TAN Books recently released an “ultra-soft leatherette” large-print edition of their Douay-Rheims (DR) Bible. While this edition is certainly not without its defects, it is overall a well-done product that satisfies the need for a large-print Douay-Rheims that doesn’t feel clunky. The book measures in at almost exactly 9 ½ Continue Reading
Catholic Standard Version: Gospel of Mark Released
It’s been about a year since the Augustine Institute announced that they were beginning an entirely new Bible translation called the Catholic Standard Version (CSV). The Gospel of Matthew was released in January of 2023, and we discussed it at some length in a few posts here. Today, the Augustine Continue Reading
SBL Study Bible with Apocrypha Available for Purchase
The SBL Study Bible (using the NRSVue translation) has been available on the market for a little over a month now. Unfortunately, product reviews from early customers mention extremely thin pages and a lot of ghosting. I am unlikely to purchase a hard copy. Here are links to Amazon and Continue Reading
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Now it happened that when the angels had gone from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this event which the Lord has made known to us.’ So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying Continue Reading
Merry Christmas!
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; on the inhabitants of a country in shadow dark as death, light has blazed forth. You have enlarged the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at harvest time, as they exult when Continue Reading
Revisiting the RNJB
The Revised New Jerusalem Bible (RNJB) has been a relatively frequent topic on this blog since the complete translation was published in 2019. I purchased the hardcover study edition published by Darton, Longman, and Todd (DLT) and wrote a review here. I also did a weekly series of posts quoting Continue Reading
Review: Cambridge NRSVUE Apocrypha
Released in 2021, the New Revised Standard Edition Updated Edition (NRSVUE) incorporated more than 20,000 changes to the NRSV text. While currently available through only a handful of publishers, most notably Zondervan and Hendrickson, thankfully our friends at Cambridge University Press are beginning to roll out their own editions of Continue Reading