Value of Ignatius edition

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Will put it this way, so many that about 5 years ago I decided only digital editions from now on šŸ™‚
 
Read the links that I posted above to learn more about different Ignatius Bibles.

When people discuss the orthodoxy of a translation, it is strange. Translation is an art, not a science. The orthodoxy is primarily determined by the footnotes.
 
Once one has a well founded education in Catholic doctrine and a well formed Catholic identity, one should never fear books. Indeed, Catholic researchers and scholars throughout history have made it a points to read widely, even heretical books, as to be better versed in a variety of perspectives. Catholic monasteries have been the main conservators of such documents.
 
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As a book dealer once told me, just because a book is old does not mean it has financial value. It may have sentimental value, but, you cannot sell sentiment. (Apparently he never heard of Thomas Kinkade or Walt Disney, but, I digressā€¦)
 
@ShowersofRoses:
Do you know whether the RSV-2CE is available online? I would like very much to buy a copy.

@TheLittleLady:
Thank you for the reminder. šŸ™‚ I will look at those links.
 
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@TheLittleLady and @TigerLily-1
Thank you both for the links. šŸ™‚ Iā€™ve purchased the RSV2CE and the New Testament study bible.
 
I have the Didache Bible, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible NT, and the full edition (non-study Bible) Ignatius RSV-CE.

As a few have already said, the ICSB NT is great, and I too long for the day when the entire OT is complete and the entire ICSB, OT and NT, is available. Us Catholics are in a desert compared to our Protestant brethren who have multiple quality study Bibles available. Aside from the problematic New American Bible study editions (no thanks), I believe the Navarre is available (but is it NT only?) or the Jerusalem Bible, but I read that in spots it tends to take a liberal view of some Scripture. I could be wrong, though. Otherwise, Catholics do not have a complete, modern, orthodox study Bible available. I suppose one could purchase a Haydock Douay-Rheims, but that edition is about 140 years old.

The Ignatius Study Bible has great, balanced yet certainly trending orthodox introductions to each book, the footnotes especially are helpful with the quotes from the Fathers appearing often.

The Didache has a helpful approach with the CCC references, but I find the book introductions inconsistent. The NT book intros are quite orthodox and essentially affirm apostolic authorship of the entire NT canon. But the OT intros seem like they were prepared by a different author and many times cave in to a quite liberal approach to OT. The documentary hypothesis is basically accepted with no consideration for a different development of the Pentateuch. And then it says Isaiah probably didnā€™t write any of his prophecies at all. Odd.

I have had to buy a Zondervan NIV study Bible to get the type of historical and cultural background to each book of the Bible. But obviously that comes with a cost, as the complete Catholic OT is not in there and you have to deal with Protestant theology in the footnotes. However, I bought it mainly for the introductions which are very good.

If Ignatius had some kind of ā€œgo fund meā€ page where we can chip in and allow the ICSB authors to work on the OT full time, Iā€™d certainly contribute!
 
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I have a Zondervan NIV which is 2800 pagesā€¦it is manageable to hold, but does not fold over well and the pages are necessarily very thin. But I do have hope that we can manage a similar Catholic study Bible in one edition! Although we do have a longer OT than them, so it may come in at well over 3,000 pages!
 
If you have one of the installments of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, or the New Testament, you see that it is 30 - 50% footnotes, questions, ā€œhelpsā€. That will in essence double the size.

That is why I LOVE Bibles on my Kindle. I can underline, highlight, make notes, jump to references from hyperlinks without flipping pages, make the font as large as I need and it still fits in my purse.
 
I have the Ignatius Study Bible NT and love it! I donā€™t have the full RSV-CE and like the New American Bible Revised Edition for the OT and psalms. Also, I really like the New King James Version for simple reading.

The other study Bibles I have are an older edition (not the newest one) of the NAB Study Bible, which I donā€™t like, and an ESV Study Bible, which is a protestant study bible that isnā€™t too bad if you understand its ā€œslantā€ (which I think is a Reformed slant).
 
Oh, how I wish I did have The Didache Bible! šŸ˜€

Iā€™m now on a fixed income and my Bible buying and profligate book buying days are over. ā˜¹ļø However, because The Didache Bile has such a good reputation, Iā€™m trying to save up for it.

You said you have The Didache Bible? Do you have the NABRE or RSV-CE2 version? What do you think about it?
 
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The Didache has a helpful approach with the CCC references, but I find the book introductions inconsistent. The NT book intros are quite orthodox and essentially affirm apostolic authorship of the entire NT canon. But the OT intros seem like they were prepared by a different author and many times cave in to a quite liberal approach to OT. The documentary hypothesis is basically accepted with no consideration for a different development of the Pentateuch. And then it says Isaiah probably didnā€™t write any of his prophecies at all. Odd.
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I never noticed this, because I never read the intros, only the commentary. All the commentary Iā€™ve read so far (in my RSV-2CE) was conservative and orthodox, so I hope thatā€™s true for all of it. Iā€™m disappointed to hear the OT introductions have liberal scholarship like thatā€¦will have to be more careful in recommending it. However, so far Iā€™ve been pleased with it and how it all relates to the Catechism. I also agree that the lack of good Catholic study Bibles, or any Bibles for that matter, is mind-boggling.
 
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When it was first published, if I remember correctly, there were two Bible translations that used the Didache footnotes: the RSVCE2 and the NABRE. šŸ¤”
 
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