LaPetiteSoeur Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 [quote name='faithcecelia' timestamp='1315435753' post='2301808'] Shows how we are all different doesn't it? If I am really studying I like to compart lots of translations, so I can get a broader picture. One I don't have but want to get is the Jewish Study Bible. Obviously its just the Hebrew Scriptures but its really helpful to help understand the Christian Scriptures too as is shows you how Jews feel about their Scriptures. I think Christians tend to forget that Jesus was a Jew, and not a posh one either, so miss an awful lot in the Christian Scriptures by losing the Jewishness. [/quote] My mom's always been fascinated with the connections between Judaism and Christianity; one really cool book she has is about the rosary and Judaism, but I can't remember the name! Anyway, one of my favorite classes I took dealt with the Hebrew Scriptures. I encourage everyone, if they can, to take it; it helped me understand the New Testament, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I have 2 or 3 hard copies,but I have a couple different Bible readers on my iTouch so I really don't know. Lets just say 2-3 for now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Let's see: The Message (makes me want to dig my eyes out sometimes...like in another translation Paul will be talking about being crowned or something, the message says "God's applause! A wild acclaim" or something similar.) KJV NIV NAB NKJV and two teen study Bibles that I don't know the translation of offhand back at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) I only own 2 translations: The 1970 New American Bible that I received from my godmother/confirmation sponsor/aunt when I was confirmed in April 1998. I have read it. The Jerusalem Bible (printed by Doubleday; Reader's Digest) which my grandmother gave me to read (I never have). I used to own a KJV Bible before I reverted to the Church but I've since donated it to Goodwill. Edited September 8, 2011 by MaterMisericordiae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithcecelia Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 [quote name='BG45' timestamp='1315449092' post='2301974'] Let's see: The Message (makes me want to dig my eyes out sometimes...like in another translation Paul will be talking about being crowned or something, the message says "God's applause! A wild acclaim" or something similar.) KJV NIV NAB NKJV and two teen study Bibles that I don't know the translation of offhand back at home. [/quote] I cannot stand The Message! One minister in the church I was brought up in loved it and I used to cringe every time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 [quote name='faithcecelia' timestamp='1315471428' post='2302052'] I cannot stand The Message! One minister in the church I was brought up in loved it and I used to cringe every time! [/quote] My copy is mainly for "giggles" as cmaria put it. x.x But I agree...it's quite...cringeworthy. For those who haven't heard of it, it's an attempt to paraphrase the Bible into "modern" speech. For example, let's take one of the most recognizable passages in the Bible. I'm not the biggest fan of NAB, but it'll do: [quote] John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that he gave[sup][size="2"]-[/size][/sup] his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn[url="http://www.usccb.org/bible/john/john3.htm#51003017-1"][sup][size="2"]*[/size][/sup][/url] the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.[/quote] Then here's the exact same Gospel book, chapter, and verse in The Message: [quote] John 3:16-18 "This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPetiteSoeur Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 My friend got The Message from her church--it was given to the religious ed kids. she left it in her car for me to look at and she was blessed to get a rant from me for half the ride home. She hates it, too, and keeps it for giggles as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 holi carp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 oh yes i just remembered another one. picked up a Catholic spanish bible to try to learn some spanish. got it home. its portuguese. oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzy Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Oh, wow, I had no idea The Message was that ridiculous. The translation of that passage is so...ungainly. I have a handful, all the standards, but I also have a lovely side-side Hebrew-English edition of the Tanakh which I really recommend to anyone who is even a little capable of reading Hebrew with a dictionary. I call the stack on my shelf my Bible Pile. Also, only just noticed all the emoticon. YES --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I believe I have 5: NAB (1970 edition), KJV, plus a "New World Translation" (the Jehovah's Witnesses edition that an ex-roommate gave to me). Plus, a Polish and Spanish translation somewhere. For DR or Vulgate, I look it up online at [url="http://www.awmach.org"]www.awmach.org[/url] . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I prefer the NAB for reading, I have the Catholic Bible for Teens or something. It's terrible, the introductory chapters for young people make me laugh. "Pet your dog -- not your date!" I am dead serious. So sad. I have the RSV-CE on my iPod, which I really love ... it's very elegant. Not a fan of the DR; the language is (for me) too archaic to really benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incarnatewordsister Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Many in Spanish and many in English. I love the King James in Spanish (Reina Valera) but I also love the Biblia de Jerusalem and Biblia Latinoamericana. In English I have many other versions as they help me when I'm translating. What I don't get in one, I get in another one in one language or the other. I have one who has English in one side and Spanish in the other. Sometimes the translation is wrong and sometimes it is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfennell Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 My family has started reading a chapter of the Bible aloud every night, but they're using The Message! And every night ends in an argument between my mother and me. It's so frustrating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Douay-Rheims and NAB. The Douay-Rheims is immensely superior, in my opinion. The NAB has too many watered-down sentences for me to take seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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