Navarre Bible Commentary

[aj830]

If you have used them, are the Navarre Bible Commentaries, specifically Old Testament, a good in depth Bible Commentary? How are they set-up? Are there any Bible Commentaries that are better that you would suggest?

 

[Anima_Christi]

If you have used them, are the Navarre Bible Commentaries, specifically Old Testament, a good in depth Bible Commentary? How are they set-up? Are there any Bible Commentaries that are better that you would suggest?

I’ve never really used it but the Navarre Bible commentaries I’ve looked at seem to go really in depth. They also contain the text of the Latin Vulgate in smaller print, which is really cool. And I believe the University of Navarre in Spain where they were written is connected with Opus Dei somehow, which explains why much of the commentary is from St. Josemaria Escriva’s writings. If you do get the Navarre commentaries, DO NOT get the compact New Testament; I have it, and when I bought it I thought the only difference was that it doesn’t contain the text of the Vulgate, but come to find out a lot of the commentary is missing too. So if you want the full commentary, buy the books individually or in the larger volumes (Pentateuch, Gospels & Acts, Epistles & Apocalypse, Wisdom books, etc.)

 

[Rolltide]

Yes, this is a fantastic and thorough Bible commentary that is pretty universally considered as an orthodox choice for study. It is published by Opus Dei. Another very good choics you could make is the Ignatius Study Bible by Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch. It’s layed out in an awesome format and has wonderful information. It is, however, a work in progress, and they’re only done with 2/3 of the New Testament so far. On the plus side, I don’t think I’ve heard a bad thing about it yet. Finally, for the hard-core Bible scholar, you could try the Haydock Douay-Rheims Bible. The Haydock version, which is hard to find, includes a commentary from the early 1800s that is widely regarded for it’s massive documentation from the Early Church Fathers and its orthodoxy. If you’re into what the great scholars of history have had to say about the Bible, this is often regarded as the best.

Nevertheless, you can hardly go wrong with the Navarre Study Bible. It’s not just a book, it’s a finely crafted series that is of hand-me-down quality.