the-new-jerusalem-bible-the-complete-text-of-the-ancient-canon-of-the-scriptures

MUST HAVE, MUST HAVE... please get into production ASAP.

-Dan

I do know we have the bare text known as the readers edition, but the notes of the full edition are very important. They tend not to be dogmatic meaning they are of great value for all Christians, not just roman catholics. The notes are broad and over all (to give a comparison to something people might know better) they seem to me over all to be a little more robust than the NIV Study Bible's notes. Indeed these make a substantial commentary to Holy Scripture. I do not have access to all the notes online but I will again share the following example as to why you need to seriously consider picking up this bargain.

1 At many moments in the past and by many means, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; 2 but in our time, the final days, ^a he has spoken to us in the person of his Son, ^b whom he appointed heir of all things ^cand through whom he made the ages. ^d 3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and bears the impress of God’s own being, ^e sustaining all things by his powerful command; and now that he has purged sins away, he has taken his seat at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high. 4 So he is now as far above the angels as the title which he has inherited is higher than their own name. 

  a. In the fullness of time, Mk 1:15; Ga 4:4c, the last times or the last days begin, Ac 2:17; 1 P 1:20. 
  b. After the prophets, God sends an envoy who is no longer a mere messenger like the others; he is ‘Son’, cf. Mk 12:2-6; Rm 1:4c, he is even the Word, Jn 1:1a, 14m. 
  c. To be a son implies having the right to inherit, cf. Mt 21:38, Ga 4:7. Here, however, God is credited with the handing over of the whole creation because the inheritance in question is messianic and eschatological. 
  d. Hebraism for the whole of creation. 
  e. These two metaphors are borrowed from the sophia and logos theologies of Alexandria, Ws 7:25-26; they express both the identity of nature between Father and Son, and the distinction of persons. The Son is the brightness, the light shining from its source, which is the bright glory, see Ex 24:16f, of the Father (‘Light from Light’). He is also the replica, see Col 1:15d, of the Father’s substance, like an exact impression made by a seal on clay or wax, cf. Jn 14:9.

It obviously is no multi volume commentary but it gives you the insight of a one volume commentary for the price of a Bible translation.

-Dan

$10 is the readers edition... to carry on the comparison I made above, this is the Study Bible Edition (although technically these extensive translations notes were removed  and not added like the NIV Study Bible). So this is very much like comparing a pew bible and asking why the Study Bible costs more. The simple answer is it is more than the base Biblical text.

-Dan

PS: I can also tell you from the description the page count is wrong.. 2108 pages is what the pictured/ offered version is.