Good Catholic Study Bible (Rating 4 of 5)
» J. V. Markgraf
Originally I purchased this for my son who is going to Iraq. I was going to give it to him for Christmas. However, I noted the print was so small and he had asked for something bigger than what the Army issued prints are, so I ended up ordering him something different - not a study Bible. With all of the good study material included on each page, it is necessary for the print to be the smaller size - so it's a good Bible if you want a study Bible with all of the extra information in it - the references and maps, etc. However, for a praying, casual reading, type of Bible this may not be the one that you want
The Catholic Study Bible (Rating 5 of 5)
» A. Perez-Noy
I have multiple Bibles at home but this is beats them all. Very easy to read, Notes are extremely helpful, as well as the reading guide in the front of the book which helps you put what you are reading into a historlical perspective, making it easier to understand.
I highly reccomend this Bible to all that are starting their studies of the Sacred Book
Awesome Study Bible (Rating 5 of 5)
» L. Lyon
It is so great to have a study Bible that has historical information and liturgal information that the Protestant Church is missing out on so much of today
Is this really an update? (Rating 2 of 5)
» Timothy Mccormick
I am not going to get into the discussion about the positive and negative features of the NAB, but rather focus on a couple things about this 2nd Edition of the Catholic Study Bible.
Two things stand out to me:
1) I really don't see the need in revising the older edition. To be honest, much of the material remains the same as in older versions. The textual notes, which come with all NAB's, is exactly the same. In addition, the inclusion of expanded reading guides and the terribly bland looking in-text maps seems to be hastly arranged.
2) I dislike the visual format of this edition. Personally, the original 1990 version of the Catholic Study Bible is much better. Does anyone else find the print too light? Also, the cross-referencing apparatus I think is not helpful, as well as the divide between the Sacred Text and the notes, which seems to similar.
While there are other study Bibles for Catholics in the process of being developed, like the Ignatius Study Bible, I am not sure this version is going to stand the test of time. I would rather use an older edition of The Catholic Study Bible or the much better HaperCollins Study Bible
Excellent (Rating 5 of 5)
» Jean I. Allen
A wonderful study bible. In depth witout being so technical as to be inacessible to a lay person.The Catholic Study Bible
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