
Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue
- Given that DLT in England (the main publisher of the NJB) has announced a new edition: The Revised New Jerusalem Bible, would it be possible to prepare a Logos version of the new third edition instead of the second edition? More details are available here: http://dltbooks.com/titles/2220-9780232533613-rnjb-new-testament-and-psalms
- Interesting idea to replace just the Bible text in THIS order. It would then not be what people original ordered from pre-pub but in THIS case it would make sense and I think people would bear with the miss-match of Bible text version and Study notes. It would make THIS prepub better. I'm not going to place a new order. I generally always use older versions, I have the discontinued NAB70 OT with the 1991 Psalms, of which the 1970 Edition is the valuable part - apart from the Confraternity Version OT that is the best English Bible version. (For the OT.) So this is really as far from an automatic reply from me as possible, I may never again make such an exception such as this in a recommendation! I.e. What You last suggested, Fr. Neil Xavier.
- The full Revised New Jerusalem bible has been published. I would suggest that Logos continue the production of the NJB as planned (the notes and introductions are the most significant part of the edition). Then they should also prepare a Logos edition of the RNJB, which is the first new Catholic Bible translation of the Third Millenium. While the NJB is not particularly important as a translation, the RNJB will be a significant Catholic Biblical translation.
- One reason I love the NJB is that it preserved the divine name of God. Sadly, the RNJB deleted God's personal name and replaced it with "the LORD". It is so much easier to follow the meaning of the passage when God's divine name is preserved. Exo 3.15 NJB: God further said to Moses, ‘You are to tell the Israelites, “Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.” This is my name for all time, and thus I am to be invoked for all generations to come. People who don't want to vocalize it are free to utter 'Adonai' (which is what Jews do today. They don't change their Hebrew Bible!).