Douay-Rheims Bible?

[Guest crazy_dewmaster]

I have a copy of the Douay-Rheims Bible (Haydock Version) and am wondering how it compares to, say, the Catholic Study Bible (similiar to NAB, if not one and the same) or the straight-up [St. Joseph] New American Bible.

Any thoughts or experience?

Thanks. Peace be with you.

[Laudate_Dominum]

The Haydock commentary is solid and in line with Catholic Tradition. The commentary of the Catholic Study Bible reflects modern critical scholarship and is problematic in my opinion. There is a great deal of useful material, but there are also things which I would consider to be problematic. The St. Joseph NAB also reflects modern critical scholarship and so I would not feel right calling it solid. As far as the translations go, the NAB text is based more on modern scholarship than the Douay (which is a translation from the Latin Vulgate). Depending on where you stand this could be considered a good thing or a bad thing. The inclusive language of the NAB turns me off. The main problem I have with those two Bibles is the way many verses are translated (interpretted would be more accurate). When translating the Bible there are countless instances where multiple renderings of a text are possible. If I may be frank, I am often disturbed by the translation that is used in the NAB in these cases. The way these types of passages are translated tends to reveal the translators Theological views and in the case of the "Catholic" Study Bible I seriously wonder what kind of agenda the translators had. Critically examining the commentary sheds further light on the views and leanings of the scholars and quite frankly I am not sure what is so "Catholic" about it.
I have a Bible called the "Jewish Study Bible" (which I think is from the same publisher), this study Bible is the Tanakh version with commentary taken from the Rabbinical tradition, the great Jewish mystics, etc.. What disturbs me is that the so called "Catholic" Study Bible is largely a bunch of scholarship that is basically indistinguishable from agnostic Biblical scholarship. I'd rather have had commentary from the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, the great Saints and Mystics, etc..

Peace.