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Title: New American Bible: St. Joseph Edition: Brown Leather by Catholic Book Publishing Co ISBN: 0-89942-953-X Publisher: Catholic Book Pub Co Pub. Date: December, 1988 Format: Leather Bound Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.75 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Most Faithful (pardon the pun!) Bible Ever!
Comment: Of the many changes and reforms that came about as a result of the Second Vatican Council, some of those that were most readily apparent to the Catholic Faithful were the order for Masses and the Liturgy to be conducted in the vernacular (the local language) rather than in Latin, and the increased emphasis placed on the reading and study of the Holy Scriptures. In carrying out these reforms, American Catholic scholars recognized the need for a new, more faithful translation of the Bible.
Previous Catholic Bibles had been based on the Latin Vulgate, written by St. Jerome. With the New American Bible, the translators went back to the original Hebrew and Greek writings to be as accurate to the meanings of the authors as is possible in a translation. The result is a marvelously faithful, clear, concise and, perhaps most importantly, unbiased translation that has been of immense value not just to Catholics, but to Christians of every denomination and non-Christian scholars as well.
A further advantage of the NAB is that the Liturgy of the Church, the traditional Catholic book of daily prayers, was revised and re-written to be based on the NAB. This means that scriptural passages contained in the Liturgy will appear the same as they do in your own Bible, facilitating personal Bible study.
Appreciation of the NAB's accuracy and easy language is not limited only to Christian study. The Bible is a primary source for knowledge of ancient history, especially when compared to the records of other cultures from the same period, and here the unbiased, faithful translation of ancient texts is most useful.
Whether a you are a Christian of any denomination, a student of ancient history, or a student of literature wishing to read the stories which so much of our western culture is based on, the New American Bible will be by far the most useful translation of the Bible for you.
Rating: 4
Summary: Hard to get the best of both worlds...
Comment: The commentator in my previous Bible was a dispensationalist, and a zealous believer in justification by faith alone. In short, he was theologically out of his mind. So, I switched to this Bible. And it is a significant improvement. The commentary is theologically sound, it doesn't relate every other verse to the millenial kingdom, and its explanations of the nuances of the Hebrew text are quite helpful. The translation is excellent, and the deuterocanonicals are right where they should be. The pictures are beautiful as well.
But the one thing that irks me about this Bible, a problem totally absent from my previous copy, is how the commentators present liberal dates for the authorship of the books as fact, while in reality those dates are still hotly debated. For example, they state, as fact, that Daniel was written during the reign of Antiochus Epiphanus between 167 and 164 B.C. The book loses so much prophetic force if you admit such a late date! Suddenly, Daniel's incredibly accurate prediction of history is reduced to a summary of events which have already transpired. Now, if the internal and external evidence pointed clearly to this late date of authorship, I would of course accept it. But I think a good case can be made for the early date.
So, in summary, I guess my advice would be to buy this Bible for it's great translation and its helpful commentary, but to take all the liberal historical criticism with a grain of salt. Maybe in Robert Sungenis' Catholic Apologetics Study Bible I will finally be able to find good Catholic commentary and conservative scholarship in the same package.
Rating: 1
Summary: How On Earth Did They Convince Anyone To Worship El?
Comment: I'm on my own self-directed study of world religions. I decided to start by reading the Christian Bible. I did a little research to find out what version was considered the most accurate.
I found out that the version that is considered the most accurate translation is this one so I decided to read this version.
So far all El, better known as Yahweh of Jehovah, has done, is to punish everybody!
And talk about sexist! Unless brute force was used I can't imagine any wombon of that period voluntarily joining a religion that holds us in such low regard!
The most blatant example of that so far is the story of Abram being a pimp for his wife! And who does El decide to punish this? Not Abram or even Sarai, but the innocent bystander, Pharoh.
I would excpect a god to be a little more logical and just!
I'll be updating this review as I read more of this particular mythology.
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Title: Catechism of the Catholic Church by U.S. Catholic Church ISBN: 0385479670 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: Glencoe Keyboarding with Computer Applications, Complete Course, Spiral-Bound Student Edition, Lessons 1-150 by Johnson, Chiri, Cotton, Stanley, McGraw-Hill ISBN: 0028041712 Publisher: Glencoe/MacMillan McGraw Hill Pub. Date: 16 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $64.64 |
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Title: Language Network: Grammar Usage and Mechanics by Na ISBN: 0618052615 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.24 |
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Title: Vocabulary for Achievement: 3rd Course by Richek ISBN: 0669464791 Publisher: Great Source Education Group Inc Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.80 |
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Title: Fitness for Life by Ruth Lindsey, Charles B. Corbin ISBN: 0736044949 Publisher: Human Kinetics Pub Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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