New Baronius Press Douay Rheims Imminent?

[rocketrob]

Mary Bobo and ak_lavenderlady:

Work has been a grind, and I haven’t been on this forum for awhile…I’m glad you found my post useful and took advantage of the low priced Baronius Press bibles. I have been using mine since I purchased it, and love it. And, like Zooey, I really enjoyed reading “PROVIDENTISSIMUS DEUS - Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII - On the Study of Holy Scripture.”

Sincerely,
rocketrob

 

[Joel_Tunnah]

I just received the pocket size version, and I ordered it directly from Baronius in England. The cover is most definitely not real leather - it is a hard and plastic-like bonded leather.

Also, the cover seems to be held on only by the endpapers - not very durable looking. And the spine stitching is completely visible when the book is opended. The engravings pages are not terribly attractive, and are all stuffed together between the OT and NT, along with several cheap looking family-record pages. These really should be at the beginning or end.

I’m really surprised, since most of the people who posted here thought the quality was exceptional, and the leather “real”.

On the plus side, the type and paper is excellent. I think I’m going to tear out the maps, engravings, encyclicals, and family record nonsense - and then have it rebound in actual leather by a book-binder. This will probably cost $400 (?), but I’ll have as close to a “perfect” catholic bible as you can get.

 

[Dempsey1919]

My Douay-Rheims Bible was delivered yesterday. The quality is excellent; the leather is real, the paper is of great quality, and the pictures are excellent. This is a beautiful Bible. Also, the three encyclicals are a brilliant addition.

The language is very much like the KJV but I think it is easier to understand and the meaning is clear. I also think the footnotes are a great help.

The one thing I did notice was that some of the names are different, for example Elijah is rendered as Elias and Noah is rendered as Noe. Are these the Latin versions of the names? Does the Church use ‘Elias’ or ‘Elijah?’ Which is proper?

 

[Zooey]

The one thing I did notice was that some of the names are different, for example Elijah is rendered as Elias and Noah is rendered as Noe. Are these the Latin versions of the names? Does the Church use ‘Elias’ or ‘Elijah?’ Which is proper?

Those are the Latin form, yes.
I think that either one is proper. In most NTs, this is “Elias”. Some newer versions have Elijah, though.

I’m really surprised, since most of the people who posted here thought the quality was exceptional, and the leather “real”.

I don’t understand it. My Bible is of exceptional quality. It is definitely real leather, not bonded.
I’m sorry you have been disappointed…That really surprises me, considering how much difference there seems to be, between yours & mine.

 

[lak611]

Those are the Latin form, yes.
I think that either one is proper. In most NTs, this is “Elias”. Some newer versions have Elijah, though.

Interestingly enough, the KJV uses the Latin names of Old Testament people in the New Testament. Just look at the geneologies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke. I never understood why that was the case.

 

[Zooey]

Interestingly enough, the KJV uses the Latin names of Old Testament people in the New Testament. Just look at the geneologies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke. I never understood why that was the case.

You know, I never stopped to think about that! Interesting. There is clearly a strong influence on the KJV translators from the Latin…

 

[lak611]

You know, I never stopped to think about that! Interesting. There is clearly a strong influence on the KJV translators from the Latin…

I never did find out why they used the Hebrew names in the Old Testament and the Latin names in the New Testament. I have not seen anything in any book or on any website that explained why.