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Justin1224
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Does anyone like/prefer the New Jerusalem Bible?
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crazzeto
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speight
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its my favorite
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eh its okay, I prefer the douay rheims or the NRSV catholic edition.
The new jerusalem bible has some translations im not particular fond of such as matthew 16:18:
18 So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my community. And the gates of the underworld can never overpower it.
the use of community instead of Church kinda irks me it just feels like it lessens the importance of the verse.
and in luke 1:27-28
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 He went in and said to her, 'Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.'
the use of God’s favor in stead of full of grace is a KJV-esque translation that does not use the proper full of grace greeting.
just two things about it that jumped out to me. I certainly wouldn’t want to use it for a debate with a protestant or anything, but if you are just using it for personal reading and reflection then go for it!
The new jerusalem bible has some translations im not particular fond of such as matthew 16:18:
18 So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my community. And the gates of the underworld can never overpower it.
the use of community instead of Church kinda irks me it just feels like it lessens the importance of the verse.
and in luke 1:27-28
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 He went in and said to her, 'Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.'
the use of God’s favor in stead of full of grace is a KJV-esque translation that does not use the proper full of grace greeting.
just two things about it that jumped out to me. I certainly wouldn’t want to use it for a debate with a protestant or anything, but if you are just using it for personal reading and reflection then go for it!
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bauerice
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It’s a fine translation but not my favorite. I much prefer the 1966 Jerusalem Bible.
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Mike_tn
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Does the 1966 Jerusalem Bible use the same terms as the NEW Jerusalem Bible on these two Gospel verses?
I don’t have the 1966 version and was thinking of buying it because my priest uses one of the two Jerusalem Bible versions for bible study class.
He likes that bible because the Catholic commentary in it constantly nudged him to move from being a full time Episcopalian minister to being Catholic priest. A very honest authentic Catholic priest. But when he reads his J-bible or NJ-bible in class and I look at my RSV or NAB to follow along, my mind goes into knots.
Anyway, back to my question about your comment;
Does the 1966 Jerusalem Bible use the same terms as the NEW Jerusalem Bible on these two Gospel verses?
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Mike_tn
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Nevermind. I found a 1966 JB in the library.
JB differs from the NJB in Matthew 16. The JB original uses the term Church not community which is good of the JB. However a few versus prior it says “Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man!” happy rather than “Blessed are you Simon…”
In Luke 1. The JB and NJB and the New American Bible, are all similar saying approximately the same, Hail favored one, rather than like in the Douay-Rheims or Revised Standard Version which says Hail full of grace.
I know the Blessed Virgin line is very controversial because people put importance on it but the one above that bugs me most is the use of the word happy instead of blessed. Seems like psychiatrists are speaking instead of someone divine.
I’m going to have to read it a bit before I drop $30 to Doubleday for that.
JB differs from the NJB in Matthew 16. The JB original uses the term Church not community which is good of the JB. However a few versus prior it says “Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man!” happy rather than “Blessed are you Simon…”
In Luke 1. The JB and NJB and the New American Bible, are all similar saying approximately the same, Hail favored one, rather than like in the Douay-Rheims or Revised Standard Version which says Hail full of grace.
I know the Blessed Virgin line is very controversial because people put importance on it but the one above that bugs me most is the use of the word happy instead of blessed. Seems like psychiatrists are speaking instead of someone divine.
I’m going to have to read it a bit before I drop $30 to Doubleday for that.
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Joe_Kelley
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For me Happy always brings to mind Sappy.
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hand
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I prefer the douay rheims or the NRSV catholic edition.http://addled.info/g.gif
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Mike_tn
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ha ha, lite humor among brothers is the best kind~For me Happy always brings to mind Sappy.
Glad for this thread inspiring me to find the library’s 1966 Jerusalem Bible, I’m going to use it on an extended checkout for bible study as we begin a study of Romans the first week of Lent. I’ll keep the Navarre bible commentary (RSV) alongside for comparison to decide if it may be useful to eventually buy the JB Readers Edition not just for our parish group but also for having the dynamic JB text alone as a kind of commentary to go with the RSV or NAB. Plus the only print copy I own of the Old Testament is the NAB, it would give me two tactile versions of that. To be determined…
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Jerry-Jet
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Will the third edition of the New Jerusalem Bible ever be available in English? I heard it is already out in French.
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Phyllo
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me too
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Publisher
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The word “ecclecia” usually translated “church” has it’s origins refering to the community gatherings/political gatherings of Greece and Rome…a secular reference to the new community of Christ…a “gathered people”…so yes “community” is also an accurate translation…well…as accurate a “church” is anyway.
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Jehuty_X
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I have sent an e-mail to Fr. Henry about a third edition of the New Jerusalem Bible and his reply was:
I was really hoping for a third edition since I already own the fourth edition of the Castilian New Jerusalem Bible.
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beehumble
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Dr. Scott Hahn recommends reading the same verse in multiple Catholic translations to get a better sense of its meaning. Having tried it, I agree with him.
(I think all of them are online so no need to purchase multiple Bibles to do that.)
God bless you.
(I think all of them are online so no need to purchase multiple Bibles to do that.)
God bless you.
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CalCatholic
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Oxford publishes ‘The Catholic Comparative New Testament’ which has 8 Catholic translations side by side. It compares; The Rheims, NAB, RSV Catholic, NRSV Catholic, Jerusalem, New Jerusalem, Good News and the Christian Community Bibles.
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