Your Study Bible preferences- Please answer!

[COPLAND_3]

The owner plans to sell leather and hardback binding.

 

[mccorm45]

The owner plans to sell leather and hardback binding.

Outstanding. If you are interested, I’d be happy to talk with you via email about this project. Perhaps we could do a series of posts and interviews about this on my blog.

 

[COPLAND_3]

Sounds good! jlitteral29@gmail.com

 

[Beachcomber]

I have finally gotten the opportunity to get to be a part of a Study Bible project for Consolamini Publications, and we are brainstorming about the layout and what to develop. I really want your ideas, in detail if possible, about what you would want in a Study Bible.

What is for certain is that it is going to be focused around footnotes from the Church Fathers, but later medieval commentators when needed. What we really want to know is what would be preferred, such as layout.

1. Do you prefer the layout such as found in the Ignatius Study Bible, Navarre, Haydock, NAB, or something else?
2. Do you prefer extensive and robust amounts of footnotes, or concise limited amounts, or something in between?
3. Do you prefer a more commentary look such the Ancient Christian Commentary from IVP, or Study Bible look such as the Ignatius Study Bible?
4. Does the idea of multiple volumes turn you off or are you fine with that? What would be your limit to amount of volumes in a series preference, such as a volume for the OT and one for the NT, or volumes such as the Pentateuch in a volume, the Historical books in a volume, the Prophets in a volume and so on? Or would you only want a single volume and nothing else?
5. Does cross-references matter to you?
6. Do you prefer pericopes? Such as little headings for different sections in the Scriptures. Do they matter much to you or not necessary?
7. Would you be fine with the Douay Rheims translation or do you want something different? Would the Douay Rheims be a turn off to you, or does it matter?

Please provide any other details you like!

#2 - Footnotes, please! Personally, I like a ‘robust’ amount.

#3 - A study Bible format. The non-Catholic NIV Study Bible is a good example.

#4 - One volume.

#5 - I like and use cross-references a lot.

#6 - Yes, to the pericopes.

#7 - NRSV is the translation I like to use.

Thanks for posting this. I do a lot of personal Scripture study and your project is something I’ll be looking forward to seeing more about.

 

[RomCatholic314]

What is for certain is that it is going to be focused around footnotes from the Church Fathers, but later medieval commentators when needed. What we really want to know is what would be preferred, such as layout.

1. Do you prefer the layout such as found in the Ignatius Study Bible, Navarre, Haydock, NAB, or something else?
2. Do you prefer extensive and robust amounts of footnotes, or concise limited amounts, or something in between?

Neither. I would suggest a commentary style, instead of notes. It allows you focus more on the meaning of the text, as well as support your claims.

1. Would you be fine with the Douay Rheims translation or do you want something different? Would the Douay Rheims be a turn off to you, or does it matter?

I wouldn’t recommend the Douay Rheims, simply on the fact that I don’t consider the translation literal enough. Nor would I recommend the RSVCE for the same reason (even though its not public domain). Nor really any other translation currently available, in fact.

I would suggest doing a literal translation on your own. However, I wouldn’t recommend putting Scripture and notes side by side, its unnecessary. If you do a commentary, this becomes entirely unnecessary.

As for a literal translation of the Catholic Bible, I have been making some head way, but its going to take some time before its finished. I intend on naming the translation, The Catholic Bible: A Literal Translation. Of course it will be public domain. If you’re interested in doing a collaboration, this would quicken the process. But I must say, even with several individuals on the project, it still would take some time.