King James Bible

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dominikus28 said:
Is the KJB used by Catholics or is it a different bible?
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It’s late here and I’m a little confused by the question. Catholics usually use the New American Bible in mass. Personally I read the NIV but many Catholics on here would tell you that there are better choices (I can hear the Douay Reims people chiming in right now). The Douay Reims is like the KJB in the use of old English. The most important thing though when choosing a bible is that you will read it. Choose one that is easy to read, and that you actually will enjoy picking it up and reading it.
 
jamannor said:
It’s late here and I’m a little confused by the question. Catholics usually use the New American Bible in mass. Personally I read the NIV but many Catholics on here would tell you that there are better choices (I can hear the Douay Reims people chiming in right now). The Douay Reims is like the KJB in the use of old English. The most important thing though when choosing a bible is that you will read it. Choose one that is easy to read, and that you actually will enjoy picking it up and reading it.
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Yeah I would have to agree with some other catholics that the NIV is problematic in places epsically in reagards to faith and works and traditions and teachings translations can be very obviously biased in a protestant manner. NIV might be ok for private devotion for a catholic but awful for apologetics. For that use the RSV in particualr the RSV Catholic Edition. For private devotion I prefer the Jerusalem Bible it is not a gender neutral bible yet it gives modern english renderings in a poetic fashion it is a huge improvement over the NIV and it is easily understandable and for a catholic more understandable than the NIV in some of its biased renderings. Like You I have problems reading the Doay Rheims for everyday purposed due to the archaic language but those who like a KJV like catholic bible it would suit that purpose. The huge advantage that the RSVCE and Jerusalem Bible have over the NIV is of course it has all the books in the Bible and the NIV is missing some books according to catholic teaching.
 
Wisdom said:
For private devotion I prefer the Jerusalem Bible.
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Aah, another Jerusalem Bible fan 👍 there don’t seem to be all that many of us 'round here. Grew up on it, we in Oz base our lectionary on it and its by far the best for private reading.
 
LilyM said:
Aah, another Jerusalem Bible fan 👍 there don’t seem to be all that many of us 'round here. Grew up on it, we in Oz base our lectionary on it and its by far the best for private reading.
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Is there a specific version/publisher you all recommend?
 
Wisdom said:
The huge advantage that the RSVCE and Jerusalem Bible have over the NIV is of course it has all the books in the Bible and the NIV is missing some books according to catholic teaching.
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I would agree with you there. I’m looking at starting to read another version for private use. The main reason why I use it was that I was brought up in a protestant background, and when I was in college I led a bible study using the NIV. I would disagree thought that the NIV cannot be used for apologetics. When asked questions about my faith I tend not to use my bible (which of course has added books :p), but I show them that the answer is actually in there bibles. It’s right there in front of them.
 
dominikus28 said:
Is the KJB used by Catholics or is it a different bible?
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The KJB (King James Bible) is not authorized for use by the Catholic Church. One reason for this is because most editions of the KJB are incomplete, lacking the Old Testament books of Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and parts of Esther and Daniel.
 
Larry1700 said:
Is there a specific version/publisher you all recommend?
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Yeah get the used version with complete study notes edited by Alex Jones 1966 you can find it in used bookstores online and locally.

Doubleday puts out a tuncated version of low quality and without the footnotes so until someone starts reprinting the full version than the used bookstore is the best route to go. The Douay had a similar problem for years the only circulation was a low quality paperback by tan but then recently Barinous put out a high quality print of the Bible hopefully somebody does the same for the Jerusalem Bible.
 
Wisdom said:
Yeah get the used version with complete study notes edited by Alex Jones 1966 you can find it in used bookstores online and locally.

Doubleday puts out a tuncated version of low quality and without the footnotes so until someone starts reprinting the full version than the used bookstore is the best route to go. The Douay had a similar problem for years the only circulation was a low quality paperback by tan but then recently Barinous put out a high quality print of the Bible hopefully somebody does the same for the Jerusalem Bible.
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Is this the ISBN number 0-385-23083-4?
 
LilyM said:
Aah, another Jerusalem Bible fan 👍 there don’t seem to be all that many of us 'round here. Grew up on it, we in Oz base our lectionary on it and its by far the best for private reading.
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Oh, so right: you rarely come across a JB fan on these Forums, and I think I’ve identified 1 or 2 others who actually like the NJB, or at least want to acquire one.

It’s a pity that both of these versions are usually dismissed in favor of the NAB or NRSV!! :mad:
 
Manfred said:
Oh, so right: you rarely come across a JB fan on these Forums, and I think I’ve identified 1 or 2 others who actually like the NJB, or at least want to acquire one.

It’s a pity that both of these versions are usually dismissed in favor of the NAB or NRSV!! :mad:
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I want both the NJB and the original JB. Unfortunately, the best editions are out-of-print. I am trying to find used copies.
 
The KJV features beautiful Old English, but sometimes it’s obscure to the modern English speaker, and, as has been pointed out, most contemporary printings are incomplete. The Douay is similar, again with words that mean little, nothing, or something different to thise who use English now.
I presently am using La Biblia/The Bible, a bilingual Spanish-English purchased at a Chancery book fair. The Spanish is the Versión Popular and the English is Today’s English Version, with Deuterocanonicals, published by the American Bible Society. It isn’t perfect, but I’m comfortable with it.
I appreciate the footnotes in Catholic editions and cross-indexing that seems more complete than in “Protestant” Bibles.
 
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