Whats the best Roman Catholic biblical commentary?

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whats the difference btw the ignatius and navarene one?

elmatt - i am a religious studies major and veyr familiar with HBC, is that all that commentary is? Is a regurgitation of HBC? I can find that info elsewhere!
 
The New Jerome Biblical Commentary focuses on the historical critical method of bible study; however, you will find other useful bits of information… but the focus is Historical Critical

I have read through bits and pieces of the Navarre and Ignatius bible commentaries but do not own them…yet; they are expensive. From my limited usage it seems that the Navarre Bible has more information from comments made by the early fathers of the church, and papal encyclicals. The Ignatius Bible Commentary has some information similar to the Navarre but not as extensive; however Scott Hahn has an excellent way of explaining things clearly, which I really appreciate. I would recommend either one depending on what you enjoy reading more; both are solid catholic text. An important point to reiterate from an earlier post is that the Navarre Bible Commentary is complete. Ignatius is still working on completing the NT but has nothing available for the OT. With all that said I would also recommend having the New Jerome Biblical Commentary in addition to one of the others. I found it used on Amazon for about $50.
 
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I have a 200$ expositor bible commentary but its of evangelical nature and was hoping to get a solide catholic one. I am not rich though so i only want to buy one, thats why i ask for the BEST one.
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Well, not on every verse of the Scriptures.
I think the best is to ensure that you have a copy of the
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (With the Index of Citations to Sacred Scripture) at he end of the Book. - It is a golden treasure., Then you can compare with what Catholic and other Christian and No-Christian theologians are saying, and other reference works.
 
for the navarre bible do you recommend getting the individual books by themself or the compact NT edition… the compact one it says is 1/3 the size. They then sell th eindividual books by themself or you can buy the gospels together, etc.
 
p.s has anyone here read both the navarre bible and Ignatius Catholic Study Bible ? How do they compair? I can not afford both!

p.s.s. (lol) whats others opinions on the other books mentioned in the posts above? It seems the consensus lies ont he navarre, ignatiurs and new jerome.
 
  1. Haydock Douay Rheims (Commentary by Church Fathers and Saints compiled by Fr Leo George Haydock)
  2. Catena Aurea (The Golden Chain - commentary on of the Gospels by the Early Church Fathers compiled by St. Thomas Aquinas)
  3. Navarre Bible (large proportion of commentary by St Jose Maria Escriva)
  4. Ignatius Study Bible (individual volumes but incomplete, by Scott Hahn)
There also is substantial commentary in the Christian Community Bible and 1966 Jerusalem Bible.
 
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p.s has anyone here read both the navarre bible and Ignatius Catholic Study Bible ? How do they compair? I can not afford both!

p.s.s. (lol) whats others opinions on the other books mentioned in the posts above? It seems the consensus lies ont he navarre, ignatiurs and new jerome.
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The Navarre bible is more devotional. The commentary of the Ignatius Study bible is more about explaining the meaning of the text.

I think the New International Commentary would probably be better than the Ignatius study bible. The New International Commentary makes more of an attempt to pull out the themes of the text and to explain the culture I think. It is 1 volume, about 1900 pages and it costs about $100.
 
jimmy - whose that by? Are you usre its one volume and not a set of smaller ones? I can’t find what you ar describing online
 
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jimmy - whose that by? Are you usre its one volume and not a set of smaller ones? I can’t find what you ar describing online
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It is actually called “The International Bible Commentary”. I said it wrong before. It is a series of commentaries by various Catholic theologians from around the world. It is one volume and it is edited by William Farmer. This commentary is very faithful to the Church. Here is the amazon.com page for it.

amazon.com/International-Bible-Commentary-Ecumenical-Twenty-First/dp/0814624545/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7964618-8726511?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174853818&sr=1-1
 
Just to give some perspective on the commentary I mentioned. William Farmer used to be a big time supporter of the idea of Markan priority. He then went through a change of thought and is now a supporter of Mathean priority, which is the traditional view. I think he used to be a protestant and converted to Catholicism.
 
jimmy said:
It is actually called “The International Bible Commentary”. I said it wrong before. It is a series of commentaries by various Catholic theologians from around the world. It is one volume and it is edited by William Farmer. This commentary is very faithful to the Church. Here is the amazon.com page for it.

amazon.com/International-Bible-Commentary-Ecumenical-Twenty-First/dp/0814624545/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7964618-8726511?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174853818&sr=1-1
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Is it possible for you to provide the Credidentials/Qualifications of the the editor William Farmer and some of the contributors/collaborators to enable us to have a better appreciation of their Theological thoughts?

Thank you
 
richardeekw said:
Is it possible for you to provide the Credidentials/Qualifications of the the editor William Farmer and some of the contributors/collaborators to enable us to have a better appreciation of their Theological thoughts?

Thank you
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I don’t know their credentials. All I know about William Farmer is what I have already said. If you do a search on amazon.com you can see that he has written some books on the synoptic problem. There are seventy some contributers.

Here is an article on the commentary.

findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0LAL/is_1_30/ai_94331537

Here is a link to an article by Farmer which is about the spread of the idea of Markan priorrity in the US and in Germany.
 
jimmy said:
I don’t know their credentials. All I know about William Farmer is what I have already said. If you do a search on amazon.com you can see that he has written some books on the synoptic problem. There are seventy some contributers.

Here is an article on the commentary.

findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0LAL/is_1_30/ai_94331537

Here is a link to an article by Farmer which is about the spread of the idea of Markan priorrity in the US and in Germany.
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jimmy

Thanks for your reply.
These days there are too many Theologians writing about the Bible. So it is important to know who they are and what are their creditentials although it is NOT wrong to read from any work as we can cll learn from one another.

It is always good, (in regard to theological works) to know from which perspective the Editor/Author/Contributors are writing from.
  • Catholic, Non-Denominational, Protestant, or Anti-Catholic etc.
    (We can possibly sense this from the Universities they were trained or Lecture)
  • I am sure many of us have received the “Project” (e-mail) from Karl Keating in regard to :Dissenters are trying to destroy the Church from within:. So we need to know who is writing.
Thanks once again. It is certainly helpful.
 
richardeekw said:
jimmy

Thanks for your reply.
These days there are too many Theologians writing about the Bible. So it is important to know who they are and what are their creditentials although it is NOT wrong to read from any work as we can cll learn from one another.

It is always good, (in regard to theological works) to know from which perspective the Editor/Author/Contributors are writing from.
  • Catholic, Non-Denominational, Protestant, or Anti-Catholic etc.
    (We can possibly sense this from the Universities they were trained or Lecture)
  • I am sure many of us have received the “Project” (e-mail) from Karl Keating in regard to :Dissenters are trying to destroy the Church from within:. So we need to know who is writing.
Thanks once again. It is certainly helpful.
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If you want some comfort regarding this commentary, Scott Hahn recommends this commentary as a Catholic commentary.
 
I own the complete set. The two abridged versions one being the NewTestament and eth being Gospel and Acts are usuaully where I start then I go deeper with the individual commentaries and OT commentaries. If you can afford it by the New Testament one and then if you like it buy a new single version every once and awhile.

God Bless
 
The (Douay) Haydock Bible commentary is superb.
But the Navarre Bible commentary is right up there with the best of them, and so is the Ignatius Bible commentary.

I don’t like the New Jerome Biblical Commentary at all.
 
The Historical Critical Method is a Load of Bull .

I had one Priest telling me that the Miracle through Moses Parting the Red Sea wasnt a Miracle but that the Red Sea was at Low Tide at that Point of time.

Yeah then How did all the Eyptians Drown??

its really a bunch of theories by men who have no Faith or relationship with Jesus.

So to make up for that they come up with these clever theories to pad there egos and puff themselves up with there own words.

I reject them Completly ,Christ is my Lord, and I attend to allow him to work through me now, And I will not allow these Teachings of Historical Critical Method be expounded and taught as I sit idle. This is Basically the entire influence of the Nab Footnotes which I deem unfaithful and Fallen .

I plan On contacting my Bishop and My Arch Diocese about these Horrid and Awful interpetations which our based on Mans Pride and Ego then on the humility that comes from seeing the truth.
 
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