P3chrmd Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I would have to say the Jerusalem Bible and the New Jerusalem Bible are my favorites! (the footnotes in the New Jerusalem Study Bible are the most catholic/orthodox study notes of any bible I have ever seen...better than the NAB) Which translation do you guys use and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I read the New English Bible for the sheer pleasure it gives me. Its a cross bwtween Shakespeare and Douray-Rheims. I use the Navarre and the St Ignatius Study Bibles for serious study. They have the best and most faithful comentary and footnotes of all the bible I have checked. The Pentateuch [first five books of the Bible] section of the Navarre Bible is over 800 pages long, as is the section of Joshua-Kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 i use the new american bible.....good footnotes, easy language....plus its my only one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 depends, sometimes i use one of the little red testamentsfrom the gideoon society. sometimes i use a cathedral version that im not sure why i have. sometimnes i use a good news bible because the mennonites gave me one. i almost alwyas use an new revised standard version catholic edition because thats what my jesuit highschool told us to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I wish I knew Latin, then I'd really dig the Vulgate and get an even more vivid understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 i just wish i knew latin period cuz its a phat language and you sound so cool when you speak/sing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 i use the Catholkic Youth Bible (NAB) it has really cool messages on the side with like prayers coming out of scripture and like how to live out hte scripture and like it has cool information about each book of the Bible before it starts :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yiannii Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I use the New Jerusilem Bible and the New Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition (Ignatius). I like them both the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 [quote name='Ash Wednesday' date='Jun 6 2004, 04:00 AM'] I wish I knew Latin, then I'd really dig the Vulgate and get an even more vivid understanding. [/quote] THe Navare Bible has the Latin directly under the English, so you can read both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 The most beautifully translated bible I've come across is the New Authorized Version....basically, King James, but with the deuterocanonicals, and obsolete words are carefully replaced with their modern equivalents, gingerly, to avoid changes in meaning. As far as accuracy goes...well, the Vulgate, which I have but don't always fully understand. And I guess the RSVCE comes next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldier4Him Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I use NAB. It's what I was told to get back when I was in religion classes going through Jr High and High School. It collected a lot of dust back then, but the past 3-4 years it's been getting worn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thicke Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I'll only read from the [url="http://www.ignatius.com/MyAccount/ViewProduct.asp?SID=1&Product_ID=363&TabID=1"]RSV-CE (Ignatius)[/url] or the [url="http://www.tanbooks.com/index.php/page/shop:flypage/product_id/644/category_id/9/"]Douay-Rhiems[/url]. I prefer the RSV-CE becasue I don't like having to translate form English to English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I use the New International Bible for Cahtolic Youth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 NAB.. I love the footnotes all the refreence guide in the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voiciblanche Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 New American. It's not neccesarily my favorite, it's just the only kind I've ever used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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