Using this Bible for Bible Study

[AngelRose81]

I was thinking about using the Douay Rheims Bible (Baronius Press Ed.) for our Bible study at church. The main reason I want to use it is that it’s set up great in my opinion, with footnotes instead of endnotes, scripture refs, good size etc. PLUS it’s a great translation

What do you all think about it? Or should I keep using my RSV-CE.

FYI, most everyone in the Bible Study uses the NAB, but I’m just not the biggest fan of it so I’ve always used the RSV-CE, but I was just thinking about using my DR.

The only downside I can think of is I like to highlight in my Bible and I’ve not yet highlighted this one, but I don’t think it would be bad too.

What does everyone think?

 

[JeanneH]

Great idea. I have the DR and love it. I also have the Haydock commentary and find it wonderful.
I don’t like the NAB especially the footnotes.

Good luck.
&
God Bless

PS The group may not like the Thees and Thys and Thous But I find that the language makes me think more about what I am reading.

Jeanne

 

[AngelRose81]

Great idea. I have the DR and love it. I also have the Haydock commentary and find it wonderful.
I don’t like the NAB especially the footnotes.

Good luck.
&
God Bless

PS The group may not like the Thees and Thys and Thous But I find that the language makes me think more about what I am reading.

Jeanne

Thanks, Jeanne. I do love my DR, and the group is used to me not using the NAB, so hopefully that won’t bother them!

The facilitator sometimes is glad I have a different translation, too!

 

[Fidelis]

I think it is basically a good idea. I lead a Bible study at our parish. We predominately use the NAB because we are doing a study of the Sunday readings and because most of the group owns a NAB (my personal translation of preference is the RSV-CE).

Since no translation is perfect, it is always helpful to have an alternate translation on hand to make an occasional comparison. I often supply an alternate reading of a particular verse when I think it will make things clearer or to bring out a deeper understanding of it.

There are only two possible downsides to you using a different translation from everyone else: [1] If the group gets confused when it is your turn to read and you have to interpret the sometimes archaic language in the DRV, and [2] if you get frustrated because everyone elses reading is different from yours. Worse case scenario is if a showdown results over whether the group should insist on only one translation. Feelings get hurt that way.

If you have any doubts and if you are not the leader of the group (and presuming the group has a leader) I would check with him or her first.

 

[Corki]

Thanks, Jeanne. I do love my DR, and the group is used to me not using the NAB, so hopefully that won’t bother them!

The facilitator sometimes is glad I have a different translation, too!

I facilitate a Bible Study and I agree with your facilitator.

Most of the studies we have done use RSV-CE as the text in the materials but the majority of the participants bring NABs. We have one “regular” who totes her Haydock and we always seem to be going back to those notes when there is a deeper question.

 

[AngelRose81]

I think it is basically a good idea. I lead a Bible study at our parish. We predominately use the NAB because we are doing a study of the Sunday readings and because most of the group owns a NAB (my personal translation of preference is the RSV-CE).

Since no translation is perfect, it is always helpful to have an alternate translation on hand to make an occasional comparison. I often supply an alternate reading of a particular verse when I think it will make things clearer or to bring out a deeper understanding of it.

There are only two possible downsides to you using a different translation from everyone else: [1] If the group gets confused when it is your turn to read and you have to interpret the sometimes archaic language in the DRV, and [2] if you get frustrated because everyone elses reading is different from yours. Worse case scenario is if a showdown results over whether the group should insist on only one translation. Feelings get hurt that way.

If you have any doubts and if you are not the leader of the group (and presuming the group has a leader) I would check with him or her first.

Thanks for the (name removed by moderator)ut. We don’t normally read aloud and if we do, our commentaries contain the NAB so that’s not big deal. And I’m used to reading different translations coming from a protestant background where everybody (almost) had a different translation! Plus we actually have some protestants that come to our studies that have their bibles so it’s not too different. Our leader actually likes to point out that the Catholic church has different approved translations and why we have them.

 

[AngelRose81]

I facilitate a Bible Study and I agree with your facilitator.

Most of the studies we have done use RSV-CE as the text in the materials but the majority of the participants bring NABs. We have one “regular” who totes her Haydock and we always seem to be going back to those notes when there is a deeper question.

I wish they would publish a really nice flexible leather Haydock DR in addition to the hardback leather already available. I would so pay the money for that one!

 

[tobinatorstark]

I was thinking about using the Douay Rheims Bible (Baronius Press Ed.) for our Bible study at church. The main reason I want to use it is that it’s set up great in my opinion, with footnotes instead of endnotes, scripture refs, good size etc. PLUS it’s a great translation

What do you all think about it? Or should I keep using my RSV-CE.

FYI, most everyone in the Bible Study uses the NAB, but I’m just not the biggest fan of it so I’ve always used the RSV-CE, but I was just thinking about using my DR.

The only downside I can think of is I like to highlight in my Bible and I’ve not yet highlighted this one, but I don’t think it would be bad too.

What does everyone think?

I always use the D-R. I belong to CRHP (Christ Renews His Parish). Everyone uses the NAB and personally don’t care for it. I use my D-R and when I gave my witness in Februrary, I used the D-R and the Latin Vulgate for my daily readings. The only time I quote scripture not in the D-R is when I quote from the Catechism. The Catechism is the best book outside the Bible, but I wished they used the D-R instead of the RSV-CE. I find the D-R the most helpful in almost all circumstances.