New ! - NABRE - New American Bible Revised Edition

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CalCatholic said:
Yes, here is a piece of the ‘Preface to the Revised New American Bible Old Testament’;
‘Where the Old Testament translation supposes the received text - Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek, as the case maybe - ordinarily contained in the best-known additions, as the original or the oldest extant form, no additional remarks are necessary. Where the translators have departed from those received texts, e.g., by following the Septuagint rather than the Masoretic text, accepting a reading of what is judged to be a better textual tradition, as from a Qumran manuscript, or by emending a reading apparently corrupted in transmission, such changes are recorded in the revised edition of the Textual Notes on the New American Bible.’
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// nice…thank you…
 
Too much to hope for but not too much to pray for.
Here in Ireland we don’t have the NAB, I am not sure I like the New Jerusalem Bible that much more, but I can study with it.
Why/when don’t they choose it over the faulty NAB?
 
Do you use the CTS bible over there?
Just curious as I know that is the NJB translation with some changes.
I ordered one from the UK to check it out. Pretty nice bible but not sure if I like the translation yet.

Just curious.
 
TGarner said:
Do you use the CTS bible over there?
Just curious as I know that is the NJB translation with some changes.
I ordered one from the UK to check it out. Pretty nice bible but not sure if I like the translation yet.

Just curious.
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The CTS Bible uses the Jerusalem Bible with the Grail Psalms.
 
dymphna57 said:
I am not sure I like the New Jerusalem Bible that much more, but I can study with it.
Why/when don’t they choose it over the faulty NAB?
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I would say it’s mostly politics and money. The politics is partly inertia - everyone in the US is familiar with the NAB. While few love it, most are satisfied enough with it that they are not itching for a change. If a change was made, there would have to be a lengthy discussion and debate about what translation to change to. Some modifications might need to be made, to Americanize Britishisms, and depending on the translation new approval from the Vatican might be required for a lectionary. Composers would have to be pressed into service reworking their psalm settings to match the new translation, as required by Liturgiam Authenticam. There is little apetite to upset the apple cart over this issue.

In addition, money would have to be paid to the copyright holder of the new translation - money that is currently lining the pockets of the USCCB. Needless to say, that is a significant consideration on the part of the decisionmakers, who just happen to be the USCCB.
 
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