Haydock vs. Navarre?

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I am interested in an Old Testament Bible study. It seems that the best choices are either the Haydock Douay-Rheims or the Navarre series. Which one is recommended?

I’m leaning toward the Haydock since it’s $100 for the Old and New Testament and (to my knowledge) doesn’t contain the four source theory.
 
Madia, the Douay Rheims translation of the bible has some translational errors and the language is not what we use today. The Haydock study bible was first published over 200 years ago.

The Navarre bible study uses the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition which is regarded as the most accurate translation for Catholics and its bible study would be 20th/21st Century commentary totally Faithful to the Magisterium.

In my bible study I use two studies, the Navarre and the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible because I find that the two help to round out my understanding. Perhaps you could use both the Haydock and the Navarre?
 
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Madia:
I am interested in an Old Testament Bible study. It seems that the best choices are either the Haydock Douay-Rheims or the Navarre series. Which one is recommended?

I’m leaning toward the Haydock since it’s $100 for the Old and New Testament and (to my knowledge) doesn’t contain the four source theory.
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I prefer the Haydock but also have the Navarre. My suggestion would be to purchase the Haydock and then work through the Navarre as you go through the different books.

I also want to add that no translation is without weaknesses, be it the NAB, DR, RSV, etc.
 
If you would like a peek at the Haydock, the commentary for the first five books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) and the last book of the New Testament (the Apocalypse) is available online at Douay-Rheims Online Bible.

Hint: Use the menu system on the left-side window to select the book and chapter you are interested in. The text of the selected Bible chapter is displayed in the main window. Select a blue verse number in the main Bible text window to bring up the commentary in the lower window.

In reference to the printed edition of the Haydock Commentary, I find it useful but a difficult read for many reasons:
  1. Visually, the commentary appears in really small type.
  2. Linguistically, it uses British English from the mid-1800s so vocabulary, word usage, and spelling are sometimes quaint and sometimes very obscure.
  3. The sources cited in the commentary are often indicated with only the briefest of abreviations, making them sometimes difficult to identify.
  4. The tone of the commentary is sometimes harsh when speaking about non-Catholics.
 
Todd Easton:
In reference to the printed edition of the Haydock Commentary, I find it useful but a difficult read for many reasons:…
  1. The tone of the commentary is sometimes harsh when speaking about non-Catholics.
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Sometimes when I feel especially militant, I like the harsh tone.
 
Todd Easton:
If you would like a peek at the Haydock, the commentary for the first five books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) and the last book of the New Testament (the Apocalypse) is available online at Douay-Rheims Online Bible.
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You can also sample the Navarre here:

groups.google.com/group/CIN-Daily-Word

You can even subscribe to get the daily and Sunday readings and commentary at that site sent to you free every day by e-mail.
 
Thanks Fidelis, for that site. I think the Haydock Douay-Rheims is the absolute best. And I think it SHOULD be harsh on Protestants (I don’t think there is a legitimate basis to be a Protestant, so Catholic doctrine should be truthful about this). I know some say the Douay is outdated in some ways; but it has a true voice that strikes me as being Divinely inspired. Its authors believed in this translation. THe voice of the Douay is unparallelled.
 
The Haydock and the Navarre are BOTH Fantastic.
If you can afford it, get them both.
If your funds are a little low,
get the Haydock first.

Jaypeeto4 (aka Jaypeeto3)
 
The commentary of the Navarre is more devotional, than it is apogetic in nature.
 
I have the Haydock version and I don’t care much for the small commentary type I have to use a magnifyer to read it and that gets quite tedious
 
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