Bibles

[Byzantine]

RSV seems to be the best for study.

[Apotheoun]

I am hearing great things these days about the Knox Bible. Kind of 'high' English, but more or less avoids the archaisms that can trip people up with the Douay Rheims. In fact everyone I have heard from says that it is an absolute joy to read.

I keep thinking I should pick one up, but so many expenses these days, right? :P

Baronius Press just started printing one a few months back.

 

For reference, here is the start of the Gospel according to John in the Knox translation:

 

 

1 At the beginning of time the Word already was; and God had the Word abiding with him, and the Word was God. ² He abode, at the beginning of time, with God. ³ It was through him that all things came into being, and without him came nothing that has come to be. ⁴ In him there was life, and that life was the light of men.^[a] 5 And the light shines in darkness, a darkness which was not able to master it.^[b]

⁶ A man appeared, sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ He came for a witness, to bear witness of the light, so that through him all men might learn to believe. ⁸ He was not the Light; he was sent to bear witness to the light. ⁹ There is one who enlightens every soul born into the world; he was the true Light. ¹⁰ He, through whom the world was made, was in the world, and the world treated him as a stranger. ¹¹ He came to what was his own, and they who were his own gave him no welcome. ¹² But all those who did welcome him, he empowered to become the children of God, all those who believe in his name; ¹³ their birth came, not from human stock, not from nature’s will or man’s, but from God.^[c] 14 And the Word was made flesh, and came to dwell among us; and we had sight of his glory, glory such as belongs to the Father’s only-begotten Son, full of grace and truth. 

I am not thrilled with the translation of arche as "beginning of time," because the arche does not concern time, but refers instead to the origin of all things, i.e., it refers to God the Father.  To put it another way, the Father is the arche.

[MIKolbe]

I heard Archbishop Sheen liked the New English Bible.

Anyone every heard of it?

[Apotheoun]

I have used the NEB before, but it is not my favorite translation.  I prefer the old RSV, which is still one of the best English translations available.

[Nihil Obstat]

I am not thrilled with the translation of arche as "beginning of time," because the arche does not concern time, but refers instead to the origin of all things, i.e., it refers to God the Father.  To put it another way, the Father is the arche.

Yeah, personally I prefer the Douay Rheims translation of those passages. I do not have the language background though.

[AwedbyHisGrace]

I usually the NRSV- it's the translation used at Mass here so I guess it's more familiar to me. I also have an Ignatius bible though that I refer to a lot. 

I also have a Douay-Rheims and NAB on my phone that I'll refer to sometimes, when I don't have a physical copy of the bible with me.

 

I'm not really sure which one prefer-- I guess it depends

[morostheos]

My every day Bible is the pocket Ignatius version of the RSV-CE, which I like a lot. In addition to a good translation, it is compact and has a zipper to keep the pages nice when I stuff in in a bag or purse.

 

I like the Jersusalem Bible a lot as well, especially the Psalms translation. 

[Apotheoun]

My every day Bible is the pocket Ignatius version of the RSV-CE, which I like a lot. In addition to a good translation, it is compact and has a zipper to keep the pages nice when I stuff in in a bag or purse.

 

I like the Jersusalem Bible a lot as well, especially the Psalms translation. 

I always hated the Jerusalem Bible's use of the word "Yahweh" as God's name in the Old Testament, but I have heard that the Catholic Truth Society recently published an updated version of the Jerusalem Bible that replaces "Yahweh" with the word "LORD," a change that brings joy to my heart.