary.
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Can I find this at any Catholic bookseller online or offline?
 
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It is not necessary to own a DRV. However, you can pick up a cheap confraternity edition of the New Testament from Scepter Publishing or Midwest Theological Seminary.
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I second your recommendation of the Confraternity version. I use it to compare passages with the RSV-CE. It retains standard “non-inclusive” English and retains a somewhat elevated tone compared to more recent attempts to render the text in “everyday” English.
 
Any good size Catholic Book Store should be willing to order it for you. Usually they have minimums from their sources like $50 or so, and this is more than that.

The reprint is published by Catholic Treasures, PO Box 5034, Monrovia, Ca 91017. I got mine through the Leaflet Missal Co., and the book stores would probably do the same.

Anyway, besides the DR translation and the “Comprehensive Catholic Commentary” by Rev Fr Haydock, there are lots of pictures (old style from the 1800’s), tables, indexes, backgrounds on each book etc… all makes for interesting reading. I just wish it was in hard cover:(.

After that, I prefer the RSV to most of the other additions… closer to the Vulgate, no inclusive language, easy to read, and more "Catholic’ as it should be.

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ValiantDomain said:
Like many people here, I own several Bibles ranging from the King James Version to the New Revised Standard Version. My one Catholic Bible has been the RSV-CE. I greatly enjoy the translation of the text, since it’s only one edition behind the NRSV, and use it for all my primary Biblical purposes (e.g., studying, reading, research, etc.). I do not own a Douay-Rheims Bible, and while I understand the significance of the Douay-Rheims Bible in context of the Church, I find that I’m not especially fond of the translation and I can’t even begin to fathom when I’d possibly use it since I’m quite spoiled with the RSV-CE. Why should I spend money on one when it’s likely just to collect dust? :confused: Or is it just good “Catholic manners/sense” to own at least one copy?
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For future reference, one can argue that the original RSV-CE (and Ignatius Bible) is actually two editions behind the NRSV, because it is based off of the 1959 revisions of the RSV.

In 1971, the RSV Bible was revised and the Second Edition of the Translation of the New Testament was released along with the Old Testament. These revisions were the last until the NRSV. Recently, Oxford University Press released an RSV-CE that was based on these 1971 revisions, but only in a compact format. However, they are to release it in a full format in December. That is the one to get (even over the Ignatius Second Edition) for anyone interested in the RSV-CE.

This thread should be moved to the Sacred Scripture forum.
 
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