Skoobouy
10-15-2002, 01:10 PM
Find it here:
http://www.olivetree12.com/handheld/products/NAB/index.html
Why is this significant?
1. The only two, fully approved, complete, properly scholastic, and orthodox (not to be confused with the Eastern Church) Bibles for use in Catholic liturgy and everywhere are the New American Bible and the RSV-CE (or "Ignatius Bible"). *- Of course, Catholics are free to use any Bible of their choice for private prayer and study.
-The RSV, which has been available from OliveTree and Laridian for some time, is an excellent Bible (very close, literalistic, but scholarly translation) but it lacks the Deuterocanonical (or Apocryphal as non-Catholics call it) books of the Old Testament. These are Greek-written texts which the Catholic Church had canonized as divinely inspired. Martin Luther removed them from the scriptural canon because they were not written in Hebrew and they are were not in the official Jewish canon of holy texts. Catholics continue to hold them as authentic Scipture.
-The NRSV is just like the RSV but for two major changes: It includes the deutercanonicals/apocrypha, but it changes many words and phrases that the translators found offensive, such gender-specific language or references to slaves. This is the "politically correct" Bible. It is not permitted to use this in liturgy.*
-The Douay-Rheims version was the official Catholic version for a long time. It is a translation of the Latin Vulgate into English, and is very good for what it is and how it brought Scripture to the English-speaking Catholic Church. However, as a translation of a translation, it isn't very scholarly and there are a few errors. Think of it as the Catholic equivalent of the King James Version.
2. Although the three Bibles above have been available and have merit very simply for being Bibles of good repute, they have problems for Catholics, such as being "incomplete" (RSV), artificially edited (NRSV) or simply out of date (Douay-Rheims).
3. OliveTree is the first company to make available a Bible that is (for Catholics) complete, faithful to the original Greek and Hebrew texts, untouched by (too much) secular ideology, and officially endorsed by the United States Bishops and the Holy See.
4. A little more about the NAB at http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/prefaceold.htm
Also, a few notes:
-The NAB is a little more of a "dynamic" or common translation than the literalistic RSV, NRSV, and RSV-CE. Think of it as the Catholic equivalent to the New International Version.
-OliveTree has included the original footnotes, which is great, but doctrinally minded Catholics should exercise a lot of critical thought when reading them--some of them are a little erroneous.
PS- No, I don't work for OliveTree. I'm just a fan. ;)
*- For the official teaching in this, see Liturgiam authenticam (http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20010507_liturgiam-authenticam_en.html), sections 29-32. For more explanation of the grounds for objection to gender-neutral language, see this collection of articles (http://www.catholic-pages.com/dir/translations.asp).
http://www.olivetree12.com/handheld/products/NAB/index.html
Why is this significant?
1. The only two, fully approved, complete, properly scholastic, and orthodox (not to be confused with the Eastern Church) Bibles for use in Catholic liturgy and everywhere are the New American Bible and the RSV-CE (or "Ignatius Bible"). *- Of course, Catholics are free to use any Bible of their choice for private prayer and study.
-The RSV, which has been available from OliveTree and Laridian for some time, is an excellent Bible (very close, literalistic, but scholarly translation) but it lacks the Deuterocanonical (or Apocryphal as non-Catholics call it) books of the Old Testament. These are Greek-written texts which the Catholic Church had canonized as divinely inspired. Martin Luther removed them from the scriptural canon because they were not written in Hebrew and they are were not in the official Jewish canon of holy texts. Catholics continue to hold them as authentic Scipture.
-The NRSV is just like the RSV but for two major changes: It includes the deutercanonicals/apocrypha, but it changes many words and phrases that the translators found offensive, such gender-specific language or references to slaves. This is the "politically correct" Bible. It is not permitted to use this in liturgy.*
-The Douay-Rheims version was the official Catholic version for a long time. It is a translation of the Latin Vulgate into English, and is very good for what it is and how it brought Scripture to the English-speaking Catholic Church. However, as a translation of a translation, it isn't very scholarly and there are a few errors. Think of it as the Catholic equivalent of the King James Version.
2. Although the three Bibles above have been available and have merit very simply for being Bibles of good repute, they have problems for Catholics, such as being "incomplete" (RSV), artificially edited (NRSV) or simply out of date (Douay-Rheims).
3. OliveTree is the first company to make available a Bible that is (for Catholics) complete, faithful to the original Greek and Hebrew texts, untouched by (too much) secular ideology, and officially endorsed by the United States Bishops and the Holy See.
4. A little more about the NAB at http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/prefaceold.htm
Also, a few notes:
-The NAB is a little more of a "dynamic" or common translation than the literalistic RSV, NRSV, and RSV-CE. Think of it as the Catholic equivalent to the New International Version.
-OliveTree has included the original footnotes, which is great, but doctrinally minded Catholics should exercise a lot of critical thought when reading them--some of them are a little erroneous.
PS- No, I don't work for OliveTree. I'm just a fan. ;)
*- For the official teaching in this, see Liturgiam authenticam (http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20010507_liturgiam-authenticam_en.html), sections 29-32. For more explanation of the grounds for objection to gender-neutral language, see this collection of articles (http://www.catholic-pages.com/dir/translations.asp).