The Didache Bible

[CalCatholic]

Just ordered one Do you all think it would work well with Lectio Divina? I found the Navarre Bible commentary to be excellent for my Lectio but its too expensive unfortunately. pax

Yes I think it will be a good Bible for Lectio Divina because of the theological nature of the notes.

 

[TimothyH]

Yes I think it will be a good Bible for Lectio Divina because of the theological nature of the notes.

Theology notes and lectio???

Any Bible is a good Bible for lectio. All you need are the sacred texts. I think the notes only get in the way.

-Tim-

 

[CalCatholic]

Theology notes and lectio???

Any Bible is a good Bible for lectio. All you need are the sacred texts. I think the notes only get in the way.

-Tim-

For example, an Old Testament verse that was seen by the early Church as prefiguring Christ. The theological based notes can open up a new way of reading and understanding and thereby visualizing that verse of Scripture.

 

[porthos11]

Yes I think it will be a good Bible for Lectio Divina because of the theological nature of the notes.

Uhm. I’m not sure about that. I find that when reading Scripture for mediation, the notes are a distraction. For this purpose, I would use only a reader’s Bible, even if there are a few textual notes.

I’m ordering this Bible, but I’m sticking with the standard RSV-2CE for Lectio.

 

[CountrySteve]

I find short notes help, it moves me past my own ideas and helps me read ‘in light of Sacred Tradition.’ But of course it’s also good to read without them too.

 

[TimothyH]

I’d love to get one of those loose-leaf Bibles and missed an opportunity to get the one below for $30.

books.google.com/books/about/The_New_Oxford_Annotated_Bible_Loose_Lea.html?id=GyNiyGluEqEC

http://books.google.com/books/conte...4PBUyU-UHiGStFogCYoOu24eOcNCe7eibEvCY00zjyvGz

-Tim-

 

[Walden_Pond]

What makes it a “Didache Bible”? It doesn’t seem to contain the Didache.

 

[CalCatholic]

What makes it a “Didache Bible”? It doesn’t seem to contain the Didache.

The Midwest Theological Forum (MTF) who publishes The Didache Bible (along with Ignatius Press) has a website explaning the Didache series of Catholic catechesis books for schools. They wanted to offer a study Bible to go along with this series. www.theologicalforum.org/WhatIsDidacheSeries.aspx

 

[Justin61790]

And the word “Didache” means “to teach or instruction”. The Didache Bible’s commentary is based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church so quite literally the Didache Bible from MTF & Ignatius Press is a bible that instructs you in the beliefs and doctrines and morals of the Catholic Church. That’s why it’s called the Didache Bible.

 

[InNomineDomini]

• a full-blown study Bible (once the full study Bible is finished and published in one binding).

Incidentally, has anyone got any clue as to when the complete Ignatius Study Bible might be coming out?

As for the topic, I think this Bible will become an incredibly important resource to give to those who are journeying towards conversion to the Catholic faith, especially those coming from a Protestant background.

In fact, one of our priests also happens to be the RCIA chaplain and, since he teaches RCIA classes from Sacred Scripture as well as from the Catechism, I think he would be wonderfully served by The Didache Bible.

Perhaps you know of a priest or RCIA director in a similar situation?

 

[Pilgram2000]

For those who have this Bible, can you tell me how portable it is? I am interested in getting the leather version when it comes out, but I am worried that it might be a bit bulky to carry around. I know it’s not a pocket bible, but is it heavy, very thick and large?

 

[Justin61790]

For those who have this Bible, can you tell me how portable it is? I am interested in getting the leather version when it comes out, but I am worried that it might be a bit bulky to carry around. I know it’s not a pocket bible, but is it heavy, very thick and large?

There are some pictures at this link that should give you an idea of how portable it is: catholicbiblesblog.com/2015/01/first-look-didache-bible.html

Personally I find it to be very portable, and surprisingly lightweight. It’s as tall and as wide as Four Court Press’s hardback Major Prophets of the Navarre Bible. And only a little thicker. The weight is the same too. I carry mine to work every day. But the leather version of the didache bible might not be the same size or weight as the hardback version.

Also Ignatius just announced:

Please be advised that the leather Didache Bible should now be available in mid-May. Our co-publisher found a printer whose quality was satisfactory and they should be shipping from the printer at the end of April.

catholicbiblesblog.com/2015/03/update-on-leather-didache-rsv.html

So it’s almost upon us.

And Midwest Theological Forum informed Timothy that there is an NABRE Didache Bible coming out later this year. catholicbiblesblog.com/2015/03/didache-bible-nabre-edition.html

 

[TimothyH]

The RSV-2CE isn’t that great. Ignatius didn’t do a very scholarly job with it. I really don’t know what all the fuss is about.

-Tim-

 

[CalCatholic]

The RSV-2CE isn’t that great. Ignatius didn’t do a very scholarly job with it. I really don’t know what all the fuss is about.

-Tim-

Many of the changes were insisted upon by the Vatican when Ignatius Press submitted the RSV-CE for consideration for use in the Catholic Lectionary for Mass. Fr. Fessio posted this many years ago on catholic biblesblog.com This is important to me, because the RSV-2CE is one of the only Catholic Bible’s out there that can be used in the Mass without being ‘tweaked’.

 

[TimothyH]

Many of the changes were insisted upon by the Vatican when Ignatius Press submitted the RSV-CE for consideration for use in the Catholic Lectionary for Mass. Fr. Fessio posted this many years ago on catholic biblesblog.com This is important to me, because the RSV-2CE is one of the only Catholic Bible’s out there that can be used in the Mass without being ‘tweaked’.

Among other things, Ignatius did not take into account any of the recent scholarship including the Dead Sea Scrolls. Many of the changes seem arbitrary to me.

The recent NRSV Catholic Editions are far superior and recognized widely in acedemia as being both readable and literal.

-Tim-

 

[CalCatholic]

Among other things, Ignatius did not take into account any of the recent scholarship including the Dead Sea Scrolls. Many of the changes seem arbitrary to me.

The recent NRSV Catholic Editions are far superior and recognized widely in acedemia as being both readable and literal.

-Tim-

I hear people say this but no one has ever posted anything as proof that the RSV is substandard. It is easy to throw out claims that this translation is superior to that, but it is much harder to back the claim up! All Catholic translations have a following and a place! The fact that the Vatican approved the RSV-2CE for use in the Liturgy (unchanged) is all that I need to know!

 

[porthos11]

The recent NRSV Catholic Editions are far superior and recognized widely in acedemia as being both readable and literal.

-Tim-

And translated with clear agenda.

(huioi=“children”? fail. adelphon=“members of my family”? wrong. asheri ha’ish=“happy are those”? heck no.)

The Dead Sea Scrolls, while helpful, for the most part have served only to support the Masoretic text, not contradict it, differences notwithstanding. In that sense, the the Masoretic text (and by extension, the RSV), in the light of the DSS, remains largely vindicated. Of course, the DSS had made their appearance by the time the RSV OT was published and they had already been used for the RSV Isaiah.

apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=13&article=357

The NRSV would have been excellent, but as I said before, I recognize agenda when I see it. It is not as literal or faithful to the original in places where they weren’t convenient. That it’s the favoured translation of academia is not a testament to faithfulness, as academia is also where a lot of foolish stuff comes from. The NRSV took liberties with the text, all to suit agenda. So I take any exception to any claims of accuracy.

 

[Justin61790]

I use both the RSV-CE2 and the Harper Collins NRSV CE.

 

[Pilgram2000]

Well, I had been waiting for the leather edition of this Bible. I saw a Leather Didache Bible on the Ignatius Press website and ordered it. It came today. It’s basicly a hard cover with a leather vaneer. I was kind of expecting a bonded leather Bible. I don’t see any other leather Bible coming from Ignatius Press. There is a nice leather Didache Bible using the NABRE put out by the Midwest Theological Forum.

 

[CalCatholic]

Well, I had been waiting for the leather edition of this Bible. I saw a Leather Didache Bible on the Ignatius Press website and ordered it. It came today. It’s basicly a hard cover with a leather vaneer. I was kind of expecting a bonded leather Bible. I don’t see any other leather Bible coming from Ignatius Press. There is a nice leather Didache Bible using the NABRE put out by the Midwest Theological Forum.

It has the same bonded leather over boards as the RSV-2E version, just a different color.