Back in 2017, the National Council of Churches (NCC) entered an agreement with the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) to revise the New Revised Standard Version. The original announcement was printed on page 7 of the 2017 SBL annual report here. There are three broad goals for the revision: Incorporating Continue Reading
RL Allan NRSV with Apocrypha
As Timothy mentioned briefly in his recent post Confessions of an Ugly-Bible Reader, RL Allan has recently published a new premium NRSV with Apocrypha. The bible is bound in Allan’s famous highland goatskin leather, and it’s available in four colors: black, brown, navy blue, and red. This is the second Continue Reading
American Bible Society’s NABRE E100 Military Edition — Guest Post by Jean E.
The NABRE E100 Military Edition, published by the American Bible Society at the request of Archbishop Timothy Broglio, has been out for just over six years. According to the Archdiocese of the Military Services news article: “Bound in water-resistant, earth-toned digital camouflage covers, the special volume of the New American Continue Reading
Scepter RSV-CE Now Available!
Scepter Press is featuring their brand new RSV-CE Daily Bible on their homepage. It’s now available! The bible comes in either red or black imitation leather for $29.95. It features color maps, a single ribbon marker, and a double-column text layout. The product page on the Leaflet Missal website still Continue Reading
Coming Soon: ESV with Apocrypha from Anglican Liturgy Press
A reader recently sent me a tip that Anglican Liturgy Press will be publishing the ESV with Apocrypha as a pew bible. According to the product description, this bible will be an “adaptation” of the Oxford ESV with Apocrypha which was published in 2009 and is no longer in print. Continue Reading
Another RNJB Publication Delay
The publication date for the British edition of the Revised New Jerusalem Bible has been delayed for about a month. The publication date listed on Book Depository has changed from June 27, 2019 to July 29, 2019. Since this delay is coming so late in the process, I’m guessing (and Continue Reading
Reflecting on the REB vs. NABRE OT Comparisons
Since the beginning of Advent, I’ve been featuring a comparison between the REB and NABRE for the first reading of each Sunday Mass to survey the overall flavor of the REB’s Old Testament translation. We’ve reached a good stopping point for that series, since all the Sunday Mass readings in Continue Reading
Bruce Metzger on Catholic Translations of the Bible — Guest Post by Bob Short
Bruce Metzger (1914-2007) was a giant of biblical scholarship, of the sort we are unlikely to see again. A scholar of the Greek New Testament, he was on the board of both the American Bible Society and the United Bible Society and taking part in the judgement of textual variants Continue Reading
Comparing the Confraternity NT to the NAB 1970 NT for the Easter Vigil
As a follow-up to Bob’s excellent comparison between the 1970 and 1986 NAB NT readings for the Easter Vigil, I thought it would be interesting to compare the Confraternity New Testament with the 1970 NAB to see how close or different they are. In theory, the two translations could exhibit Continue Reading
The Epistle and Gospel of the Easter Vigil — Guest Post by Bob Short
What began as a project trying to discern possible futures of the New American Bible has recently become an investigation of its past. Last time, I looked at the psalms and canticles of the Easter Vigil lectionary. What interested me was the evolution of the NAB Psalter from its beginnings, Continue Reading