This exciting new text presents anew the scholarship, character and clarity of the 1966 Jerusalem Bible (the first modern English version) and the 1985 New Jerusalem Bible. Saw this listed in a list of 'must reads' for conservatives and thought, how could a translation of the good book be on this list? Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God's spirit hovered over the water. It contains the full bible, with special features to help you understand and navigate the text:a glossary, with verse references, explaining key terms and themes, a chronological history, showing biblical events against contemporary world rulers and dynasties, an index of persons with verse references, brief introductions to every book, and almost 200 footnotes on key words and concepts. Its actually translated from the original Hebrew and Greek, as opposed from the Latin Vulgate like the Douay-Rheims bible, that was translated over 500 years ago.

For the majority of the books, the English translation was a translation of the Hebrew and Greek texts; in passages with more than one interpretation, the interpretation chosen by the French translators is generally followed. New Testament: La Bible de Jérusalem, Eclectic text with high correspondence to the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece with major variant readings from the Majority text and sacred tradition (i. If La Bible de Jerusalem of 1956 had been followed literally, this name would have been translated as "the Eternal". The Jerusalem Bible is one of the versions authorized to be used in services of the Episcopal Church.This decision was based on translating or reinstating the earliest known copy of parts of the Old Testament found at Qumran in 1947 (the Dead Sea Scrolls), dating to about the second century BCE. Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. I am only giving the perspective on this specific Bible in comparison with Bibles I have already reviewed on The Catholic Man Reviews. I thought that the notes of The Jerusalem would be similar in length to that of the New American Bible Revised Edition.

So convenient specially when you prefer to work your ears rather than your eyes to renew your faith by hearing. I’m writing this review so I don’t have to see the irritating suggestion every time I open the application, thus causing me to feel guilt for being irritated about being bugged to death about the application. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

The French portion of the Demonstration Volume is available online, [8] together with a single sample of the English translation. Of the translations I've seen and read to date, I would recommend this translation above all others. we like to go from chapter to chapter 3) footnotes would be a great addition, as well as introductory notes into each book 4) options for page colors might be a good thing and 5) STOP bugging people about reviewing the thing. All materials contained on this site, whether written, audible or visual are the exclusive property of Catholic Online and are protected under U.

The print is darker on some pages than on others, but there are so many pages it would probably be hard to keep them all the same shade during printing depending on the press that was used. any use of these elements (singularly or in combination) shall be severely prosecuted according to the existing legislation. On his contribution to the Jerusalem Bible, Tolkien wrote, "Naming me among the 'principal collaborators' was an undeserved courtesy on the part of the editor of the Jerusalem Bible.When it comes to Bible translations, readability and reliability are what count; and on both counts, the original JERUSALEM BIBLE stands alone. The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jérusalem, is followed only where the text admits to more than one interpretation. It took me some time to figure that system out, and I am sure new users of The Jerusalem Biblewill find the same. If you look at bible translation continum charts and the Wikipedia page for the Jerusalem Bible it is not a formal equivalence, it’s a dynamic translation.