Textual differences between Catholic and Protestant Bibles

[BRB]

Ok - for us Protestants who are curious - can you recommend a good Catholic Bible translation?

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RSV is approved by Catholic Chruch. RSV is also a Protestant favorite. I grew up on it as Protestant … and it still serves me well from Catholic perspective.

I’ve also got a NRSV Catholic Bible with Deuterocanonicals … which I like alot.

 

[Robbinson]

RSV is approved by Catholic Chruch. RSV is also a Protestant favorite. I grew up on it as Protestant … and it still serves me well from Catholic perspective.

I’ve also got a NRSV Catholic Bible with Deuterocanonicals … which I like alot.

Thanks! I have a NRSV as well - I spend some time in the Episcopal Church (didn’t realize that is an approved Catholic translation as well - so I’m all set).

 

[graceandglory]

In Protestant Bibles, it’s translated, “Hail, you who are highly favored.”

I’m surprised they don’t just say, “howdy!”

 

[nice2000]

Yes, the Catholic Bible has 73 books and the Protestant has 66 books. Which is interesting from a numerological perspective . 7 is the number of perfection or completeness, 3 the number of the Trinity, and 6 the number of man, of incompleteness, and even of the Beast.

The OP covered the differences in books between the two Bibles.

Thanks Lief and rpp

I just want to make sure I’m comprehended correctly.
The 7 additional books are…

• Tobit
• Judith
• Wisdom
• Sirach, also called Ben Sira or Ecclesiasticus
• Baruch, including the Letter of Jeremiah
• 1 Maccabees
• 2 Maccabees

Right?

 

[Lief_Erikson]

Correct.

And there also are significant portions of Daniel and Esther in the Catholic Bibles- several chapters and stories -that the Protestant Bibles leave out.

 

[nice2000]

Correct.

And there also are significant portions of Daniel and Esther in the Catholic Bibles- several chapters and stories -that the Protestant Bibles leave out.

Thanks !