Read The Jerusalem Bible Reader Edition Alexander General Editor Jones Books

Product details Paperback Publisher Doubleday & Company; Reprint edition (1968) Language German ASIN B000K1S98O

The Jerusalem Bible Reader Edition Alexander General Editor Jones Books Reviews

• As one who greatly dislikes the inclusive language of The New Jerusalem Bible, I have been searching for a "Like New" used copy of The Jerusalem Bible (©1966) for quite some time.
  I recently found a copy here on that met my criteria.
  
  In my excitement at the time I placed my order, I clearly hadn't read the description thoroughly, and was under the erroneous impression that I had ordered a standard hardcover/cloth edition.
  
  Upon receiving my package I was utterly delighted to find a beautiful near-perfect, black, flexible leather-bound, Jerusalem Bible with completely clean copy (no notation marks, no highlights, etc.) ...and for just $19.96!!! What a treasure! What a blessing!
  The leather binding was a bit dull and slightly dehydrated upon receipt (it IS fifty years old, after all!).
  A few applications of a leather conditioning creme was all it took to restore suppleness and a lovely sheen (please see my photo).
  
  The 1966 Standard edition Jerusalem Bible translation is my absolute favorite for its clarity, faithfulness to original sources, use of traditional language, and it's excellent footnotes (see photo), and study resources.
  In particular, I very much like the individual book introductions.
  
  The translation itself, for those unfamiliar with The Jerusalem Bible, reads similarly to the Revised Standard Version (RSV-2CE).
  It is so much more scholarly in flavor than the "simplistic" New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE).
  
  So while I own other newer beautiful leather-bound Bibles, this "used", half-century old treasure is now my "go-to" Bible.
  I use it for my daily Lectio Divina. It's the one I carry to and from church. And it's the Bible that I use to teach from in my Adult Religiious Education classes and Bible Study groups.
  
  I'm so thankful for this timeless treasure --quietly sitting on a shelf somewhere-- just awaiting my order.
  Truly a blessing and one of my most-prized possessions.
  
  Thank you for reading,
  -CC, Prime Member-Reviewer. +JMJ+
• Although I'm not Catholic, this Catholic translation is my personal favorite translation. Protestant readers should be aware it contains the Apocrypha.
  
  Clear and concise English accurately reflects the original languages. Excellent footnotes help the reader understand references that would otherwise be invisible to modern readers. In an effort to more accurately portray the meaning from the original language, some verses are split between other verses. These are clearly labeled, but some people find this disconcerting. This edition has been out of print for some time. It is hard to find a Jerusalem Bible with the full footnotes, and you want the footnotes. People sometimes portray to The New Jerusalem Bible as a new edition of The Jerusalem Bible, but truly, it is a new translation. My preference is for the older translation.
  
  The Bible was advertised as "used-like new condition", which was entirely accurate.
• I believe this may be the best English translation ever written, First translated from the early texts into French, Then translated again directly from the early texts into English, while compared with the French. the result is unique colloquialisms, and phrasing shifts that bring the actual scenes into sudden surprising vividness. VERY well researched. N.T. Wright reviewed a list of 10 or 12 modern English translations and "damning with faint praise" would describe a lot of them. Of this, he said "One of the best, VERY good overall, in places brilliant, occasionally misleading". I like that, but I'll decide for myself if it's misleading thank you. This standard version supplies a LOT! more cultural background material than the readers edition and is harder to find I LOVE it! Don't mistake it for the NEW Jerusalem Bible, which is timid, bone dry, wordy, (like this review) and boring.
• I was sooooo excited to see this reprint because the Jerusalem Bible is my favorite translation, it's the Readers edition in large print (layout is great and print is truly large- a great lectio bible), and the full original edition of the Dali Jerusalem bible is hard to find and expensive.
  
  My New Testament arrived today and I ripped open the box longing to gaze on the gorgeous Dali painings (I LOVE his work) only to see them in black and white!!!! The original volume is in full color and since the description of this product didn't mention the pics being in black and white I assumed they would be in color! This is LOUSY advertising and the description on needs to be updated asap so others aren't as disappointed as I am right now.
  
  I will be returning this volume asap (of what benefit is black and white Dali paintings?? He was a surrealist painter and color pictures is essential) and I will be hunting for the original volume.
  
  What a shame. This will be out of print in no time once more people are as disappointed as I am.