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Summary: Tell the truth
Review: The truth is not something that everyone looks for. This is quite evident with so many people flocking to one book as a way to live their lives. We, as a society, are Lemmings. We will find something that is a good idea, and carry it too far. Does anyone realize that the Bible was written as a way to express morals, not to have every detail over analyzed and followed exactly as it is written. There are so many people in this world that will not live their lives as they would like to on the sole basis of that is not the way the Bible tells us to live. I believe that these stories should be taken for what they are, stories, nothing more. They tell us morals of how certain situations turned out, they do not say that we should follow their expample exactly.
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Summary: Corporation of Religion
Review: this book should be filed under fiction. It wasn't even good. The only part I liked in it was the fighting and killing, out side of that this book is evil in its pure form.
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Summary: Great translation and publication
Review: This is a great translation and it is also published in a good format. I don't like a lot of footnotes and intro's cluttering my Bible up, and this is great for that! One version I had was not indicated to be study Bible yet half of the page was the actual Word of God and the other half was notes! This had very minimal comments, and that helps when reading it. Also the translation is a beautiful one because it is easy to read and still hasn't become so modern that you don't know your reading His Word. Espically when it comes to the Psalms. For those that pray the Divine Office they know a beautifl and easy translation of the Psalms, this is my favorite of Psalms and as soon as I can I plan to buy it. I don't like NAB's Psalms they are too modern, and the Douay Rheims is too cryptic, it's pretty but old. There is no translation that I back 100%, I think you need to learn Latin for he Vulgate, or Greek for it's original to get the full effect of Scriptures. But if your like me you don't have time to learn another language, so I recomend this one!
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Summary: I Do Not Recommend the RSV
Review: This is a very special edition of Sacred Scripture for the Traditional Catholic reader. Important well known verses such
as in Luke 1:28 Mary is addressed as "Hail, full of Grace" not "Hail,favored one". I highly recomend this beautiful hard-bound edition.
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Summary: THE HOLY BIBLE, RSV CATHOLIC ED.,IGNATIUS PRESS
Review: This is a very special edition of Sacred Scripture for the Traditional Catholic reader. Important well known verses such
as in Luke 1:28 Mary is addressed as "Hail, full of Grace" not "Hail,favored one". I highly recomend this beautiful hard-bound edition.
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Summary: Beautifully translated and readable.
Review: This is my favorite English translation of the Holy Bible. The language is beautiful and the meanings are clear, concrete and concise. A very difficult thing to do is to maintain the beauty of the text with the conciseness necessary for comprehension. I highly recommend this bible.
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Summary: RSVCE needs an update
Review: This is the best Catholic Bible on the market, unfortunately it leaves a lot to be desired. I understand that Ignatius Press is planning a badly needed update. The most serious issue is a strong and very dated liberal bias in the underlying scholarship. The messianic prophecies of the OT are translated in such a way as to obscure the NT interpretation - even when the Hebrew text is quite clear. The attitude of the translators seems to be that the Church represents some kind of break with Judaism rather than being the true heir to the faith of Abraham. The language of the RSV needs to be updated. The use of "thees and thous" to address God even if justified in 1946 is now archaic. There are other corrections and improvements that are commonly conceded to be needed. For example, the corrections in the 1971 RSV (e.g., Matthew 10:8) do not appear in the RSVCE. I am most impressed with the new English Standard Version and hope that the RSVCE - 2nd edition is as successful. 90% of the time when there is a significant change from the RSV, the change brings the text closer to the neo-vulgate. Is it too much to hope that Ignatius press and the publishers of the ESV could get together on a Catholic Edition of the ESV?
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Summary: outstanding translation, needs more annotations
Review: This translation is truly outstanding. It is a literal and elegant translation of the Scriptures. This edition also chooses to render into English those readings in the ancient manuscripts that support Catholic doctrine. Therefore, it is in my opinion, one of the most suitable translations for liturgical and devotional reading. It is also good to compare this edition of the RSV with other translations to see how scholars and translators choose among the variant readings in the ancient manuscripts. Most translations are done by predominantly protestant scholars and reflect that bias. This translation shows that certain ancient manuscripts also support Catholic renderings of the text. HIghly recommended. The only drawback is that there are very sparse annotations and the book introductions are too brief. It would be nice to have a Study edition of this Bible with more extensive annotations and introductions.
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Summary: Best translation of the Holy Bible
Review: This translation of Scripture is the best one on the market, for the following reasons. First of all, it is faithful to the original languages, and avoids two errors so common in Biblical translations nowadays: excessive paraphrasing and gender-revisionist language. (In particular, it refers to God with masculine pronouns, as is mandated by historic Christian teaching.) Moreover, it is stylistically superior to most modern translations, having retained much of the phrasing (in modern spelling and usage) of the Authorized (King James) Version. Finally, being a Catholic Edition, it is faithful to historic Christian teaching, retaining all of the books of the Old Testament Canon (including the deuterocanonical books), which were included by the Catholic Church in the councils of Carthage and Rome. The short comments can be relied on to be faithful to Catholic teaching. (Indeed, Ignatius Press is known for its solid and reliable collection of books.) Altogether a marvelous work, and highly recommended for people of all faiths. The five stars are well-deserved. (I wish there were a six-star option for this one.)
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Summary: Best Of The Worst
Review: While I agree with many others that this is probably the best "Catholic" Bible on the market when compared to the politically correct "gender inclusive" choices Catholics have IE the New Jerusalem Bible, The New American Bible and the New Revised Standard Version, it is not ideal. The ESV (English Standard Version) is the best choice for anyone, Catholic or Protestant. I realise that the ESV does not contain the Deutero-Canonical books that Protestants call the Apocrypha but so what? One can either purchase the Apocrypha separately or read it online. If enough Catholics buy the ESV and ask that the publisher of the ESV print a Catholic edition maybe they can be persuaded to do so. The RSV-CE has too many issues of liberal bias, especially in Old Testament prophecy of the Messiah for me to give it more than three stars.
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