{"id":503,"date":"2008-01-13T22:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-13T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/01\/which-bible-part-4-new-american-bible.html"},"modified":"2008-01-13T22:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-13T22:38:00","slug":"which-bible-part-4-new-american-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/01\/which-bible-part-4-new-american-bible.html","title":{"rendered":"Which Bible? Part 4 (New American Bible)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next stop on our tour<\/span> through Chapter 7 of Pocket Guide to the Bible,<\/a> which details the most popular biblical translations. Previously, we covered the KJV, the RSV, <\/a>and The Jerusalem Bible.<\/a> Today’s subject is the New American Bible.

New American Bible (NAB)<\/span><\/p>\n

First published in:<\/span> 1970, by the Catholic Bible Association of America<\/p>\n

Translation style: <\/span>Formal Equivalence<\/a><\/p>\n

Quick description: The official Roman Catholic Bible for public reading, and along with the Jerusalem Bible, one of the Catholic church\u2019s most popular translations. <\/p>\n

Why you should read it: <\/span>If you\u2019re a Catholic, this is what\u2019s being read at Mass. Plus, the high-quality translation maintains the delicate balance between word-for-word equivalence and good readin\u2019. <\/p>\n

Not so fast: <\/span>The footnotes are chockabloc with Catholic doctrine, so Protestants may be a little uncomfortable with all the popishness and references to Church councils. Plus there\u2019s that whole Deuterocanonical <\/a>section to worry about. <\/p>\n

Example:<\/span>
\u201cYou shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth\u201d (Exodus 20:4)<\/p>\n

\u201cFor God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.\u201d (John 3:16)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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