Ignatius Press can and should produce a complete, one-volume study Bible

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phil19034 said:
My point (again) is that if Ignatius Press doesn’t publish a single volume right away, it will be because their market research tells them it’s a risk.

But it doesn’t mean that they never will.
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Right. The reason they sold the single volumes of the New Testament before finally releasing the New Testament was because those earlier single volumes financed the project. They wouldn’t have been able to do it if the production time was years and years and then the final product was only $27.95 (or closer to $20 from Amazon). They would have had to sell it for much, much more.

So, maybe they release the Old Testament as two volume set to start out with. It doesn’t mean they won’t ever release a 1 volume version, nor does it mean they “failed” Catholics everywhere. That they produced it at all is a service to the Church. They could have simply done nothing at all.
 
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Again, we’ve gotten close, but we aren’t there. None of those are equivalent.

Serendipity Study Bible is a Protestant version. Little Rock Scripture Study Bible will need more research, but I haven’t seen it listed as recommended, which leads me to suspect it. Also, personally I prefer the RSV to the NABSE. I stand by my statement and this thread. We need a true Catholic Study Bible in a single volume.
 
I never said they wouldn’t, but rather that they should. Would you argue with that?
 
There have been a lot of Catholic study Bibles. I have the whole Navarre collection, a few from the CCSS series, the Didache, the ICSB NT.

Anyway, I can say my wife’s old Quest Study Bible puts the Didache to shame as far as well put together content, goes. The others are all many volumes. And I like the Didache. I can see what is meant by wanting a one-volume Catholic study Bible that’s on par with Protestant study Bible publications.

Still, I agree with the others that Ignatius Press can only do what’s economically viable. If people are interested in ever having a single volume, I suggest sending friendly emails to Ignatius Press expressing interest. If it generates enough maybe they’ll do it.

Maybe they should open up a Kickstarter. The thought popped into my head as a joke but I wonder if they might really consider that.
 
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Candlefish66 said:
Little Rock Scripture Study Bible
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It’s very similar in structure to the ICSB. It has lots of footnotes, maps, introductory matter, essays, and sidebars.

The one I have uses the NABRE. So if you don’t like that translation, that’s fine. Honestly, I haven’t delved too deeply into it yet, so I cannot really comment on it extensively. From what I have seen, it takes a more mainline approach, where the ICBS tends to favor more traditional views on matters of authorship and that sort of thing.

It does give more credence to the possibility of getting it all in one volume, though. The Little Rock Catholic Study Bible is about 2640 pages. The pages are thin, but they are not as thin as I have seen in some Bibles. The ICBS will be a similar size, I would imagine.

Still, it seems most likely to me that they would release the Old Testament by itself first and then maybe a year or two later release it as one volume. But who knows.
 
I said would you, and I don’t think you would. I have no intention of arguing with you, and I’m not sure if that’s your point. Love, not ego, must be at the heart of apologetics
 
I really dislike that translation. Also, Serendipity is a Protestant Bible Study that was modified, whereas with Ignatius we get our own. Is this hard to follow, because I don’t understand the blowback.
 
I see a lot of people saying that Ignatius Press hasn’t confirmed that they won’t make a one-volume study Bible, and maybe they need to sell some separate Old Testament volumes to help make the project financially healthy before they announce a one-volume version. That’s very true. But if Ignatius Press hasn’t committed to anything, now is the time to influence their decision, while they’re just finishing up the final layout and copyediting and might still be figuring out their publication plans.

So if any of you are so inclined, you could drop Ignatius a line at info@ignatius.com and politely express your desire that they publish the ICSB in as many formats as possible, so that it can have the maximum possible reach.
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Huh. My Serendipity is Catholic.
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Joe_5859 said:
So is mine. This is the one I have:

amazon.com

Catholic Serendiptiy Bible for Personal and Small Group Study [NAB - New American Bible] ​

4.9 out of 5 stars,

EDIT: Wow, it looks like you can get used copies of it for under $10 at Amazon.
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Wow, this thing is fascinating. I’ve literally never seen it brought up before. Obviously it doesn’t offer the verse-by-verse textual and historical and theological commentary the ICSB offers, and it’s not ideal that it is adapted from a Protestant product (I would love to see what kind of study questions they have for John 6, or 2 Maccabees 12).

But it’s like a massive toolkit for kludging together your own home Bible study. I’m tempted to buy it just for the sake of having a bottomless well of study questions.
 
Just a side note, but the LDS produce books with The King James Bible and the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants AND pearl of Great Price in a single volume. That’s a massive book, so yes, our study Bible can be made. Will it be viable for the publisher?

20 years ago the Ignatius Bible was THE RCV Bible for Catholics and really has remained such. Ignatius sells a ton of copies and the strength of the RSV is due in no small part to Ignatius Press being committed to it. People sought out that publisher, and they still do. It’s hard to imagine Ignatius losing money on this at all. They had people put in the work.
 
I was once part of a small group where some folks were in mixed marriages. This was our study Bible, it made for very good discussion
 
Candlefish66 said:
Is this hard to follow, because I don’t understand the blowback.
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I don’t think it’s “blowback”. You stated that the ICBS would be the first of it’s kind, and others have pointed out the Catholic Study Bibles that are already out there.

It’s fine if you don’t like what’s out there (though from your comments it doesn’t sound like you have actually seen any of these books for yourself yet). I also prefer the RSV-CE over the NAB(RE). And I generally like the ICBS better than the others that are out there. But it’s just a matter of fact that there are Catholic Study Bibles already in existence.
 
I want this as a single volume, high-quality soft leather-bound with the high-quality thin pages with print. If you want to see it done right (materials/quality-wise), look at Zondervan study bibles.
 
Oh man, some do (I have a Catholic Bible that uses that ridiculously thin paper) – but as my adjective just gave away, I hate it. The pages are so wispy and fragile, and it’s so hard to skip forwards and back smoothly (the pages bend way too much).

Not to have an over-strong attitude about paper quality 😛 But oh man I hate that ultra-thin paper in Bibles, and I’d rather have a Bible split into multiple different books (which is historically accurate anyway), than use the crazy thin stuff.
 
SouthCoast said:
I want this as a single volume, high-quality soft leather-bound with the high-quality thin pages with print. If you want to see it done right (materials/quality-wise), look at Zondervan study bibles.
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Yes, yes, yes! My mom and dad gave me a KJV Schofield Edition for high school graduation in 1973. I’ve used it every day for at least 40 years (until I became Catholic.) It has a beautiful Morocco leather binding that is in perfect condition. I know they paid close to $100 for it. I wish I could find that in a Catholic Bible.
 
Sorry, but there are already single volume study bibles out there and there is no way the contents of the IGCS will fit into a single volume.
 
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