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The Catholic Study Bible | 
| Creators: Donald Senior, John J. Collins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 30827
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 2432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.9
ISBN: 0195282787
Dewey Decimal Number: 220
EAN: 9780195282788
ASIN: 0195282787
Publication Date: March 9, 2006
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Condition: Very good condition
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Product Description
The Second Vatican Council's call for biblical renewal in every aspect of Catholic life revealed the need for a key to the Scriptures that would communicate their power by means of modern scholarship. The Catholic Study Bible addressed this crucial need. It has been widely accepted for use by advanced students, who have benefited from its wealth of background information on the historical, literary, and theological dimensions of the Bible.
The Second Edition of this landmark resource has been significantly upgraded. The study notes have been completely rewritten, and there are new and expanded essays and sidebars on special topics in the study materials and biblical text.
The heart of this edition's ancillary materials remains its extensive Reading Guide that leads the reader through the Scriptures, book by book. Clear marginal references in the biblical text point to specific pages in the Reading Guide, easing the retrieval of important background information.
A 15-page Glossary defines biblical terms with which students may not be familiar. Also included is a handy 72-page selective concordance (index) to the New American Bible translation. This resource is a valuable aid to in-depth Scripture study (not available in the College Edition). Also included: the complete Sunday and weekday lectionary readings for all three liturgical years of the Church, plus 32 pages of authoritative, full-color Oxford Bible Maps with place-name index.
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 The Catholic Study Bible October 13, 2008
A. Perez-Noy (Miami, Fl, USA)
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 May 7, 2008
L. Lyon (Texas)
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? April 16, 2008
Timothy Mccormick
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 March 10, 2008
Jean I. Allen (Georgia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A wonderful study bible. In depth witout being so technical as to be inacessible to a lay person.The Catholic Study Bible
Catholic Study Bible February 15, 2008
Eugene J. Farrell (Schaumburg, IL)
The best adult Bible for anyone that is not familiar with Scripture. I give a copy to everyone in my Catholics Returing Home Series
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