The Jerusalem Bible (Standard Edition)

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All materials contained on this site, whether written, audible or visual are the exclusive property of Catholic Online and are protected under U. The Jerusalem Bible is one of the versions authorized to be used in services of the Episcopal Church. The Douay-Rheims doesn’t even take into take into account 500 years of Bible scholarship advancements in Bible studies. Coincidentally, the Qumran text sometimes agrees with the Septuagint, from about the same period, rather than with the later Masoretic text. The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jérusalem, is followed only where the text admits to more than one interpretation.

This handy-sized Pocket Edition presents the New Jerusalem Bible in an easily accessible and manageable form suitable for everyone.Since the launch of the Jerusalem Bible more than fifty years ago, one of the most important elements of the JB and the NJB has been their comprehensive study footnotes and book introductions.

I saw that one person's review said that Chapter 7 of Isaiah was missing, so I checked and the one I just received has that chapter included so if it was a previous mistake it has been corrected. So convenient specially when you prefer to work your ears rather than your eyes to renew your faith by hearing. R. Tolkien translated the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible, although its final version was heavily edited, and he is listed among its "principal collaborators".I was originally assigned a large amount of text to translate, but after doing some necessary preliminary work I was obliged to resign owing to pressure of other work, and only completed 'Jonah', one of the shortest books. I am used to having the verse number start off the specified verse, with a large number marking the start of a chapter, or a clear chapter heading. Formerly a senior lecturer in divinity at Christ's College, Liverpool, he studied at Upholland College in Lancashire, the Gregorian University, and the Biblical Institute in Rome, as well as L'École Biblique in Jerusalem. The French reference for The New Jerusalem Bible, and the source of its study notes, is the French La Bible de Jérusalem, last updated in 1998, a new Bible project is currently operating under the title The Bible in its Traditions.

It is commonly held that the Jerusalem Bible was not a translation from the French; rather, it was an original translation heavily influenced by the French. Substantially revising the JB and NJB texts, the new translation "applies formal equivalence translation for a more accurate rendering of the original scriptures, sensitivity to readable speech patterns and more inclusive language". Your Catholic Voice Foundation has been granted a recognition of tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.If you are a frequent reader of The Catholic Man Reviews, you may know by now that I have reviewed a number of Bibles, and today is another review of a Bible: The Jerusalem Bible, Reader’s Edition published by Doubleday. The revised text is accompanied by new introductions, and textual and liturgical notes, supplemented as needed with material from the notes to the New Jerusalem Bible.

According to the notes, more weight will be given to the Septuagint in the translation of the Hebrew Bible Scriptures, though the Masoretic Text will remain the primary source. Its actually translated from the original Hebrew and Greek, as opposed from the Latin Vulgate like the Douay-Rheims bible, that was translated over 500 years ago. When the French version was updated in 1973, the changes were used to revise the Jerusalem Bible, creating the New Jerusalem Bible. And the notes are by far one of the Bible’s best features I found the JB to be an excellent balance between thought for thought and word for word.Remains faithful to the meaning of the original scriptures while avoiding traditional male bias of the English language. As a Greek scholar I was particularly interested with the updated Greek text of the New Testament (which incorporated variant readings from different text traditions other than manuscripts that had been used in 19th and early 20th Greek texts of scripture. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation.