What bible should i read?

[GCTSgrad]

Did I miss something? No one mentioned the NAB? I also wonder why the neither the RSV-CE or the RSV-CE2 is on the list of approved translations, but the NRSV-CE is.

 

[SonCatcher]

Did I miss something? No one mentioned the NAB? I also wonder why the neither the RSV-CE or the RSV-CE2 is on the list of approved translations, but the NRSV-CE is.

That list is only of translations completed since 1991. It also doesn’t include the Jerusalem Bible, even though it is used liturgically in most of the rest of the English-speaking world.

 

[po18guy]

Oxford calls it “apocrypha” (as many Protesant Bibles do) and lack an imprimatur. Personally, I’d wait until they have the latter.

Good point. So, those books would be segregated from the rest. I think the RSV-2CE is OP’s best choice. Human segregation has been condemned, so why does scriptural segregation continue unabated?

 

[ajecphotos]

I just received the RSV-CE version from St Benedict Press!! Lovely bible with Our Lords words in red.

Thing is, not sure which gospel to read first. Read that Luke or Mark are good starting points.

 

[SonCatcher]

I just received the RSV-CE version from St Benedict Press!! Lovely bible with Our Lords words in red.

Thing is, not sure which gospel to read first. Read that Luke or Mark are good starting points.

Funny, I usually hear Matthew and John were the preferred starting points.

The important thing is that you’re reading the Bible, so I wouldn’t be concerned about the rest. Personally, I started at Matthew and read straight through to the end of the NT (well, it took a few years). Then, I went bact to Genesis and read through the end of the OT.