Gift and Award Bible-NABRE-Zipper Deluxe [Leather Bound]

World Catholic Press (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0529061899 | ISBN-13: 978-0529061898 | Publication Date: September 2011

The front of this gift award edition zipper-close black imitation leather Bible has the words "The New American Bible" in gold, with gold edging on the pages. Comes gift boxed. Special features: Footnotes and references List of Popes Parables of Christ Miracles of Christ Discourses of Christ in chronological order Presentation page and Family Record pages 8 pages of full-color Bible maps Words of Christ in Red Zipper closure

Product Details

• Leather Bound: 1394 pages
• Publisher: World Catholic Press (September 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0529061899
• ISBN-13: 978-0529061898
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,605,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice edition, though with some defects, October 9, 2003

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gerard1951 "gerard1951" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gift and Award Bible-NABRE-Zipper Deluxe (Leather Bound)

This edition has several attractive aspects: compact size, a nice zippered case, fine paper, useful introductions and footnotes to each book, and good maps. But it suffers from several defects.

Most serious of these is the politically correct substitution of the plural number for the singular. For example, Psalm 14 reads "Fools say in their hearts", rather than the time-honored "The fool says in his heart". This does not simply align the translation with contemporary norms of political correctness. It materially changes the thrust of what is being asserted, from one of individual judgement and responsibility to simply a collective aggregation of some fault. I'm mystified at why they chose to do this. My large family edition of the New American Bible has the traditional and more accurate translation.

Some aspects of the typography are anomalous. Biblical references are in the format John 10, 15 (with an embedded blank between chapter and verse) rather than the more compact, readable, and traditional John 10:15. Also, double quotes " are consistently printed as two consecutive single quotes '', which may not look too bad in this review but is a major readability hit in this edition of the NAB.

There are also an unacceptable number of typographical errors in the text and in the notes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Zipper Case gives out, May 20, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Gift and Award Bible-NABRE-Zipper Deluxe (Leather Bound)

I bought one of these for travel purposes. I have actually bought two of them. After a while, though, the stitching from the zipper case seems to give out. I think I'm going to try the NASB Travel Bible which got RAVE reviews.