Study Bible

  • Thread starter Thread starter Joe_Brown
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
J

Joe_Brown

Guest
Hello I am wanting to buy a study Bible. Can you recommend one?

also what is in a study Bible. Does it also contain all of the scriptures? Thanks 👍

God Bless.
 
Joe_Brown said:
Hello I am wanting to buy a study Bible. Can you recommend one?

also what is in a study Bible. Does it also contain all of the scriptures? Thanks 👍

God Bless.
Click to expand...
are all pretty good (I like the Navarre the best but its expensive)

The Catholic Study Bible is the only one available in a single volume!

They contain all of Scripture and then some! 👍

They usually have introductions to each book giving its background, theme, etc
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)

throughout the text, they have footnotes with explanations on what the text means.
http://g.christianbook.com/g/slideshow/0/09385/main/09385_5_exc.jpg

^ these are from the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible (currently available in individual volumes)
 
For a bible, I would only recommend the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Catholic Edition.

For studies, there is a lot of great material. Check out this site.
cssprogram.net/

Anything by Jeff Cavins and Scott Hahn is top rate.

I recently read Acts of The Apostles with my family. We followed this by watching the Footprints of God DVD series - Saint Paul, and now Early Church Fathers. We are having a great time.

I hope you do too!
 
If you’re looking for a good study Bible with commentary, there are three that I would recommend: The Ignatius Study Bible, the Navarre Bible, and the Douay-Rheims with Haydock Commentary.

So, which study Bible to get? Well, it depends on what you want. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch are working on the Ignatius Study Bible. I have several volumes, and I think they’re great. The notes are very clear, there are ample maps, and there are occasional mini-essays dedicated to important passages for Catholics, or particularly important Greek words that are difficult to translate. The introductory essays are also very good. The main problem with this version is that it is a work-in-progress. It is being released book-by-book; the New Testament has JUST been completed, and the Old Testament is now well underway, although no books have actually been released yet. A single version of the complete New Testament is going to be released around November, so you might want to wait for that. Once totally complete, many people think that this will become the new standard in Catholic study Bibles. This is the version to get if you’re looking for a good, orthodox, in-depth study of the background and interpretation of the Bible.

Here’s a link to the 13-volume paperback New Testament set:
catholiccompany.com/catholic-books/1001916/Ignatius-Catholic-Study-Bible-Complete-Set/
(and one Amazon.com link to the volume on the Gospel of Luke so you can see inside: )
amazon.com/Gospel-Luke-Ignatius-Study-Catholic/dp/0898708192/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246342183&sr=8-3
**
And here is a link where you can pre-order the brand-new single volume New Testament on Amazon.com. It’s going to be right around $20:

amazon.com/Ignatius-Catholic-Study-Bible-Testament/dp/1586172506/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249897269&sr=1-10**

continued…
 
As far as the Navarre Bible, it is also outstanding. It has several distinctive features. First, it’s complete. Second, it’s available in four versions: a 10-volume hardbound set, a 12-volume paperback New Testament, an abridged single-volume New Testament, and a brand new expanded single-volume hardcover New Testament. The longer versions contain the text of the Bible, the commentary, and the entire Nova Vulgata, along with long introductory essays. The abridged volume drops the Nova Vulgata and shortens the introductory essays. The hardbound version is almost of heirloom quality; it is very well made. The Navarre is printed by Scepter Press, the publishing arm of Opus Dei, so you KNOW it’s going to be orthodox. The Navarre tends to be more of a devotional Bible than a rigorous scholarly study Bible. The great thing is that both Bibles present something completely different. You could read both and learn totally different things. I included links to where you can order them direct from Scepter Publishers, and also Amazon.com. I included Amazon.com links when the page included the option to search inside the book so you can get an idea of the layout.

Here is where you can get the various versions:

The brand-new one-volume expanded New Testament:
scepterpublishers.org/product/index.php?FULL=526

The one-volume abridged New Testament:
amazon.com/Navarre-Bible-New-Testament-Compact/dp/1889334596/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246340393&sr=8-5

The original ten-volume hardcover series:
New Testament:
scepterpublishers.org/product/index.php?FULL=618
Old Testament:
scepterpublishers.org/product/index.php?FULL=514
(and one Amazon.com link of the first volume so you can see inside: )
amazon.com/Navarre-Bible-Pentateuch-Old-Testament/dp/1889334219/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246340393&sr=8-2

The twelve-volume paperback New Testament set:
scepterpublishers.org/product/index.php?FULL=125
(and one Amazon.com link of the first volume so you can see inside: )
amazon.com/Navarre-Bible-Acts-Apostles/dp/1851829040/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246340775&sr=8-23

I might also recommend the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock Commentary. This was a Bible commentary written by a Father Haydock in the mid-nineteenth century. It’s very orthodox also, and is known for utilizing a tremendous number of quotes from the Early Church Fathers themselves. If you want to know what the great theologians had to say about various passages, all in one place, than this is also a great resource. Not all Douay-Rheims Bibles have the Haydock Commentary, so search carefully. There is only one readily available version with the commentary, and it runs around $125. I should also point out that it’s available online for free viewing here:

haydock1859.tripod.com/index.html

Here’s a link to the leather-bound hardcover Haydock Douay-Rheims Bible:
loretopubs.org/index.php?target=products&product_id=60

(And here’s a link to a sample interior page: )
catholictreasures.com/pictures/Sample%20Douay.pdf

As an added thought:

From EWTN:
The most widely used Catholic commentary is probably the Jerome Biblical Commentary, now in a 2nd edition. There is also a summary version of it. This commentary is the work of well-known Catholic Biblical scholars and is filled with articles on historical, archaeological, linguistic and other subjects useful for understanding the background of the Scriptures. The JBC is, therefore, a valuable resource for those seeking such information. However, the textual commentaries use primarily the historical-critical method, and thus must be read with discernment. The Church approves of the use of this method for the purpose of understanding the historical and literary foundations of the text (see Vatican II, Dei Verbum 11-13), but finds it an incomplete method apart from the Tradition. Scripture must be interpreted according to the analogy of faith, that is, in accordance with what God has revealed in toto, as taught by the Magisterium.

Here is the New Jerome Biblical Commentary at Amazon.com:
amazon.com/Jerome-Biblical-Commentary-Raymond-Brown/dp/0225668033/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246340021&sr=8-1
 
In selecting a study bible, it is very important to know that the footnotes are not Gospel. Sometimes, they are heterodox, and must be read with caution. The NAB footnotes, as evidenced in my NAB Catholic Study Bible, intimate that the Red Sea might have been a shallow body of water that would have been easily crossed by the Hebrews. It also suggests that 1 and 2 Peter were not written by Peter, but only by someone else after his martyrdom. I know that there are scholars who believe these things, but they are not at all helpful to one’s faith.
 
Haydock Bible Commentary

wow this one seems to explain every verse for free! 😃
 
rskempf said:
For a bible, I would only recommend the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Catholic Edition.

For studies, there is a lot of great material. Check out this site.
cssprogram.net/

Anything by Jeff Cavins and Scott Hahn is top rate.

I recently read Acts of The Apostles with my family. We followed this by watching the Footprints of God DVD series - Saint Paul, and now Early Church Fathers. We are having a great time.

I hope you do too!
Click to expand...
it is so helpful,thanks for sharing.

http://www.photosnag.com/img/4673/n09x0302vnsn/clear.gif
 
I too, study the Sacred Scriptures and I use the New American Bible-The Catholic Bible-Personal Study Edition as my main reference. I also like the Navarre Bible because of the original Vulgate (Latin Text). Sometimes I encounter Latin texts in some books or magazine articles that I find it easy to cross reference them in the English text. I buy the individual books when I can. And there is also the Collegevile Bible Commentary (text and commentary) which is very easy to read and understand. You can buy them in individual books too.
Good luck to your Bible study. God bless. Live Jesus in our hearts.
 
wow, the online study guide seems great. will have to spend some time going through that.
 
A new commentary for the NT is coming out slowly. I have The Gospel According to Mark and it seems excellent. catholicscripturecommentary.com/

So far only two have been released. They have a preview page on their site. You’re not going to get the whole thing for a while but a couple more books are due to be released soon.

It’s also nice that they used the NAB which is what is sitting on most American Catholic bookshelves.

Sample pages catholicscripturecommentary.com/about-the-ccss/sample-pages

and excerpts
catholicscripturecommentary.com/about-the-ccss/excerpts
 
Joe_Brown said:
Hello I am wanting to buy a study Bible. Can you recommend one?

also what is in a study Bible. Does it also contain all of the scriptures? Thanks 👍

God Bless.
Click to expand...
you can download Catholic modules for Bible Study using e-Sword as the Base software program from
esnips.com/web/CatholicApolegetics

The Haydock commentary, A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture by Father Bernard Orchard, The Great Cornelius Lapide Commentary for Gospels, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, and 1,2,3 John, the Catena by St Thomas Aquinas, and many other tools for Bible Study are here to work with e-Sword and it is all free… There is latin to english dictionary, Greek english interlinear, Greek grammer, Church fathers, early church teachings all to work with the esword platform, link to esword is provided their to download the base program, There is on the above site, Douay Rheims Bible, and an oxford RSV for esword… NOthing that remotely compares to this
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top