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Title: The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: An Ecumenical Study Bible by Bernhard W. Anderson, Roland E. Murphy, Bruce Manning Metzger ISBN: 0-19-528356-2 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 1991 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $42.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.85 (34 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best translation and the Best Study Bible
Comment: The New Revised Standard Version is the finest translation available today, and the New Oxford Annotated Bible is the best study edition of the Bible. I am a Byzantine Catholic who has a deep devotion to the Bible as God's word, and yet appreciates the best of modern bible scholarship.
The NRSV translation is very literal yet very easy to read. It employs inclusive language for human beings, but never for the Holy Trinity. The NRSV is a better overall tranlsation than the RSV, not least of all because it is based on more precise and abundant textual evidence, especially for the Old Testament.
It is beautiful and poetic (take for example, the classic Isaiah 53 Passage). It is a product of Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Jewish scholarship, as is the New Oxford Annotated Bible. The NRSV with Apocrypha carries the imprimatur of both the US and Canadian Catholic Bishops, and used in the Canadian Lectionary for Mass. It is quoted in the English edition of the Catholic Catechism, along with the original RSV.
The New Oxford Annotated Bible has a venerable tradition behind it parallel to the RSV/NRSV. The first edition came out in 1962. In 1966, The Oxford Annotated Bible came out with the Apocrypha, and received the imprimatur of Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston. It was the first "common Bible" hailed by Catholic, Protestants and Orthodox. In 1977, the Expanded New Oxford Annotated Bible with the second edition RSV text came out, with an expanded Apocrypha, which reflected the canon of the Eastern Orthodox Churches. It was the most complete bible ever.
And finally, in 1991, the New Oxford Annotated Bible in the New RSV was published, continuing the great tradition of this venerable study bible. This edition too, has the fuller Apocrypha, which includes Psalm 151 and 3rd and 4th Maccabees. As a Byzantine Catholic, I appreciate the fuller canon, which has all of the books of the Greek Septuagint. The Greek Septuagint was the bible used by the earliest Christians, and is still the official bible of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
The updated study notes are a vast improvement over the RSV/New Oxford Annotated Bible of 1977. I appreciate for example, that the notes in John chapter 6 admit a Eucharistic interpretation more clearly than the 1977 edition. I find that most of the notes do not conflict with my Catholic faith.
The NRSV is my favorite translation, followed by the old RSV and the New Jerusalem Bible. The New Oxford Annotated Bible is my favorite study bible. I would not say that this bible has a "liberal" bias in the notes. Rather, the scholars have a high view of the bible, but accept certain critical theories, much like many contemporary Catholic and neo-Evangelical scholars. Princeton Scholar Bruce Metzger, an evangelical Presbyterian, is the chief editor for both the NRSV translation and the New Oxford Study Edition. He has a high view of scripture, as can be ascertained by Lee Strobel's interview with him in his book, the Case for Christ. Metzger's name has been associated with both the RSV/NRSV and the New Oxford Annotated Bible during their entire histories. The RSV/NRSV and the New Oxford Annotated Bible have been intertwined for nearly forty years, and will continue to help people understand God's word. The New Oxford Annotated Bible is designed to study the NRSV Bible. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: 5 Stars for critical study of the Bible
Comment: As much as I am a devout Christian, it is essential to consider the Bible in light of modern scholarship. For someone who doesn't have training in the original languages, but still wishes to profit from the use of language in study of their Bible (after all, Paul, Jesus, and Abraham did not speak in Jacobean English, ya know), this edition of the Bible is indispensible.
The notes are not unwieldy -- the Biblical text takes up generally 4/5 of the page. So it is not impractical for non-academic use. Each sequence and individual book has a scholarly introduction about it, which is profitable to read in order to have a firm understanding of the history of the text. All of this fosters an intelligent reading of the Bible. Another asset of the edition, there's a mini-concordance (well... they don't actually call it that) in the back where you can look up some words very quickly to find major instances of them.
If you want a devotional book or an edition with notes to confirm your own beliefs, you should look elsewhere. To learn more about the Bible and how to read it, this is one of the best investments you can make. If you can get another translation to read alongside it, that's probably best. Personally I'm apathetic about the gender language issue -- it's awkward in some places but still doesn't detract too much from this as compared with other translations.
If you don't have an NRSV, definitely purchase this edition!
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Bible, Good With Macintosh
Comment: The NRSV is a laudable translation of the Bible. The inclusive gender language is a major improvement. The annotations are very helpful, but appear to be essentially identical to RSV annotations from 30 years ago. The software runs well on Macs - it's stable, and, once you are familiar with the interface, very easy to use.
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Title: The New Oxford Annotated NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha, Third Edition by Michael D. Coogan, Marc Z. Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Pheme Perkins ISBN: 019528478X Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: An Introduction to the Bible: A Journey Into Three Worlds (5th Edition) by Christian E. Hauer, William A. Young ISBN: 0130316784 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 19 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $57.33 |
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Title: Understanding the Old Testament (Abridged 4th Edition) by Bernhard W Anderson, Katheryn Pfisterer Darr ISBN: 0139483993 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 16 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $66.67 |
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Title: HarperCollins Bible Dictionary by Paul J. Achtemeier ISBN: 0060600373 Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $47.50 |
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Title: Oxford Bible Atlas by Herbert Gordon May, John Day, G. N. S. Hunt ISBN: 0191434515 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 1985 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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