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
Msgr. Ronald Knox – Translating the Bible (1953)
The Knox Bible is available through our friends at Baronius Press. (You can read a review of their flexible cover edition of the Knox Bible here.)
Food for the Soul Sunday Mass Reflections by Peter Kreeft
Word on Fire has now released the third volume in Peter Kreeft’s Food for the Soul series. These books feature the Sunday Mass readings for every Sunday of the year (along with Holy Days of Obligation), and Peter Kreeft’s reflections on those readings. I reviewed the first volume that was Continue Reading
Pics from My OreMoose Bible Cover
For much of this year I have been reading through the Bible with the Augustine Institute ESVCE. I decided to order a Bible cover from OreMoose. It was a great experience. Communication with OreMoose was very good. I sent along the dimensions of my ESVCE and they created a cover, Continue Reading
Cover Photo and Initial Information for Word on Fire Bible Volume 4
This morning, Word on Fire released the first photo of the cover design for volume 4 of the Word on Fire Bible: This volume will be entitled “The Promised Land” and will include Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings. The contents will be similar Continue Reading
NRSVue Audio Bible and SBL Study Bible Delayed Until Fall
In late May of this year, I reported on a couple of upcoming NRSVue editions that were due to be released over the summer: the NRSVue Audio Bible with Apocrypha from Hendrickson Publishers, and the SBL Study Bible (the successor to the Harper Collins Study Bible). The product listings on Continue Reading
Dicastery for Divine Worship Confirms ESV-CE Lectionary for England, Wales, and Scotland
In Late July, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship (DDW) confirmed the new lectionary based on the English Standard Version – Catholic Edition and the Abbey Psalms and Canticles for England, Wales, and Scotland. Here is a link to the press release announcing the news. The Catholic Truth Society (CTS) Continue Reading