I come to this, then, as a non-believer, but as a non-believer who's interested in understanding this text from a believing Catholic perspective. pages of helps are placed at the back of the book, including essays, tables, a glossary, a concordance, and revised Oxford maps. While reflecting modern trends, this one-sided presentation could be seriously damaging to one’s faith should they not avail themselves of better, conservative resources to balance out the editors’ opinions.

From a stylistic standpoint, the Ignatius 2nd edition is the closest thing in the Catholic publishing world to the English Standard Version. What it adds is a whopping 525-page introduction to Scripture consisting of general Bible information and mini-commentary “Reading Guides” for all the books.I pushed through a little to try and make it happen every month as I have for a long time followed the daily mass readings but find it insufficient to gain the familiarity and mastery of God's word that I have been looking to develop. Hitherto, the only choices had been the 1800s Haydock Douay-Rheims (which some would assert has been--and remains--the only legitimate Catholic Study Bible), Oxford's Catholic Study Bible (NAB/RE), and the Navarre Bible (RSVCE). It has helped me to grow in knowledge and understanding of the tense and complex world of Jesus under Roman rule (for example, explaining who the Pharisees, the Herodians, and the Sadducees were and how they all viewed life - and how they viewed Jesus).

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The original translation was mixed bag: literal in some respects, but with a loosely translated Old Testament text made up of a combination of various textual traditions. It is an invaluable tool as an aid to serious Bible study and to one's devotional life: I would say it is a "must-have" for every Catholic (and others too! This is unsurprising; the large selection of Protestant study bibles reflects the number and diversity of Protestant beliefs.

If you find this to be the case, there are many other more specialised Study Bibles from which to choose. That said, there exists a spectrum of Catholic study bibles created by the scriptural translations and study tools.