We need a better Catholic Study bible

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Here is one I have created.

credobiblestudy.com/

I am trying to improve it and fill in content, and one day when i run into a lot of money I will be able to host the NAB and RSVCE versions which have licensing fees 🙂

Hope you enjoy
 
PietroPaolo said:
Check out the Navarre Study Bible. I can’t recommend it first hand, but have heard great things. The entire NT is HERE The OT is HERE
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The Navarre Bible is very good. It uses the RSV-CE translation in a very readable size 11 font. The Navarre commentary is very theological and Catholic. It references Church Fathers, Popes, Saints and the Catechism in its notes. The Book introductions are extensive and very good! There are 10 hardback volumes. There are 7 volumes covering the OT and 3 covering the NT. All the hardback volumes have sewn bindings, and use thick enough paper that there is very little bleed through. The commentary notes (which in many cases takes up most of the page) use the same font size as the text and are very easy to read. The one down side is that the maps are black and white and not color. Each volume has a map or two which pertain to that particular volume of the Bible.

Now the biggest setback is the cost: 39 to 44 (US) dollars per volume, which can equal more than 400 dollars for the whole set. What I did was buy them over a period of time. I bought one volume a month (or so), over a period of about one year. I started with (Gospels and Acts) as my first volume, then collected the other two books of the NT. Then the whole OT starting with (The Pentateuch). I also use other commentaries, but the Navarre series ‘balances out’ the other commentaries which tend to be a little more historical-critical. 👍
 
The New Catholic Answer Study Bible (crossroadsinitiative.com/resource_info/213.html) has been of imeasureable help to me in my quest to better learn my faith.

I am a lifelong Catholic and this Bible is by far the best one I’ve ever had for really learning about Christianity from the Catholic perspective.
 
rfournier103 said:
The New Catholic Answer Study Bible (crossroadsinitiative.com/resource_info/213.html) has been of imeasureable help to me in my quest to better learn my faith.

I am a lifelong Catholic and this Bible is by far the best one I’ve ever had for really learning about Christianity from the Catholic perspective.
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eyesoftheworld said:
Are the notes liberal?
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Well… It’s the NAB, so make of that what you will. There are instructional pages throughout the Bible dedicated to things like “Why do Catholics Pray for the Dead?” and other hot topics. After a summary of the “whys” and the “wherefores”; at the bottom of the page it will give a list of verses in the Bible to support the particular Catholic practice under discussion. Following the Bible verses cited; it will also cite sections of the CCC to further justify the practice in question.

I suppose the notes could be more strict; but I think it’s a good start, and it’s been very useful for helping me learn my way around the Bible. When funding permits, I’ll buy a more “strict” Bible; but I’ll continue to use this one as my “study Bible” full of highlights and so on…
 
rfournier103 said:
Well… It’s the NAB, so make of that what you will. There are instructional pages throughout the Bible dedicated to things like “Why do Catholics Pray for the Dead?” and other hot topics. After a summary of the “whys” and the “wherefores”; at the bottom of the page it will give a list of verses in the Bible to support the particular Catholic practice under discussion. Following the Bible verses cited; it will also cite sections of the CCC to further justify the practice in question.

I suppose the notes could be more strict; but I think it’s a good start, and it’s been very useful for helping me learn my way around the Bible. When funding permits, I’ll buy a more “strict” Bible; but I’ll continue to use this one as my “study Bible” full of highlights and so on…
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Thanks. I am thinking of checking it out.
 
Neofight said:
Been there done that…finally settled on Verbum capstone by logos. You either have to settle on what you can get in a single study bible, or have a lot of room to amass your own library (not to mention time to find citations in each volume).

I’ve got 1200+ volumes in electronic format, each linked for easy cross references, copy and paste with auto citation footnotes…expensive, but a great package.
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I use logos. They even have apps on their phones for you catholics taht look promising. I never considered you would have issues with study bibles as many resources as I have. I’m not sure why a mature RCCer would have issues using some of the study tools I have though…
 
DAML72 said:
I have The New American Bible that was given to me by the Parish when I entered RCIA. It’s not a study bible, per se, but it has lots of great footnotes. I also still want a study bible, but you might want to get a copy (if you don’t have one already) just for daily reading, etc.
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I agree wholeheartedly! But try the Catholic Study Bible, Second Edition of the New American Bible. It has extensive materials in its Reading Guide of 525 pages! There are also many maps, well-written introductory material before each book and a glossary. There is a chart of the Lectionary for the 3-year cycle, an index to the Reading Guide, and a concise concordance. Extensive notes on specific verses are included at the bottom of each page.

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I think the Catholic Church is just beginning to see the “market” for Catholic Bible Study. You’d think that with all the seminaries and Catholic colleges around, that some really good collections would be out there.

In a post long ago, I stated my wish list for a study bible, with an electronic version for my p.c., maps hyperlinked into the test, a full catholic concordance, cross-references available in a dual window configuration, links to the catechism, etc.

As it is, we muddle along with what we have, with multiple sources.

I’ve heard that the richest trove of Bible studies are all but inaccessible, in the Vatican archives, in Latin, primarily.

I’m past the age where my mind is sopping up knowledge like a sponge; I like to read the commentaries, like the Intervarsity Press Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (all Catholic early church fathers,as far as I can tell) which I read for inspiration, rarely ever to teach anybody else anything.
 
I use Logos/Verbum and have upgraded packages (to Scripture Study+ currently) plus a lot of extra volumes and resources purchased. This is the tool you need for the kind of Bible study you’re talking about. The Exegetical Guide and the Passage Guide tools are excellent. I have made a custom guide with all the search tools loaded. I keep the bars collapsed so I open up just which feature I want to use at the moment.

To study Greek and Hebrew lemmas, interlinear, clause visualizations, comparing passages in different versions, etc., as well as having prioritized parallel resources for each category (bibles, commentaries, language resources, dictionaries, etc.) makes this a power tool.

I just went through Camp Logos last week so I am supercharged as a power user all of a sudden. It was excellent.

Once I have this current payment plan finished, I will upgrade to Capstone+. 😃
 
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