Product Description

Over 650 lively articles draw on the most current biblical scholarship and combine with the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible to address the interests and real-life concerns of today's Catholic young people. The Catholic Youth Bible is designed to help adolescents and young adults:

* answer life's important questions
* see themselves as a vital part of God's saving work in the world
* make connections to Catholic beliefs and traditions
* read the Bible regularly
* study the Bible, pray the Bible, live the Bible!

Attractively designed in two colors, The Catholic Youth Bible includes many engaging, insightful, and inspiring features: * introductions to important biblical people
* background information about the culture and traditions of biblical times
* articles that trace the biblical roots of many Catholic beliefs and practices
* articles that share African American, Asian American, Hispanic and Latino American, and Native American cultural experiences, religious symbols, prayers, and poetry related to the Bible
* articles that help the reader use the Bible for personal prayer
* articles that apply the Bible's messages to relevant situations young people face now over seventy illustrations throughout the Bible
* eight reading plans
* four special indexes to events, people, and teachings; sacrament connections; life and faith issues; and article subjects
* nine full-color maps
* two full-color timelines of biblical and historical events
* twenty-three full-color photographs of biblical places and multicultural images of Jesus

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6804 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-15
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1600 pages

Mitch Finley, The Catechists Connection, March 2000
Speaking of Bible study programs, three cheers for The Catholic Youth Bible. This is, without question, the best edition of the Bible ever produced for Catholic youth. I hardly know where to begin to describe it. The Catholic Youth Bible includes advice for interpreting the Bible from a Catholic perspective; articles to help the reader understand culture and traditions and how these affect the biblical documents and their interpretation; Catholic Connections articles that explain the scriptural roots of Catholic tradition and beliefs; and multi-cultural articles to reflect African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic and Latino, and Native American cultural experiences, symbols, prayers and poetry related to the Bible. You need to see it for yourself, thats all there is to it. The Catholic Youth Bible is the ultimate resource to give Catholic youth familiarity with the Scriptures.

Church, Winter 1999
Catholics have lagged behind [Protestants] in making the Bible attractive and accessible to ordinary Christians of any age. Fortunately, . . . things are changing with this Christian Brothers publication [from Saint Mary's Press].

The core of The Catholic Youth Bible is not new; rather it is simply the Catholic edition of the New Revised Standard Version, which has been authorized by the NCCB and the Catholic bishops of Canada. The innovations come in the format and special features of the Bible, designed to attract young people and encourage them to read the text for themselves. . . . this paperback is a colossal bargain at $27.95.

Winona Daily News, December 19, 1999
One biblical scholar . . . said The Catholic Youth Bible marked the first time since the First Vatican Counciland perhaps everthat a publisher had produced a complete Catholic Bible for youths.

Saint Mary's Press decided to undertake such a monumental project because The Catholic Youth Bible more thoroughly reflected [its] core values than perhaps any previous project . . . to share the good news of Jesus with young people.

Since kids were the targeted readership, they were the ones Saint Marys Press turned to in determining how to present the material in the Bible. The question uppermost in the minds of researchers was: What happens when kids read the Bible?

What they discovered from teen focus groups is that young people often find the Bible overwhelming and intimidating. So the Bibles architects devised a series of aids geared to help young people navigate it.

Customer Reviews

excellent choice
this is an excellent bible for catholic teens! well designed with tons of question and answer pages and how biblical teachings can be applied to real life! I definitely recommend!

Adult Bible Study
This bible is great for bible study even when everyone in the group is an adult. The sidebars add interesting facts that we may not have obtained otherwise.

Catholic Youth Bible RSV
A nice bible but transcribed in a version that is supposed to make for a better understanding. Good reading but not to be used for "quoting from the bible". The extra pages of explaination are great. I think a person could pick this up and find lots of interesting facts besides the bible itself. The pages are pretty thin if you want to highlight or mark in this book it would come thru the other side of the page. I would recommend this bible for casual reading and a good way to "get in touch" with bibical readings.