Catholic Comparative New Testament-PR-RSV/NRSV/Douay-Rheims/Nab/Gnt/Jb/NJB

by Catholic Church and Anonymous

The Catholic Comparative New Testament features eight complete Catholic New Testaments, translated by dedicated scholars and gathered into a single convenient volume. This edition includes both "word-for-word" translations of the scripture as well as "thought-for-thought" translations. Readers can compare verses at a glance with facing-page translations (four translations per page) in a clear, easy-to-read typeface.

The CCNT features four "word-for-word"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019528299X
• ISBN13: 9780195282993
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 1762 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful!

This is a GREAT resource. What a treasure! There are so many strengths to this little volume! Firstly, Jean Marie Hiesberger is a scholar of serious weight who is also evidently very humble. This text is not riddled with her opinions; her introductory essay is clear and to the point. You will not find her lauding the NRSV and belittling the Douay-Rheims; neither will you find her lauding the Douay-Rheims and belittling the NRSV. She has simply put the eight most prominent Catholic English language translations side by side to aid the reader in his understanding. In doing this she has done a serious service to the Church in a way that promotes unity. Furthermore, Hiesberger is a woman of faith, and it shows! Her words: "The New Testament is a treasure of faith for Catholics... People who read the scriptures regularly... discover that their day is incomplete without this experience." She speaks of all four senses of Scripture in her introduction. The book is well-bound and well-typeset. The font is necessarily a little small, but definitely readable. I go to this volume constantly when dealing with a difficult passage of scripture. Firstly, I read the passage in all the translations and then check out solid commentaries. This practice has really aided my understanding. I think this book is an essential part of any Catholic library.

A very good purchase

This is a bible that is well worth the money. I saw it in a book store, and I am going to order it as soon as I'm done writing this review. Yes I really feel it is that good!!! What I like about this paticular parallel bible is the fact that it's using translations you don't normally find in other parallel bibles. I can almost guarantee you probably don't have at least two to three of these bibles in your collection (I have almost one book shelf devoted to different translations and I don't have a couple of them). That makes this a great resource!!! I especially love the fact that the Douay-Rheims, Revised Standard, and the New American Bible are used here. I'm not Roman Catholic. I just know a good purchase when I see it. Excellent choice of 2 to 3 fairly uncommon bibles to help your research library. The Douay-Rheims alone makes this a great purchase. That bible is very hard to find at an affordable price. This is a wise purchase in my humble opinion.

Great tool for Bible study

The Catholic Comparative New Testament is an excellent tool for Bible study. It is easy to use. It gives you 8 diffent translations at a glance. Why look up a passage in a single version Bible when you can compare 8 Bible versions at once? This book should be owned by all serious Bible students.

Opening the Book

With the publication of this comparative New Testament, whoever said that Catholics don't read the Bible is probably eating his hat. However, Protestants looking for a good parallel text edition might want to consider this one. Why? It has not only the new "inclusive language" Revised Standard Version, but the old "standard" Revised Standard Version, and the RSV is surely one of the most beautiful translations next to the King James ever produced. Then there's the Jerusalem Bible, which many people like to read if for no other reason than that Tolkien translated the book of Job in the Old Testament (not included here). The Good News New Testament was designed as a limited vocabulary paraphrase so as to be easy to read. The American Bible is the regular "standard" Catholic Bible. The real find in this edition is the Douay- Rheims, a translation historically significant to both Protestants and Catholics which many people are curious about and would like to read. The title of Flannery O'Connor's novel, The Violent Bear it Away, for instance, comes from a verse in that translation. For those wondering how a Catholic Bible differs from a Protestant one, the Catholic one has 73 books instead of 66, but the additional books are all in the Old Testament; the New Testament has the same 22 books. I don't agree with some of the notes in the Oxford Annotated RSV Bible, some of which may be common to this edition. But Oxford has chosen a tantalizing assortment of translations for this volume, which even the casual reader will find difficult to put down.

A Great Catholic Bible of reference to compare good and bad translations!

I love this Bible. When I read this, I was able to compare the Douay Rheims Bible, the New American Bible, the Revised Standard Version: Catholic Edition, the Jerusalem Bible, and many more. This comparitive Bible of the New Testament is great, because you get to read and compare each Catholic Bible version. I loved the Douay Rheims because it was a true literal translation based from the Latin Vulgate. It is recommended to be owned because you can share it with Catholics or non-Catholics to what Bible they read and own. I cannot say it is liberal or conservative, but what I can say about it---it is a reference tool for comparing translations.