Bible for Catholic religion

[Anonymous]

Another thread asked about the Bible. I was raised Catholic - parochial school and all. We didn't focus on or read the Bible too much. I find myself wanted to read the Bible, but so many translations. Can you recommend a bible for me?

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Could you look for a Catholic study Bible?

Here is a review on a few of them

https://media.ascensionpress.com/2019/12/06/5-most-popular-catholic-study-bibles-ranked/

[Anonymous]

Do you mind if I ask how long ago it was that you went to Catholic school? I was also raised Catholic and went to parochial school, and we spent a lot of time reading the Bible. My kids have also spent some years in Catholic school where they also spent a fair amount of time reading the Bible.

Catholics have been spending a lot of time with the Bible for most of my life, but I know older people say that they didn’t read it much when they were kids. I’m in my late 50s, so maybe you are older than I am.

[Anonymous]

OP here - I'm 55.

[Anonymous]

The "New American Bible Revised Edition" is the most recent translation for Catholics--it is what you will recognize from church/school growing up.

A more literal, "word for word" biblical translation (but that is not approved by the Catholic Church) is the New American Standard Bible.

The most literary (though far from the most accurate) translation that you'll recognize from TV and movies is the King James Bible.

[Anonymous]

I like the Jerusalem Bible - it is Catholic, but currently not widely in use. It is poetic, but in a much more modern way than the King James Bible (which is Protestant).

[Anonymous]

Well, that depends. This wiki has a brief translation discussion and shows that there are many translations of the Roman Catholic Bible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Bible

Officially, since John Paul II, the Nova Vulgate is the Bible of Holy See, but it is in Latin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Vulgata Also, you will note that Traditionalist Catholics object to it. There was also much debate about whether it was correct to use that Latin version for other language translations, blah blah blah.

Anyway, when I look for a version to read or reference, I like annotated academic versions because they will include notes about issues surrounding translations and interpretations of various words, phrases, and references.

The revised "New American Bible" is an American English translation and is available on the Vatican Website with useful footnotes. A little background on that is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_American_Bible It is the official version used in American Catholic Mass in English (also approved by the Episcopal church).

And the interactive version here:
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/_INDEX.HTM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mind if I ask how long ago it was that you went to Catholic school? I was also raised Catholic and went to parochial school, and we spent a lot of time reading the Bible. My kids have also spent some years in Catholic school where they also spent a fair amount of time reading the Bible.

Catholics have been spending a lot of time with the Bible for most of my life, but I know older people say that they didn’t read it much when they were kids. I’m in my late 50s, so maybe you are older than I am.

NP- I am 37 and went to Catholic schools and haven’t read the Bible much at all. I still attend Mass weekly (online during COVID).

[Anonymous]

Some parishes run a weekly Bible Study. Mine is on Zoom. Call a parish to ask for the link.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mind if I ask how long ago it was that you went to Catholic school? I was also raised Catholic and went to parochial school, and we spent a lot of time reading the Bible. My kids have also spent some years in Catholic school where they also spent a fair amount of time reading the Bible.

Catholics have been spending a lot of time with the Bible for most of my life, but I know older people say that they didn’t read it much when they were kids. I’m in my late 50s, so maybe you are older than I am.

NP- I am 37 and went to Catholic schools and haven’t read the Bible much at all. I still attend Mass weekly (online during COVID).

NP- I’m 47 and attended Catholic school and we didn’t spend much time reading the Bible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mind if I ask how long ago it was that you went to Catholic school? I was also raised Catholic and went to parochial school, and we spent a lot of time reading the Bible. My kids have also spent some years in Catholic school where they also spent a fair amount of time reading the Bible.

Catholics have been spending a lot of time with the Bible for most of my life, but I know older people say that they didn’t read it much when they were kids. I’m in my late 50s, so maybe you are older than I am.

NP- I am 37 and went to Catholic schools and haven’t read the Bible much at all. I still attend Mass weekly (online during COVID).

NP- I’m 47 and attended Catholic school and we didn’t spend much time reading the Bible.

I'm 53, 15 years of Catholic school, and I'm pretty sure there was a Bible somewhere in the house. Maybe. But in my recollection, we didn't hold the actual book and read it, we read parts that were in text books with other writings and explanations and artwork, had parts read to us, etc. And certainly in early elementary school we were dealing with 'dumbed down' translations for kids, mostly interesting stories and poems. College courses were much more academic and involved the text and discussions of translations, translators, linguistics, history, theories of the writers, etc.

[Anonymous]

Catholics focus on New Testament vs. old. It’s still the Bible.

[Anonymous]

You can hear most of the Bible by attending daily Mass and Sunday Mass. It takes 3 years to cover it all if you only attend Sunday Mass, two years if you attend daily Mass. But by "all," I mean what the Church has decided to cover, which is about 80% of the Bible.

You can read or listen to the daily readings online at https://bible.usccb.org/ It's a nice way to begin the day.

I like these explanations of the Sunday readings https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/liturgical-year/sunday-connection/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The "New American Bible Revised Edition" is the most recent translation for Catholics--it is what you will recognize from church/school growing up.

A more literal, "word for word" biblical translation (but that is not approved by the Catholic Church) is the New American Standard Bible.

The most literary (though far from the most accurate) translation that you'll recognize from TV and movies is the King James Bible.

RSV-CE is more recent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Catholics focus on New Testament vs. old. It’s still the Bible.

We spent a lot of time looking at how the NT was the fulfillment of the OT. In HS we spent a whole year on the OT. I have not see that as much in multi-denominational bible studies especially those that are modern evangelicals. YMMV.