Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament

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It features: *The first update of the Old Testament since 1970, taking into account recent archaeological and textual discoveries. One other gripe: while the page numbers are placed in the lower outer margins, the Book/Chapter/Verse location identifiers are in the middle of the page header, making it unnecessarily inefficient to find the passage you seek. Therefore, all of the supporting notes to the NT text refer frequently to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) but equally to Holy Tradiiton and the deposit of faith which brings an immense unifying feel to the whole scriptural presence of the Church. This Bible, beyond all its teaching features, is the complete text of the Revised Standard Version – Second Catholic Edition. The Old Testament notes reflect modern critical scholarship (JEPD, late dates, pseudonymous writings, etc.

One thing I appreciate about Hahn is that, thanks to his sola scriptura background, he gives a biblical defence for Catholicism, rather than relying purely on patristic or ecclesiastical documentation. There are no explanatory notes or cross references to speak of within the text, and the narrow margins leave little room for marking up. The principal annotator and associate editor of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, Curtis Mitch, wrote this: "The new Great Adventure Catholic Bible is a thing of beauty. This amazing audio New Testament is endorsed with an Imprimatur from the Vatican and includes a foreword by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Lest either factor be seen as a criticism, keep in mind that Protestant study Bibles are diverse and numerous precisely because Protestant beliefs are diverse and numerous – and this is not a good thing!In 2005, he was awarded the Pope Benedict XVI Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. This modest edition augments the NAB annotations with ~100 pages of articles, additional introductions for each book, and some background-style content within the main body, including: photographs, charts, maps, fan tabs, etc. Unless you are reading the writings of the Fathers, Saints and Doctors on your own, I highly suggest one use this aid to study if one desires to begin to grasp what the sacred scriptures mean. I really like the format, and the notes are SUCH a breath of fresh air compared with the notes in the New American Bible, which seem to go out of their way to disprove the Bible.

While only the New Testament exists in a single volume, the entire set is worth having for the serious student of Scripture. Understand Sacred Scripture with this narrative approach to salvation history using The Great Adventure’s color-coded Bible Timeline® Learning System! In other words, it avoids the use of gender-indicative terminology whenever possible, including references to God.The New Jerusalem Bible is an interesting – if not completely trustworthy – translation, with notes which sometimes reflect equally untrustworthy, modern critical views. OF course to be fair to my dear catechist- I am a bit more mature now, madly in love with Jesus, and not so boy-crazy any more! References and background information are clearly laid out to guide the reader to a fuller understanding of the Bible. For context, I already use the Didache Bible and the Catholic Book Publishing Company’s New Catholic Bible translation, both of which seem to have really good study notes.