The Jerusalem Bible (Standard Edition)

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New Testament: La Bible de Jérusalem, Eclectic text with high correspondence to the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece with major variant readings from the Majority text and sacred tradition (i. The New Jerusalem Bible is an update to the Jerusalem Bible, an English version of the French Bible de Jérusalem. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation. I am used to having the verse number start off the specified verse, with a large number marking the start of a chapter, or a clear chapter heading. I believe the translation that I think preserves the nature of the ancient languages of Scripture, and advertised on the back dust jacket as “an English translation that is as close as possible to the literal meaning of the ancient texts”.

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Coincidentally, the Qumran text sometimes agrees with the Septuagint, from about the same period, rather than with the later Masoretic text. The very first full-text Readers editions of the Revised New Jerusalem Bible (RNJB) – a Bible for study and proclamation. This new translation – known as the New Jerusalem Bible – was freshly translated from the original languages and not tied to any French translation (except indirectly, because it maintained many of the stylistic and interpretive choices of the French Jerusalem Bible). The Good News Youth Bible features accessible notes, a YouTube playlist, reading plans, book introductions and even space for journaling and doodling!

I lead Scripture study and recommend it to everyone - not as their primary Bible, but as an addition. g. Dominican scholar monks at the Ecole biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, with the intention of keeping the original text meaning intact. R. Tolkien translated the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible, although its final version was heavily edited, and he is listed among its "principal collaborators".

The biblical text remains unchanged, but the notes and introductions to each book have been shortened, and the Index of Persons and Chronological Table simplified.