The Jerusalem Bible is Unique
I was glad to seen an app that featured The Jerusalem Bible of 1966. It is a unique translation done during a unique time. It was done by Catholics during the Vatican II era, which was a very ecumenical (unity among various branches of Christian groups) time. It came with a lot of notes (not included in app) with were very helpful and are moderately conservative theologically, and therefore enjoyable to Protestants and Catholics alike. The translation is idiomatic enough to bring out the flavor of what was said, yet without straying too much from the original language. The subsequent revisions of it in 1985 (New Jerusalem Bible) and just recently (Revised New Jerusalem Bible) brought about notes that are somewhat more liberal or progressive in nature. And the translation in these revisions revert back to some terms that are somewhat obscure to many Protestants, such as “saving justice” instead of “justification” in Paul’s writings. There are a lot of different translations of the Bible available out there, and none of them are perfect. But the Jerusalem Bible (1966) is a gem, because of the clarity of the translation, and the unique ecumenical time in which it was made, as well as the mostly helpful notes that came with that edition (if you can find a hard copy that has the notes). Later editions claim the 1966 edition didn’t rely on the Hebrew and Greek as much as they should have, but that claim is overstated, and most people use more than one translation for study or devotions anyway.
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Well presented and easy to use
This bible is very good as it allows you to read sacred scriptures where ever you are rather than wasting time. The index is well laid out and font size is good.
Bible is way to read!
I like the Jerusalem bible because I like how easy it is to access individual chapters. I am studying Mark in a bible study. We have to find verses from the old & New Testament. I flip back & forth easily. The text size is good.
Love this translation
I have read the leather bound version for many years. I appreciate all the footnotes and all the scholarly help. It is great to have the same version that I am familiar with on my phone. It is a solid Catholic version and also very personal in presenting God to us.
Easy to use
So easy everyday one can wake up and have 3 beautiful bible verses at there eyes sight and it also easy to look up a verse
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Very happy with this version.
Ads free doesn’t seem to be an option
The Bible is great, but I can’t find a way to buy it ad free.
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Jerusalem bible stresses the importance of original words of Holy bible. Thank you and God bless
Just what I was looking for; got all books 💛💛💛!!!
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏!!!
Jerusalem Bible
I have used the Jerusalem Bible for more than 45 years (first the original French translation, then the English translations). As a Greek scholar I was particularly interested with the updated Greek text of the New Testament (which incorporated variant readings from different text traditions other than manuscripts that had been used in 19th and early 20th Greek texts of scripture. Having the modern language translations (French and English) of this updated text in the form of the Bible de Jerusalem / Jerusalem Bible was wonderful for teaching scripture and theology classes. And the notes that accompanied the French text represented state of the art scholarship. And it was wonderful not having to deal with archaic texts like the King James and Douay-Rheims when one simply wanted to do personal spiritual reading.
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