{"id":8777,"date":"2011-04-08T13:56:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T18:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=8777"},"modified":"2016-11-10T21:25:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T03:25:09","slug":"what%e2%80%99s-up-with-the-nabre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/08\/what%e2%80%99s-up-with-the-nabre\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s up with the NABRE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You already know about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/comm\/archives\/2011\/11-003.shtml\">New American Bible Revised Edition<\/a> \u2013 the new Bible translation officially commissioned by the U.S. bishops\u2019 conference. The first copies appeared, hot of the press, this past Ash Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The New Testament of the NABRE is still the (high quality, in my view) translation issued back in 1986. It was successfully argued, with the support of Bishop Serratelli, that <em>Liturgiam authenticam<\/em> does not apply to translations of the Bible, and so no revision of 1986 was necessary. It is the Old Testament which is completely revised from the 1970 version, based of course on the many advances in Scripture studies in the past 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to see a NABRE asap and went right to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=NABRE\">Amazon<\/a>. Oddly, only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saintbenedictpress.com\/\">Saint Benedict Press<\/a> had a copy for sale. Mine came in the mail last week. And I kept it for exactly one day before mailing it right back. No scholarly essays such as in my 1986 paperback bible from Catholic Bible Press \/ Thomas Nelson. Only a two-page ultramontanist defense of the papacy \u2013 never mind Vatican II or ecumenism\u00a0\u2013 followed by a list of all the popes, which is fine. And then the biblical text itself, including the brief official introductions to each section and each book by the translation team. Here\u2019s the deal breaker: Saint Benedict Press prints the words of Our Lord are in red! Just like the Protestant fundamentalists. Just what you need if you think everything attributed to Jesus in the canonical Gospels was said by him \u2013 as the Catholic Church does not quite\u00a0teach.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve registered my complaint with the USCCB. I vote for a policy prohibiting publishers from putting Jesus\u2019 words in red. (When I\u2019m pope\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>The other publishers are on the way. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oup.com\/us\/catalog\/general\/?queryField=keyword&amp;query=new+american+bible+revised+edition&amp;view=usa&amp;viewVeritySearchResults=true&amp;ss=relevancy\">Oxford<\/a> will be out within a month or two. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicbookpublishing.com\/default.aspx\">Catholic Book Publishing<\/a> is coming \u2013 but they seem to be hiding any info quite well at their impenetrable website. Thomas Nelson is no longer publishing Catholic bibles \u2013 a casualty of downsizing there. Liturgical Press will be using NABRE in their forthcoming Little Rock Catholic Study Bible \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.litpress.org\/Detail.aspx?ISBN=9780814626795\">paperback<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.litpress.org\/Detail.aspx?ISBN=9780814636480\">hardcover<\/a>. Highly recommended. (I get no commission&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/nab\/bible\/nabre.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">USCCB website<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Releasing in March 2011:<br \/>\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Catholic Book Publishing: gift editions<br \/>\nSaint Benedict\u2019s Press: ultra-soft and paperback<br \/>\nFireside: \u00a0Fireside Catholic Youth Bible NEXT<br \/>\nOSV: \u00a0Prove It! Catholic Bible and New Catholic Answer Bible<br \/>\nOxford University Press: Compact editions and Large Print editions<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Later releases:<br \/>\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Soul-Centered enterprises: flash-drive computer version<br \/>\nAmerican Bible Society: soft cover (July 2011)<br \/>\nLiturgical Press: Little Rock Study Bible (June 2011)<br \/>\nAutom: soft cover (June 2011)<br \/>\nRoyal:\u00a0 handheld electronic Bible (May 2011)<br \/>\nSaint Mary\u2019s Press (2012)<br \/>\nOur Sunday Visitor:\u00a0 My Daily Catholic Bible (date TBA)<br \/>\nDeVore: Kindle and e-book editions and family editions (date TBA)<br \/>\nCatholic Book Publishing: additional editions (throughout 2011)<br \/>\nJustWord: iApp (May 2011)<\/p>\n<p>awr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My copy of NABRE came in the mail last week. 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