Bible Reviews, Bible Study, Translations, and more
I received my pre-ordered copy of the imperial blue Schuyler Quentel RSV with Apocrypha on Monday after a brief shipping delay with FedEx, and I’ve had a couple of days to look it over, take photos, and compare it to a few other Bibles on my shelf. I have purposely Continue Reading
Ascension Press has recently released a paperback edition of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible. The list price for the paperback is currently $39.95, but discounts are available for bulk orders. Orders of 10-99 qualify for a 15% discount, orders of 100-499 qualify for a 35% discount, and orders for 500 Continue Reading
Thomas Nelson has now released their newest edition of the NRSV-CE: the Illustrated Catholic Bible. As the title indicates, this new edition features 513 illustrations that were originally printed in a Venetian Bible in the 1500s. It also features a single-column text layout with the same Catholic Comfort Print font Continue Reading
Bloomsbury Publishing will be releasing a new, fully-revised edition of the Jerome Biblical Commentary on November 18th. This will be the third revision of the commentary, which was originally published in 1968. I expect this to be a major revision under the direction of a brand-new group of general editors. Continue Reading
A reader recently reached out to Ignatius Press to inquire about the status of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible (ICSB). Over the past year, a few people involved with the project have commented that the remaining books of the Bible have been completed and should be published after the editing Continue Reading
Many thanks to a couple of readers for sharing links with me. Friendship Press has announced that the New Revised Standard Version – Updated Edition (NRSV-UE) will be released in e-book format on November 18, 2021. Most likely, printed editions will follow in early 2022. A sampler is also available Continue Reading
Schuyler’s premium RSV is now available for pre-order. The color options and prices are listed on the Evangelical Bible website here. A substantial majority of the available options include the Apocrypha/deuterocanonical books. Editions with the Apocrypha range in price from $200 to $220. Schuyler estimates that Bibles will begin shipping Continue Reading
Many thanks to a reader for informing me that the New Catholic Bible (NCB) is now available on Bible Gateway for verse and passage lookup. I use Bible Gateway frequently for translation comparisons. It currently features many of the most common translations approved for Catholic use (with the notable exception Continue Reading
In March of this year, a new translation of the four gospels by a single translator (Sarah Ruden) was published. Sarah Ruden has been a translator of Greek and Roman classical literature, with published editions of Homer, Virgil, Aristophanes, Petronius, and Augustine. In the last several years, she has turned Continue Reading
The Augustine Institute will be hosting a free virtual Bible conference on Saturday (June 5th) to commemorate the feast of Corpus Christi (the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ). The conference will begin at 9:00 am Mountain Daylight Time and last for two hours. Three talks are scheduled: “The Continue Reading