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I picked up a copy and so far it looks like a great translation with great notes. I almost wonder why the US Church doesn't use it in it's liturgy. Any thoughts?

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It's good, yo!

I don't know much about it's history, but it just receives praise, not much criticizm.

The parish priest here keeps his own copy, so it can't be bad.

God bless,

Mikey

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Laudate_Dominum

The Jerusalem Bible is Mother Angelica's favorite translation (of EWTN). :)
I happen to like it myself, but I don't use it very often.

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I know a priest who also says the Jerusalem is his favourite. J. R. R. Tolkein was one of the scholars who worked on it and translated (Neat fact!) and in some copies you can find his name in it.l

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The Jerusalem Bible is the Bible used in the Liturgy in Australia since 1968. It is a translation into English of the "La Bible de Jerusalem" first published in 1966.

There is also the New Jerusalem Bible which uses inclusive language.

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[url="http://www.geocities.com/bible_translation/inclusive.htm"]http://www.geocities.com/bible_translation/inclusive.htm[/url]

Inclusive language (including gender accuracy)

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HartfordWhalers

[quote name='MichaelFilo' date='Sep 12 2004, 10:43 AM'] The parish priest here keeps his own copy, so it can't be bad.
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Don't be naive my young friend. A lot of Priests have "gender inclusive" translations at hand (some even use them in the Liturgy and adapt the Liturgy to be gender inclusive). There are a lot of Priests who are for gay rights, too, but that doesn't mean it's OK.

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[quote name='HartfordWhalers' date='Sep 13 2004, 02:54 PM'] Don't be naive my young friend. A lot of Priests have "gender inclusive" translations at hand (some even use them in the Liturgy and adapt the Liturgy to be gender inclusive). There are a lot of Priests who are for gay rights, too, but that doesn't mean it's OK. [/quote]
And just because you reject Vatican II, doesn't mean it's [b]"OK"[/b].

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