Need help finding a Bible!

[zach_dunn]

Ok, very soon (actually about a year . . .) I will begin studying Latin for three purposes: First, because I am Catholic and would like to know what is being said during Mass with out having to flip through those annoying confusing missals (that’s they way they are at my church, anyway!); second, I am in the process of compiling much Catholic apologetics/theology/Bible/etc. information for an all-in-one Catholic apologetics website (don’t expect anything anytime soon! This is gonna take several years and will never TRULY be finished) and I plan on translating my own version of the Bible from Latin; and third, taking a language for three semesters is a requirement at the college I’m going to

Now that I’ve given you the background, here is where I need help: I want to get an edition of the New Vulgate and an edition of the Clementine Vulgate. I’ve found some at amazon but I don’t know if they are any good . . . also, and this is being very, very picky of me, but I don’t really like how they look. I would prefer something more modern (i.e., modern typesetting, punctuation, and a decent looking color, and preferably paperback). I know it’s a lot of me to ask so don’t worry SO much about that stuff, but that’s kinda what I’m looking for . . .

One last thing, I’ve read a little about a “Madrid Clementine,” does anyone know what it is? How does it differ from just a “regular” Clementine Vulgate?

So, can anyone help me out here? All help is GREATLY appreciated! Thank you so much in advance!!!

EDIT: As an EXTREME side note that is semi-unrelated to the thread topic, does anyone know if the Douay-Rheims Bibles from Saint Benedict Press have the revisions of Bishop Challoner?

Thank you all so much!!! I know I ask a lot of you guys and I’d just like to say thanks to all of you who have helped me in the past!!!

 

[tee_eff_em]

Now that I’ve given you the background, here is where I need help: I want to get an edition of the New Vulgate and an edition of the Clementine Vulgate. I’ve found some at amazon but I don’t know if they are any good . . . also, and this is being very, very picky of me, but I don’t really like how they look. I would prefer something more modern (i.e., modern typesetting, punctuation, and a decent looking color, and preferably paperback). I know it’s a lot of me to ask so don’t worry SO much about that stuff, but that’s kinda what I’m looking for . . .

One last thing, I’ve read a little about a “Madrid Clementine,” does anyone know what it is? How does it differ from just a “regular” Clementine Vulgate?

If you are poking around amazon, beware editions of the Stuttgart Vulgate which, though commonly available and perhaps valuable in its own right, was never an approved version for Catholic use.

By *“Madrid Clementine” *I presume you (or your interlocutor) mean the edition published by Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, Madrid, Spain. This is a current print edition of the Clementine Vulgate, edited by Colunga and Turrado. It can be purchased through the ACL. Another edition is the Tweedale, available through Lulu.

A primary difference between those two, as I understand it, is that the Colunga/Turrado edition includes cross reference notes and other supporting material that the Tweedale does not.

AFAIK, the only direct source for the *Nova Vulgata *is the Vatican.

All three, if I am not mistaken, are typeset with modern punctuation, though only the *Nova Vulgata *uses “quotation” “marks” – The others use Latin idioms like *quia *(I am guessing “inverted” “commas” had not yet been invented when St Jerome wrote it). Only the Tweedale, I think, is available in a softcover.

Vendors for all three editions may be found in this post: [post=4663375]Re: How many versions of the Vulgate are there??[/post]

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[zach_dunn]

If you are poking around amazon, beware editions of the Stuttgart Vulgate which, though commonly available and perhaps valuable in its own right, was never an approved version for Catholic use.

By *“Madrid Clementine” *I presume you (or your interlocutor) mean the edition published by Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, Madrid, Spain. This is a current print edition of the Clementine Vulgate, edited by Colunga and Turrado. It can be purchased through the ACL. Another edition is the Tweedale, available through Lulu.

A primary difference between those two, as I understand it, is that the Colunga/Turrado edition includes cross reference notes and other supporting material that the Tweedale does not.

AFAIK, the only direct source for the *Nova Vulgata *is the Vatican.

All three, if I am not mistaken, are typeset with modern punctuation, though only the *Nova Vulgata *uses “quotation” “marks” – The others use Latin idioms like *quia *(I am guessing “inverted” “commas” had not yet been invented when St Jerome wrote it). Only the Tweedale, I think, is available in a softcover.

Vendors for all three editions may be found in this post: [post=4663375]Re: How many versions of the Vulgate are there??[/post]

tee

Thank you so much!! I just have one more little question, what is the difference between the Bibliorum Sacrorum Nova Vulgata editio maior and the Bibliorum Sacrorum Nova Vulgata editio minor? The latter edition is smaller but is more expensive, does it contain anything else?

 

[tee_eff_em]

Thank you so much!! I just have one more little question, what is the difference between the Bibliorum Sacrorum Nova Vulgata editio maior and the Bibliorum Sacrorum Nova Vulgata editio minor? The latter edition is smaller but is more expensive, does it contain anything else?

Never having held either, I could not say. (Not only is the *minor *smaller in dimensions – It has 20+% fewer pages! Best guess says: Get out your reading glasses )

The only paper edition I own is a 1965 printing of the Colunga/Turrado.

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