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The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha

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The NRSV has an intresting mix of literalness and paraphrasing in its translation. I suppose that comes from having started with the RSV, a more literal translation, and then trying to make it gender neutral.

This Bible has more of the deuterocanonical books than any other that I have found. My copy of it, however, unfortunately does not tell you where or who accepts which books and so they're all just lumped together in one collection in the middle. I would have preferred it if it had told us. I only found out recently:

Books in the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Slavonic Bibles:
Tobit
Judith
Esther (with Greek additions)
Wisdom of Solomon
Ecclesiasticus (or the Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach)
Baruch
The letter of Jeremiah (Baruch 6)
The prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews (Daniel 3:24-90)
Susanna (Daniel 13)
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees

Books in the Greek and Slavonic Bibles but not in the Roman Catholic canon:
1 Esdras (Greek version of Ezra)
Prayer of Manasseh
Psalm 151
3 Maccabees

In the Slavonic Bible and in the the Latin Vulgate appendix:
2 Esdras

In the appendix of the Greek Bible:
4 Maccabees

One of the central reasons I use this Bible is because it makes for an effective dialogue between Catholics like myself and Protestants, which the majority of the people I talk to about religious perspectives are. Another reason is because it stays away from some of the older, and harder to understand English of the KJV and Douay-Rheims.

Basically, if you're Catholic and want to participate in ecumenism with Protestants or the Orthodox, you might want to have a spare copy of this in addition to your RSV-CE, Douay-Rheims, NAB, or whatever. In any case, this Bible's language flows easily.

Still, if you want the best translation, you'd better learn Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew to have a grasp of the original Bible, and Latin in order to view the first translations of it. But, in case you don't want to go down that path, I'd pick up a copy of this no matter what Christian sect you are part of.

The New Revised Standard Version is a late-twentieth-century updating of the venerable Revised Standard Version. This reviewer has become familiar with the NRSV as the base English-language text of the New Cambridge Bible Commentary, a project for which I am writing the volumes on the book of Isaiah.

As a translation, the NRSV sticks to the center of the road. Traditionalists may dislike the move towards gender neutrality and the subsequent loss of the solitary singular in, for example, Psalm 1. Inclusive language advocates, on the other hand, may consider this a virtuous sacrifice.

As an edition, the text is a crystal clear 'Oxbridge' style on a crisp page layout. As a paperback volume, it opens and bends easily--important qualities for a self-styled 'reader's edition'--yet without the fragility of some Bibles.

Roman Catholic readers will appreciate the inclusion of the Deuterocanonical, or 'Apocryphal', books.

The only out of the ordinary characteristic of this edition is the price, which for an OUP publication is exceedingly reasonable, if that is not an oxymoron.

A good choice.

FAST DEL. WILL GET YOU ANYTHING YOU REALLY DESIRE IN THIS WORLD. I BOUGHT IT FOR MY KID BECAUSE IT SURE DID SHOW ME THE WAY. THIS IS A BOOK TO THANK GOD FOR!

Amazon asked me to review my recent purchases. I bought this Bible at the request of a young man in Pakistan named Basim. A year ago he wrote to me asking me to send him a Bible. I sent him the Good News edition. He read it. This year he wrote to me asking for a more scholarly Bible. My favorite is the NRSV Annotated. It's a good book. ;)

Great size, nicely bound with paper cover, readable print, includes concordance. Nice, sturdy addition to a study library.

I own this version and am very happy with it. The quality of the binding and paper are excellent as is the print. Of course the translation is also excellent. I agree with the review of the hardcover of this bible that it is the most readable version for Americans.
Super savers shipping was on time and in good condition.

It was not what I thought it would be. I rahter stick with the study bible. I actually used this bible as a stand by for the young adults that I teach on Wednesday. That is only if they do nto have one of their own.

I've been looking for this version of the Holy Bible & have wanted to read the Apocrypha books. What a bargain to get both in one.

Just loved it. Inexpensive and a pleasure to read and study.