Bibles needed in Verbum

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith Member, MVP Posts: 53,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 20 in Resources Forum

MIA in Verbum:

  • New Catholic Bible (NCB) because it is starting to be a translation used by laity in Bible study
  • Jerusalem Bible (JB) because of its liturgical use in some parts of the world
  • Christian Community Bible because of its popularity with a segment of laity

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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  • John W Gillis
    John W Gillis Member Posts: 133 ✭✭

    A hearty concurrence from me on these requests:

    I posted a request for the NCB in feedback.faithlife.com early this year; it has received only four votes. More votes would be welcome: https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/new-catholic-bible

    I've wanted an electronic edition of the JB for a long time - it's a unique translation. Also, the full annotations in the regular edition JB are terrific - better than the NJB notes we were able to get a couple years ago.

    However, if I had to choose between the JB and the RNJB (Revised New Jerusalem Bible) in Verbum at this point, I would take the RNJB in a heartbeat. Not only is the translation much better (i.e. much more formal than the loose JB), but it is expected to replace the JB in liturgical usage in many jurisdictions soon. Between the RNJB and the ESV-CE (and less so the RSV-2CE), I anticipate the JB will ride off into the liturgical sunset soon. A Feedback request for the RNJB is here: https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/the-revised-new-jerusalem-bible. The JB is also listed on Feedback, here: https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/the-jerusalem-bible

     The CCB is available online, and it doesn't seem to be very tightly managed, if I could put it like that. It would be a nice addition - I would buy it - but it's less important to me than the others mentioned. There is a revision of it, published originally in India in 2008 by the Society of St Paul, that might be a better target: The New Community Bible. 

    Another potential Catholic Bible addition would be the 1941 Confraternity NT, which is now public domain. Sophia Institute Press has recently (2020) published it (both print & ePub) in a reader's edition (no chapter/verse markings), 

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