Great Catholic Study Bible?

[utaylor526]

Hi. I am wanting to get my girlfriend (who is Catholic, I am not) a new bible for Christmas. I have a Protestant NASB translation that I absolutely love, but know that the Catholic bible contains some books that the Protestant bible does not.

Are there any specific bibles that you have found to be great? She is 21 and a Senior at a top University.

Thanks.

 

[Davidnic]

For Catholic Bibles I go with Revised Standard Catholic Edition: link

That one is not a study bible though. The Study Bibles for the Revised Standard come as full books for each book of the Bible.

There is a good Catholic Study Bible with all of it in one that is the New American Translation. I do not like the subtleties of the translation as much but it has a good concordance, Good historical essays and study guides on each book and is pretty nice. That is this one: link There is also a second edition of that version: link

The only difference in the two would be slightly updated study guides...either one of the two would be fine.

All three have all the books a Catholic Bible should have.

 

[CreedIsChrist]

Hi. I am wanting to get my girlfriend (who is Catholic, I am not) a new bible for Christmas. I have a Protestant NASB translation that I absolutely love, but know that the Catholic bible contains some books that the Protestant bible does not.

Are there any specific bibles that you have found to be great? She is 21 and a Senior at a top University.

Thanks.

Haydock Commentary Douay Rheims bible. Its my favorite bible and beautiful, but expensive.

http://www.adoremusbooks.com/haydock-douayrheimsbible-largeprint.aspx


Also the Navarre Bible series. Or the Igantius bible

 

[Laus_Deo]

The Haydock Commentary is online to read

http://haydock1859.tripod.com/index.html

and free to download...

http://haydock1859.tripod.com/id2.html



I would love to have the Navarre Bible series.

 

[Maggie893]

Too late for Christmas now but....I thought I'd throw this out there as a resource.

The Ignatius Bible is my favorite Catholic Bible. It the Revised Standard Version. They, the Ignatius folks, are partnering with Scott Hahn on a full Ignatius Study Bible. As that is a major undertaking they are releasing each individual book of the bible as a Study as they build up the full work. This link is to the Book of Mark. I figured I'd just link to one and you can search out others. I think I have most of the New Testament so far. I'm working through John at the moment. Very well done.

 

[JoabAnias]

Too late for Christmas now but....I thought I'd throw this out there as a resource.

The Ignatius Bible is my favorite Catholic Bible. It the Revised Standard Version. They, the Ignatius folks, are partnering with Scott Hahn on a full Ignatius Study Bible. As that is a major undertaking they are releasing each individual book of the bible as a Study as they build up the full work. This link is to the Book of Mark. I figured I'd just link to one and you can search out others. I think I have most of the New Testament so far. I'm working through John at the moment. Very well done.

Too cool. I didn't know that. Along the same lines as the Navarre then.

The RSV-CE is my favorite too.

 

[JoabAnias]

Recently stumbled upon some new great Catholic study resources:

Lit Press: Reference Works/Bibles

Affiliated Sites

The Saint John's Bible
Little Rock Scripture Study
Cistercian Publications
Buena Prensa

 

[Virgil the Roman]

Douay-Rheims either from: https://www.tanbooks.com/index.php/page/shop:bibles/
OR from: Loreto Publications - Catholic Book Publisher - - Scripture and Commentaries :: Douay-Rheims Hardbound Bible Either one are excellent publishers. The Douay-Rheims has excellent explanatory footnotes that greatly aid one in seeing how "Catholic" or how "Catholicism" is found in Holy Scripture.

 

[Memento Mori]

Haydock Commentary Douay Rheims bible. Its my favorite bible and beautiful, but expensive.

Adoremus Books - Catholic Books and Homeschooling Materials


Also the Navarre Bible series. Or the Igantius bible

I agree with everything here, except I haven't tried the Ignatius Bible.

 

[JoabAnias]

RSV-CE specific Concordance

 

[Via Cassian]

All good, read them all!

 

[JBMM]

I just bought the NAB St. Joseph Edition today for around fourty dollars (CAD). It has lots of footnotes on every page. I't snot officially a study bible, but it's pretty close.

Anyway, if you're on a tight budget, that is what I would recommend.