The International Student Bible For Catholics Where Straight Answers Are Standard Procedure [Paperback]

Thomas Nelson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1999

Bring your biggest, toughest questions to this straight-shooting Bible, and join a whole bunch of other teens and college students.

Hundreds of study notes and dozens of timely articles help to keep smart Christian living within reach any time.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 1664 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785209778
• ISBN-13: 978-0785209775
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #606,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great inexpensive Catholic Bible for teens & graduates!, April 28, 2002

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"catholicmom2" (Billings area, MT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The International Student Bible For Catholics Where Straight Answers Are Standard Procedure (Paperback)

I'm a Catholic religious education teacher for high schoolers. I find this particular Bible to be a GREAT inexpensive Bible to give to junior high school, high school, and college-aged Catholic kids because not only is it an NAB (New American Bible, which means that it has very helpful footnotes, is a very accurate translation, gives great summaries and background info for each book of the Bible, and has the impramateur) but it also has a Q&A section at the front that is written in a style that teens will definitely be able to relate to and answers questions that will certainly come up for them at some point about the what and why of basic Catholic beliefs, dealing with depression, answers about premarital sex & chastity, abortion, drug & alcohol use, what Catholics believe about the Pope and why, what Catholics believe about Mary & the Saints and why, etc. I'm giving one of these to each of the graduating seniors in my class this year (I wish I could afford to give one to each kid in my class -- not just the seniors!) I'm also going to give it to three nieces who are graduating this year. I thought about giving them classier-looking fake-leather-type Bibles with their name imprinted on the front, but I think that this Bible will be much more useful to them in the long run because of the great Q&A section (about 100 pages or so) in the front; and even though I doubt that any one of "my" kids would pick up a Bible and read it now (they pretty much come to R.E. classes grudgingly and disagree with much of what the Church teaches about morality), I think that there will come a time when they WILL pick it up and browse through it, or look for specific answes in it. This Bible is an answer to my prayers to find just the right graduation gifts for these kids! (I had just about decided on "Did Adam & Eve Have Bellybuttons?" -- which would have been a great choice, too, although I really wanted to give them a Bible -- before I found this Bible.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comfortable to use, not enough white space, March 25, 2001

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This review is from: The International Student Bible For Catholics Where Straight Answers Are Standard Procedure (Paperback)

If you attend a Catholic church in the US, you're already familiar with this translation.

I'm not a Bible scholar, so I can't speak to the quality of the translation. I find it readable; when I read some translations..., I find myself wondering, "What is really being said here? What's it say in the Greek or Hebrew?" The language in the New American seems less ambiguous to me, although that just could be because I'm used to hearing it in church. I haven't used the notes, so I can't say anything about those.

Given that I can't review the content, let me say of this edition, the book itself is comfortable; slightly smaller than a typical (not mass market) paperback, thin enough to grip in the palm of your hand, sturdy, and light, it's easy to *use*. You don't have to be sitting at a desk to read this Bible. The paper seem a little grainy, not pure white, but the type is clean and the ink doesn't smudge. And I think the paper, while thin, is sturdier than the bright white onion-skin in so many other Bibles. My only gripe would be that the margins are so small you can't just hold the book and read the middle column; you really have to stretch the binding to get at the words on the inside columns.

Overall, a nice edition; it's portable, fits easily in your backpack, and is easy to handle.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Bible!, February 7, 2002

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Chris "cridog" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The International Student Bible For Catholics Where Straight Answers Are Standard Procedure (Paperback)

Easy to understand and very easy to read. This was my first Bible and I have since gone on to love reading all versions because of my strong base I received from this Bible.