Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament Author: Curtis Mitch | Language: English | ISBN:
1586172506 | Format: PDF
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament Description
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With copious historical and theological notes, incisive commentary and tools for study, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament is outstanding for private devotion, personal study and Bible study groups. It is excellent for evangelization and apologetics as well! --
Stephen Ray, Host of
The Footprints of God series; Author of
Upon This RockOnce a generation a truly unique Bible tool is given to the Church. The Ignatius Study Bible is a gift for our generation. This is the most important book since the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Every parish study group and every student of Sacred Scripture should own and use this Bible. --
David Currie Author,
Born Fundamentalist, Born Again CatholicThe Ignatius Study Bible is a triumph of both piety and scholarship, in the best Catholic tradition: simply the most useful succinct commentary that any Christian or other interested person could hope for.' --
Erasmo Leiva, Author,
Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word- Paperback: 726 pages
- Publisher: Ignatius Press (June 1, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1586172506
- ISBN-13: 978-1586172503
- Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This will be a very quick review as I've only had a couple of hours to go over this new study Bible. I have been a Protestant of the Southern Baptist persuasion my entire life, but I am open to a possible change to Catholicism.
I got the paperback version and I am very happy with the quality. It is a substantial book that almost has a textbook like feel to it.
They use the Revised Standard Version Second Catholic Edition (RSV-SCE) for the text. Interestingly, it reads very much like the Protestant English Standard Version (ESV). Both are updates of the Revised Standard Version (RSV). Both removed archaic pronoun references to God, e.g. thee, thy, thou, etc. Both have "corrected" several verses where the original RSV was perceived to have favored a more liberal translation philosophy. The RSV-SCE text is definitely better than the New American Bible so it was a good choice for this study Bible.
I was pleasantly surprised by the volume, range, and thoroughness of the notes and articles. There is a substantial amount of information here. I am most interested in the Index of Doctrines in the appendix. For any given doctrine, they provide Biblical references and commentary regarding that doctrine. That alone should make this a must read for Protestants. They generally don't know what they are "protesting" so here's a good way to find out. But, I warn them that they could discover they don't have anything to protest.
The text size is another bonus for this Bible. Most Bibles say they are printing readable text at 7 and 8 points--I don't think so. I am young, and I have good eyesight. Seven point text is small no matter your age. This Bible uses at least 10pt text, but it's probably more like 12pt.
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