Welcome to the continuing series comparing the Revised English Bible (REB) with the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) for the first reading (usually from the Old Testament) at each Sunday Mass. This series complements the comparisons earlier in 2018, which focused on the New Testament letters. I’m interested in exploring whether the REB’s Continue Reading
A Warm Welcome to Timothy
I’m excited to announce that Timothy, our founding father from the Catholic Bibles Blog, will be joining us as a contributor to this blog! His work was a major influence in sparking and fanning the flames of my own interest in Bible study. I think his blog served an important Continue Reading
Audio Lectures from Now You Know Media
I received the following information from a reader: Timothy posted a few times on the old blog about the audio lectures sold by Now You Know Media, many from Catholic academics. But he never mentioned that pretty much anyone in the United States or Canada can listen to nearly all Continue Reading
REB vs. NABRE: Old Testament (3rd Sunday of Lent)
Welcome to the continuing series comparing the Revised English Bible (REB) with the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) for the first reading (usually from the Old Testament) at each Sunday Mass. This series complements the comparisons earlier in 2018, which focused on the New Testament letters. I’m interested in exploring whether the REB’s Continue Reading
Reflecting on Luke’s Transfiguration
The gospel for last Sunday (the second Sunday of Lent) was Luke’s account of the transfiguration (Luke 9:28b-36). Something that immediately stood out to me was Luke’s report that Peter, James, and John were asleep at the moment when Jesus was transfigured. This detail is missing from the parallel passages Continue Reading
REB vs. NABRE: Old Testament (2nd Sunday of Lent)
Welcome to the continuing series comparing the Revised English Bible (REB) with the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) for the first reading (usually from the Old Testament) at each Sunday Mass. This series complements the comparisons earlier in 2018, which focused on the New Testament letters. I’m interested in exploring whether the REB’s Continue Reading
Progress Assessment for the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
A reader recently sent me the following analysis of the progress on the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible (ICSB): I was thinking about the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible and how long it’s taking, and I decided to run some basic statistics. The (rather depressing) results are below. Most of my analysis Continue Reading
REB vs. NABRE: Old Testament (1st Sunday of Lent)
Welcome to the continuing series comparing the Revised English Bible (REB) with the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) for the first reading (usually from the Old Testament) at each Sunday Mass. This series complements the comparisons earlier in 2018, which focused on the New Testament letters. I’m interested in exploring whether the REB’s Continue Reading
Midwest Theological Forum Lenten Sale
From now until Monday, March 18th, Midwest Theological Forum is offering 20% off of selected books in their catalog — including the hardcover and bonded leather editions of the Didache Bible (both the NABRE and RSV-2CE editions). Here is the link to their sale selection.
REB vs. NABRE: Old Testament (8th Sunday in OT)
Welcome to the continuing series comparing the Revised English Bible (REB) with the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) for the first reading (usually from the Old Testament) at each Sunday Mass. This series complements the comparisons earlier in 2018, which focused on the New Testament letters. I’m interested in exploring whether the REB’s Continue Reading