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REVIEW: Any Catholic who wants to encounter Christ in his word will enjoy the newest Scripture compilation.
The Word on Fire Bible (The Gospels)
Word on Fire, 2020
591 pages, $59.95, leather; $39.95 hardbound; $29.95, paperback
To order: wordonfire.org/bible/
These last two decades have seen a flowering of high-quality Catholic study Bibles designed to help the average reader understand and love the word of God. It’s as if we’ve jumped from an iron age to a golden one. Before 2000, commentary in most Catholic Bibles was restricted to tiny-print footnotes consisting of cold, dry factoids of history, linguistics and biblical criticism. Who hasn’t had the experience of being moved or puzzled by a scriptural passage and, craving greater understanding, looked with hope at the footnotes, only to find factoids that only may be of interest to footnote-writing scholars; it doesn’t do much for those of us who read Scripture in the hope of encountering the living God.
Thankfully, among the best study Bibles are the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, its copious commentary building bridges between Old and New Testament while firmly steeped in Catholic Tradition; the Didache Bible with commentaries based on, and referenced to, the Catechism; the Great Adventure Bible, arranged to help readers grasp the historic narrative of salvation history; and the Catholic Answers Bible, with its emphasis on apologetics. Each of these answers a need, and all of them belong on the shelf of the Scripture-loving Catholic.
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The Word on Fire Bible Leads With Beauty and User-Friendly Commentary
The Word on Fire Bible (The Gospels)
Word on Fire, 2020
591 pages, $59.95, leather; $39.95 hardbound; $29.95, paperback
To order: wordonfire.org/bible/
These last two decades have seen a flowering of high-quality Catholic study Bibles designed to help the average reader understand and love the word of God. It’s as if we’ve jumped from an iron age to a golden one. Before 2000, commentary in most Catholic Bibles was restricted to tiny-print footnotes consisting of cold, dry factoids of history, linguistics and biblical criticism. Who hasn’t had the experience of being moved or puzzled by a scriptural passage and, craving greater understanding, looked with hope at the footnotes, only to find factoids that only may be of interest to footnote-writing scholars; it doesn’t do much for those of us who read Scripture in the hope of encountering the living God.
Thankfully, among the best study Bibles are the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, its copious commentary building bridges between Old and New Testament while firmly steeped in Catholic Tradition; the Didache Bible with commentaries based on, and referenced to, the Catechism; the Great Adventure Bible, arranged to help readers grasp the historic narrative of salvation history; and the Catholic Answers Bible, with its emphasis on apologetics. Each of these answers a need, and all of them belong on the shelf of the Scripture-loving Catholic.
Continued below.
The Word on Fire Bible Leads With Beauty and User-Friendly Commentary
