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15484499 No.15484499 [Reply] [Original]

What version of the Bible should I read? Is there a particular version Catholics or Orthodox use?

>> No.15484525

Read the King James Bible

>> No.15484531

>>15484499
I personally use the 1917 JPS for the Tanakh and the Rheims for the New Testament. The reason being that the former gives me a glimpse into the Jewish perspective, and the latter of the Christian one.

By knowing their positions, you can better understand where they diverge.

>> No.15484535

>>15484499
Ignatius Bible.

>> No.15484541

>>15484525
KJV seems like one of the most popular versions, why is it good?

>> No.15484551

>>15484499
translation-wise, they're pretty much all the same as long as you don't get some completely fucked version. just get one with the full canon, not some KJV protnigger bullshit.

>> No.15484553

>>15484541
It’s the most poetic version. Very readable as a work of art as well as a religious text

>> No.15484561

>>15484553
Nice, I want to read it as a work of art.

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>>15484561
>I want to read it as a work of art.

>> No.15484607

>>15484566
?

>> No.15484676

>>15484499
i'd personally recommend the amplified version, for words that don't have an english translation approximate enough to the original they offer multiple to give a better idea

>> No.15484697

king james translated bible

>> No.15484699

>>15484499
Well there's OSB for the orthodox.

>> No.15484786

>>15484499
Is the new testament "The Bible: Shippuden"?

>> No.15484795

>>15484786
Is the Quran Boruto? And what's the Book of Mormon?

>> No.15484868

Orthodox study Bible. It uses NKJ version.

>> No.15484947

>>15484499
For Catholics the most commonly used Bibles are:
Revised Standard Version - 2nd Catholic Edition
New American Bible Revised Edition

Less common is the recent Revised New Jerusalem Bible.

For Eastern Orthodox there isn't a commonly accepted English translation. The only complete translation aimed at them is the Orthodox Study Bible but it has translation and theological issues, as explained in this helpful article: www(dot)geocities(dot)ws/r_grant_jones/Rick/Septuagint/sp_OSB_notes1

>>15484676
The Amplified has frequent glosses that give you an overly-restrictive interpretation of the text. If anything it stifles learning because you are reading some guys notes but embedded in the text as if they are integral to it. I would rather suggest a study Bible where the interpretive notes are clearly separated.

>> No.15485144

>>15484499
Read the KJV (with Deuterocanon!) for literary purposes, the NRSV (once again, with Deuterocanon) for academic purposes.
The New Oxford Annotated Study Bible uses the NRSV and has good academic notes. The Orthodox Study Bible uses a modified version of the New King James and has good theological notes.
Orthodox Christians tend to use whatever, though I've mostly heard support for the RSV (with Deuterocanon, though usually just the Catholic Edition since it's more common), the KJV, and the Orthodox Study Bible.
Roman Catholics tend to use any of the Bibles on this list http://www.usccb.org/bible/approved-translations/index.cfm
>>15484566
It's not technically wrong, in that Scripture could be understood as an icon and has artistic qualities. Though that's not really the point of the Bible.
>>15484551
>full canon
Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics have a different canon. Though as a Protestant I agree, fuck how widespread 66 book Bibles are. Worth noting is that the KJV originally had the Deuterocanon, just American Prots removed it since it wasn't necessarily part of Scripture (in their eyes) and not printing it was cheaper. Absolutely maddening.