What's a Good, Affordable Catholic Study Bible?

[Gabriela]

The title.

[Oremus Pro Invicem]

Feel like "good" and "affordable" can never be found in the same place at the same time.   Affordable would be the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible.  

http://amzn.to/2bAKoQQ

I think they also have some Old Testament ones. 

Good would be the Haydock Douay Rheims Bible Commentary. 

http://amzn.to/2bSzK5W

[dUSt]

The Navarre Bible is the best "study" Bible in my opinion.

NT: https://amzn.to/3jVLx7P

And the OT set: http://amzn.to/2bJJPEQ

But if affordability is what you're into, then I agree with the Ignatius recommendation above: http://amzn.to/2bAKoQQ

 

[Peace]

The cheapest might be New Advent online and make your own? 

Pick the book you are interested in and look for an Early Church Father's commentary on it. I don't think you can get anything better than Augustine's lectures on John, for example.

I think the Catena Aurea is also online for free.

[Gabriela]

I was going to ask if anyone thinks that the Catena Aurea or the Ancient Christian Commentaries could be used as a study Bible...?

[hep_rsb]

I would not recommend the ancient Christian commentaries as a main bible commentary. It makes a very good supplementary resource, but essentally is a collection of passages excerpted from early church writers on the given passages. That means it does not really  make connections, clarify translation issues, or even give cross-references. It is solely a way to see what snippets of early writers work reference the passage you are looking at. It is a wonderful resource for what it is, and it is a wonderful entry point into the works of early church writers. For multivolume commentaries (like the Ancient Christian Commentaries) I would go first to the Anchor bible series, then the Sacra Pagina series, and then to the Ancient Christian Commentaries. 

I don't know anything about the Catena Aurea. 

[Nihil Obstat]

The Catena Aurea is very true to its name. A real spiritual treasure. We should talk about it much more than we do.

[Papist]

This is a great bible study.  Though I believe it is designed to implement at a parish for a group gathering program.

http://www.cssprogram.net/

 

[CountrySteve21]

Another one, though its only  NT and its not a study Bible, is the Catholic commentary on Sacred Scripture, http://www.catholiccommentaryonsacredscripture.com/

I think Oxford has a NABRE study Bible too, but it generally uses the historical  criticism method and not all people respond too well toward it.  https://www.amazon.com/dp/0190267232/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1/164-1736326-9752939?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_r=QSVJSHHCM5SENAPS5P7Z&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1944687522&pf_rd_i=019981256X

 

The Ignatius Study Bible is not complete either and its only New Testament, but its excellent (though succinct)

https://www.amazon.com/Ignatius-Catholic-Study-Bible-Testament/dp/1586172506/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472260554&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=Igantius+Study+Bible

Last, there is the NJB which is actually complete and affordable

https://www.amazon.com/New-Jerusalem-Bible-Henry-Wansbrough/dp/0385142641/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472260830&sr=1-1&keywords=New+Jerusalem+Bible

 

 

 

 

 

[Seven77]

On 8/25/2016 at 9:44 PM, Gabriela said:

I was going to ask if anyone thinks that the Catena Aurea or the Ancient Christian Commentaries could be used as a study Bible...?

 No, that's against the rules.

Just kidding of course…