Product Description

This first complete study Bible for Catholics combines text from the New American Study Bible with more than 600 pages of completely new study aids,written by many of the finest Catholic scholars. Includes full-color maps and cross references. Lay readers and students especially will appreciate this new study Bible.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #378604 in Books
• Published on: 1990-04-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 2144 pages

From Library Journal
Several years ago, the New American Bible was issued as the official Roman Catholic text for public reading. Based on the original languages, it included introductions and notes from a Roman Catholic perspective. Edited by ecumenically recognized Roman Catholic scholars, but deliberately reflecting Roman Catholic teaching, the present volume includes the complete text of the New American Bible, along with updated essays on the Bible generally and guides to individual books. Each of these guides gives the historical background to the book as well as a bibliography for further reading; for the longer books, a section-by-section commentary is offered, often including a discussion of its current, and Christian, relevance.
-Augustine J. Curley, Newark Abbey, N.J.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
"The best single resource for exploring the world of the Bible."--John H. Donahue, The Jesuit School of Theology "An accessible, erudite but unstuffy volume representing the most up-to-date scholarship while providing countless spiritual insights for modern life....A one-volume treasure...every Catholic can benefit."--America

Customer Reviews

O.K.--without the Psalms
This is a pretty substantial Bible--and, by that I mean heavy. There are lots of articles from "big names" in Catholic Biblical scholarship. So, one will get the most up-to-date thinking on authorship, dates, readings, etc. and so forth. The translation is the same reliable NAB for the Old and New Testaments. The translation of the Hebrew Scriptures can be a little too dynamic, rendering perfectly understandable Hebrew idioms into English. But, the literal Hebrew is usually referenced in the notes. The same could be said for the New Testament. For all its girth, it is not a pretty Bible, though, and the pages are thin. My great disappointment is the bowdlerized version of the Psalms which have been "inclusivized" to the point of mistranslation. It's one thing to translate the generic word for "man" as "human being" or whatever (no, I have no problem with that); quite another to change third-person address into second-person (i.e., "He is the LORD" becomes "You are the LORD.") This is not always done consistently, however, which makes the slipshod translation look even more inconsistent and slipshod. The Book of Psalms is where the NAB's translating committee's agenda trumped its duty to translate . . . and, it is a pity.

A Very Good Study Bible Overall
The Catholic Study Bible is one of the best study bibles for students and scholars of biblical criticism. The biggest asset: the extensive Reading Guides, which are very helpful for gaining a historical perspective and general background on all books of the bible. The New American Bible translation and footnotes are understandable enough, but this study bible lacks an important feature: an index or concordance. This study bible is recommended mainly for those in serious critical bible study, not those in mainstream Christianity.

A Very Good Study Bible Overall
The Catholic Study Bible is one of the best study bibles for students and scholars of biblical criticism. The biggest asset is the extensive Reading Guides which are very helpful for gaining a historical perspective and general background on all books of the bible. The New American Bible translation and footnotes are understandable enough, but this study bible lacks an important feature: an index or concordance. This study bible is recommended mainly for those in serious critical bible study, not normally for the mainstream Christian.