ESV Apocrypha Text Edition (Cambridge) to vote on
Please vote on this:
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/esv-apocrypha-text-edition-cambridge
Instead of relying on the only partial Deuterocnanonicals of the ESV Catholic Edition, or having to pay extra for Lutheran Apocrypha commentary that is not needed... how about the full ESV Apocrypha alone?
Link to the Cambridge ESV Apocrypha:
https://www.cambridge.org/us/bibles/bible-versions/english-standard-version/esv-apocrypha-text-edition
PRODUCT DETAILS
Typography: Minion
Page size: 229 x 152 mm
Page extent: 288 pp.
Spine width: c. 22 mm
DATE PUBLISHED: February 2021
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9781108842020
LENGTH: 288 pages
DIMENSIONS: 236 x 157 x 17 mm
WEIGHT: 0.49kg
‘Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden things’, and is the term used to describe the books which were not accepted into the Hebrew Canon, but which survive in the Greek Scriptures. These books were written in the period between the Old and New Testaments.
Until the sixteenth century, the Apocryphal books were an intrinsic part of the Bible, although often regarded as deuterocanonical, or of secondary importance. Martin Luther wrote that they were 'nevertheless useful and good to read'. The Apocrypha still hold value for study and spiritual enlightenment.
This new edition of the ESV Apocrypha includes the same books as found in the Revised Standard Version Apocrypha: Tobit, 1-4 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Judith, Baruch, Psalm 151, along with the additions to Esther and Daniel. Like the ESV Bible, the translation of these books strives for accuracy, providing an essentially literal word-for-word approach to the original texts.
This attractive text edition will be valuable for exploring these texts and enriching understanding of the history and thought of the Jewish people during the centuries leading up to the birth of Christ.
> First publication of the ESV Apocrypha as a standalone version
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A Reformed said:
Until the sixteenth century, the Apocryphal books were an intrinsic part of the Bible, although often regarded as deuterocanonical,
A Reformed said:This new edition of the ESV Apocrypha includes [...] Psalm 151
Just a clarificatory note that Psalm 151 is not part of the Deuterocanon.
A Reformed said:Instead of relying on the only partial Deuterocnanonicals of the ESV Catholic Edition,
The ESVCE includes the entire Deuterocanon. However, it uses a different translation of Tobit than does the ESV Apocrypha.
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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SineNomine said:
Just a clarificatory note that Psalm 151 is not part of the Deuterocanon
It is in the Slavic/Russian Orthodox Bible as canonical. I think of the ecumenical canon of the RSV, NRSV as the present definition of apocrypha/deuterocanon as that hides the differences between Anglican, Lutheran, Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Slavic Orthodox which most people don't want to know ... and sometimes wish I had interests more aligned to their own.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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SineNomine said:A Reformed said:
Until the sixteenth century, the Apocryphal books were an intrinsic part of the Bible, although often regarded as deuterocanonical,
A Reformed said:This new edition of the ESV Apocrypha includes [...] Psalm 151
Just a clarificatory note that Psalm 151 is not part of the Deuterocanon.
A Reformed said:Instead of relying on the only partial Deuterocnanonicals of the ESV Catholic Edition,
The ESVCE includes the entire Deuterocanon. However, it uses a different translation of Tobit than does the ESV Apocrypha.
Sorry, that was my perhaps unusual wording. Yes, the ESV-CE contains the complete Deuterocanonicals as per Roman Catholic tradition.
What I meant was that the ESV-CE only contains the Deuterocanonicals and not the "full" Apocrypha; at least according to Protestant scholarship and the Protestant Bibles from Coverdale to Geneva, the 1611 KJV, etc.
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