The Jerusalem Bible was one of the first and most important modern translations of the Bible for Catholics, and is the basis of the Lectionary for Mass used in Catholic liturgy throughout England, Wales, and the majority of the English-speaking world outside the United States and Canada. In 1943, Pope Pius XII issued an encyclical letter, Divino afflante Spiritu, which encouraged Catholics to translate the Scriptures from the original Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic texts, rather than just from St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate. As a result, a number of Dominicans and other scholars at the École Biblique in Jerusalem translated the the original languages into French. The product of these efforts was published as La Bible de Jérusalem in 1956.

This French translation served as the impetus for an English translation in 1966, the Jerusalem Bible. For the majority of the books, the English translation was a translation of the Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic texts; in passages with more than one interpretation, the interpretation chosen by the French translators is generally followed. For a small number of Old Testament books, the first draft of the English translation was made directly from the French, and then the General Editor produced a revised draft by comparing this word-for-word to the Hebrew or Aramaic texts. The footnotes and book introductions are almost literal translations from the French.

The dynamic equivalence of the translation is more "thought-for-thought" than "word-for-word" compared to other modern translations. The introductions, footnotes, and even the translation itself reflect a modern scholarly approach and the conclusions of scholars who use historical-critical method. As examples, the introduction and notes reject Moses' authorship of the Pentateuch, as well as the Book of Wisdom having been authored by King Solomon.

The Jerusalem Bible was the first widely accepted Roman Catholic English translation of the Bible since the Douay-Rheims Version of the 17th century. The translation itself has been admired for its literary qualities, perhaps in part due to its most famous contributor, J.R.R. TOLKIEN, the famous English novelist and literary critic. This Bible was the one used by Mother Angelica on EWTN. It has also been widely praised for an overall very high level of scholarship, and is widely admired and sometimes used by various Protestants. The Jerusalem Bible is one of the versions authorized to be used in services of the Episcopal Church.


-- Original Description --

When it comes to Bible translations, readability and reliability are what count; and on both counts, the original JERUSALEM BIBLE stands alone. A product of the age of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), THE JERUSALEM BIBLE (published in 1966) was the first truly modern Bible for Catholics. Using definitive original language texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical scholars of L'École Biblique in Jerusalem produced a meticulously accurate, wonderfully readable French translation of the complete canon of Scripture (La Bible de Jérusalem). From this French original came the English edition, edited by renowned Bible scholar Alexander Jones.

For all the people around the world who are discovering or revisiting the mysteries contained in the Scriptures, only a clear, understandable Bible translation will do. With language as exquisite but more modern than the King James Version, THE JERUSALEM BIBLE is the one they can trust.

"This is one of those really monumental works. There is just nothing like it in English, and I will not live long enough to see anything like it." --Father J. L. McKenzie, President, Society of Biblical Literature 


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See also:

--Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/11845089

--Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger: The Untold Story of the Lost Books of 
  the Protestant Bible (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/11976840

--Dr. Peter Kreeft - You Can Understand The Bible: A Practical 
  And Illuminating Guide To Each Book In The Bible (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/11844929/

--The Protestant's Dilemma: How the Reformation's Shocking Consequences 
  Point to the Truth of Catholicism (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/10205059

--Journeys Home: The Journeys of Protestant Clergy and Laity Coming Home 
  to the Catholic Church (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/11976752

--Tim Staples - Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the 
  Marian Doctrines (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/11845130

--The Fathers Know Best: Your Guide to the Early Church Teachings (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/11847772

--Rapture: The End-Times Error That Leaves the Bible Behind (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/10205245

--Thomas E. Woods: How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/11836707

--Edward Sri - A Biblical Walk Through the Mass (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/10204790/

--J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth (e-book)
   https://www.piratebays.to/torrent/11851526

--The Power of the Ring: The Spiritual Vision Behind the Lord of the Rings 
  and the Hobbit (e-book)
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