Which Translation Do You Prefer?

[Guest Jon]

[color="#008080"]Thank you - if this has been asked before my apologies.
I am not a scholar. I realize others here have studied for 30 years.
Your input would be very respected. I have been studying the Bible since Jan '06.

I am onto something very exciting, but before I discuss it here I'd like to get
input on different translations.
I respect them all so far. And go to all of them. Is one better than another and why?
Thank so much, I can't tell you how this helps me. I've never asked this before.

I hope I am even in the right section. Newbies can make mistakes.

TY in advance. Love you all :)
Jon[/color]

[Saint Therese]

If you're referring to the Bible, my favorite are the Ignatius and Jerusalem bibles.
And you're doing fine.

[CatherineM]

The NAB is most familiar because it is what I grew up hearing, just ignore the footnotes. For scholarly work, I use the RSV. I don't like the NRSV because they inclusive languaged it. It's kind of the PC version.

[Archaeology cat]

I like the Jerusalem Bible, but don't own that one; I do own the NRSV-CE, and would prefer the RSV-CE. I also own the NASB; since it is a very literal translation, it helped me a bit with translating Hebrew if I got stuck.

[Apotheoun]

I like the RSV (Catholic Edition), but I am still fond of the KJV because it is the translation I grew up with, and its New Testament is based upon the Byzantine text (i.e., the so-called Textus Receptus).

[philothea]

Side-by-side comparison of several translations leads me to believe that the New American Bible is the most literal. I prefer the NAB for personal reading.

The (New) Jerusalem Bible is pretty and poetic, though. I'd use that where the sound of the language might matter.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='philothea' post='1690901' date='Nov 1 2008, 01:04 PM']Side-by-side comparison of several translations leads me to believe that the New American Bible is the most literal. I prefer the NAB for personal reading.[/quote]
The NAB, like many modern translations (including the RSV), is based on textual reconstruction, and so I do not believe it is possible to say it is the "most literal." Moreover, the NAB Old Testament is based upon the Hebrew text rather than the LXX, and I find that to be a major deficiency.

[Slappo]

I like the Douay-Rhiems bible as well as the RSV.

[Knight of the Holy Rosary]

Douay-Rheims and the Jerusalem Bible.

[homeschoolmom]

We have RSV-CE, NAB, NIV, NKJV, and a couple of TEV around here.

[princessgianna]

Jerusalem Bible. a convert priest (from Lutheranism) who i know said the Jerusalem was the best translation he has found.

[tinytherese]

There's an article from Catholic Answers that talks about this subject.

[url="http://www.catholic.com/library/bible_translations_guide.asp"]http://www.catholic.com/library/bible_translations_guide.asp[/url]

[Guest Jon]

[color="#000080"]Wow, I had no idea I would learn so much so fast.

I never heard of the Ignatius,Douxy-Rhiems and don't know what TEV stands for yet - but I will.

Seems as though the Jerusalem will be the one I get next. I have so many - and refer to all of them. Funny no one said anything about the Amplified. When I picked up my first one - an African-Am lady said, " I'd be careful of that one...they put things in there as their interpretation --ehemmm - I'd be careful about that one." But, I know many people refer to it in addition to others when wanting to clarify or magnify a verse.

Funny so many like the RSV -that's the one I started with in 2006 and has the most pen marks now - so I stay with it the most. Good.

I got a new Strong's Concordance for $5.00 at Goodwill -I'm on Cloud 9.

And thank you for the link,TT - great. :)
Should I get the Morman Bible?
Gotcha...;)

Thanks,
Jon[/color]

[RandomProddy]

[quote name='Jon' post='1691347' date='Nov 2 2008, 04:51 AM'][color="#000080"]Should I get the Morman Bible?
[/color][/quote]

I wouldn't say it's necessary.

[Ziggamafu]

My favorite for personal study is the NRSV

My favorite for reading is the New Jerusalem Bible (hey, btw; I wonder what the English-speaking parishes in Europe will do now that "Yahweh" is not allowed in the liturgy?)

...as far as "study Bibles" go:

The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible series is absolutely superb.

Navarre just released a New Testament study bible.

The Catholic Study Bible, revised 2nd edition.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='Ziggamafu' post='1691490' date='Nov 2 2008, 02:09 PM']My favorite for reading is the New Jerusalem Bible (hey, btw; I wonder what the English-speaking parishes in Europe will do now that "Yahweh" is not allowed in the liturgy?)[/quote]
Even though the Tetragrammaton is written in the Jerusalem Bible readings for the Mass sheet at my parish, it isn't used in the actual lectionary. So no problem with my parish at least.

[KnightofChrist]

[url="http://www.drbo.org/"]Douay-Rheims[/url]

[Resurrexi]

I like both the DR and the RSV-CE. Them to be the most accurate translations.

[tinytherese]

No the question is which concordance to use when studying scripture.

[kafka]

for study Douay Rheims.

While we are on the subject of Bibles, has anyone ever seen this webpage:

[url="http://biblos.com/"]http://biblos.com/[/url]

I love it!

Also a friend of mine is translating the Bible from the Latin Vulgate. Here is his project:

[url="http://www.sacredbible.org/"]http://www.sacredbible.org/[/url]

Edited November 10, 2008 by kafka