New Year New Jerusalem Bible with full study notes
https://www.logos.com/product/53053/the-new-jerusalem-bible-the-complete-text-of-the-ancient-canon-of-the-scriptures
This one needs a push
P A
agreed. would love to see this in development.
have pre-ordered already.
I know I have shared this in other threads but to give people a feel for what is in the notes compared to the rudimentary notes found in the readers edition I will place this here again.…
Many of you may well have the readers edition of NJB in your Libraries but to give you an idea for those of you not familiar with it. Imagine the NIV Study Bible was published first and the the translation was excised out of it with the bare minimal notes.
This is the full text:
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 c and 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.
This is what the readers version we currently own in Logos provides:
1 At many moments in the past and by many means, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but 2 in our time, the final days, he has spoken to us in the person of his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things and through whom he made the ages. 3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and bears the impress of God’s own being, * 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. 4So he is now as far above the angels as the title which he has inherited is higher than their own name.
* cf. Ws 7:25–26.
The New Jerusalem Bible (New York: Doubleday, 1985), Heb 1:1–4.
This is an invaluable work that every scholar of the Bible should want in their library. For $15.99 it is one of the greatest bargains you will find in the Logos world. Please consider ordering it to help bring this work in it's fullness to Logos. Please note that often times the notes are far more verbose and occasionally in some books of the OT they are less so, that is the nature of Bible commentaries and Study Bibles.
-Dan
Yes this does indeed need a push ! I pre-ordered this a while back. Come on, people bid, and let's get this into production !!!!!!
Bump
I saw P A's bump again, and sighed ... this prepub is an innocent victim of the 'Denise rule'; if only 50% after a few weeks, then a perminent prepub.
I really would like this prepub ... but the title is the poison pill. Most people already have their favorite Bibles. Just like NET, the value is the notes.
And NJSB (renamed) has really fascinating notes. In Dan's example, note 'a' is really interesting .... fullness of time, last times, or the interesting one, last days begin. I also wonder about note 'd'; maybe. Note 'e' is quite good too; quite a bit is tracable to Alexandria.
Too bad we couldn't break into Bellingham HQ ... joking, of course (have to add that these days).
You're fortunate to be able to access the Readers Version let alone look forward to the full Study Bible. Those of us living outside of the USA & Canada are prevented by copyright restrictions from purchasing a copy!
The Exegetical Summary series often refers to NJB, and those summaries are used by many Bible translators mostly in locations outside USA and Canada.
(Dont tell anyone: You can place pre-orders on restricted products even when you're outside North America!)
'Denise rule'; if only 50% after a few weeks, then a permanent prepub
Sad fact, but this seems to prove it - I have pre-ordered this in 2013:
https://www.logos.com/product/30801/commentary-on-the-new-testament-from-the-talmud-and-midrash
On the bright side Bullinger critical lexicon being released 4 November
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Perhaps it will show up in one of the L7 expansion bundles, to help get it into production.
Love your profile photo, by the way. Always puts a smile on my face!
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This is just a duplicate post from another thread:
BUMP... We need a lot of movement to get this fine work into Logos.
Four reasons to get the NJB complete.
1) The NJB is quite simply a literary masterpiece. It communicates the Bible in a way that is hard to explain I remember one protestant minster telling me back in the early 90's that it was the most accurate translation since the KJV... Now one can take that statement as you will, but the truth of the matter is the quality of the translation and poetic stylings make this a work that speaks to ones soul. Without the notes you are left with singing and no music. The notes explain things give valuable references.
2) The notes indeed the entire project was done primarily by scholars living in the Holy Land at the École Bibliotech living there offers them insights that can easily be missed by those from away.
3)This work is widely respected not only by Roman Catholics but also many protestant bodies and even in non-religious circles as a good Bible to study and use for reference.
4)While used by many it is written from a catholic perspective although very little dogma ever makes it into the notes, the authors took seriously the wider canon and refer to it. For example quite often Paul's virtual quoting of the wisdom of solomon is over looked. The NJB notes do make note of this... That is not to try to say Paul believed Wis. to be scripture but it is nice to see where some of his quotations are coming from.
The lack of this full edition in Logos feels much like an orchestra missing a violin. Logos functions well without it but there is definitely something missing, please consider getting it, it may be the best $16 you have spent to expand the breadth of your logos library. If you are protestant if gives you a solid look into catholic scholarship, if you are RC is gives you one of the finest study Bibles the Catholic Church has ever produced. Thank you for your time and please have a blessed advent season.
This is my favorite Bible of ALL TIME. If I could pre-order more than one copy to speed up the process I would do so.
Help us out please. [:$]
