Donald Senior - The Catholic Study Bible: New American Bible Revised Edition

THIRD EDITION

Donald Senior John J. Collins Mary Ann Getty

EDITORS

Revised Edition

Translated from the Original Languages with Critical Use of all the Ancient Sources

Authorized by the Board of Trustees of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and

Approved by the Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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Notice for the New American Bible: Revised Edition

NEW TESTAMENT

OLD TESTAMENT

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In accord with canon 825 1 of the Code of Canon Law, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops hereby approves for publication The New American Bible, Revised Old Testament, a translation of the Sacred Scriptures authorized by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc.

The translation was approved by the Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in November 2008 and September 2010. It is permitted by the undersigned for private use and study.

Given in the city of Washington, the District of Columbia, on the Feast of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church, the 30th day of September, in the year of our Lord 2010.

Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. Archbishop of Chicago President, USCCB

Notice for the General and Introductory Articles, Reading Guides, Charts, Maps, Timelines, Measures andWeights, Glossary, and Index

In accordance with c. 827, permission to publish is granted on August 18, 2015, by Very Reverend Ronald A. Hicks, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Permission to publish is an official declaration of ecclesiastical authority that the material is free from doctrinal and moral error. No legal responsibility is assumed by the grant of this permission.

Illustrations on pp. RG 122 and 159 are from Michael Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and LiteraryGuide to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition. Copyright 2013 by Oxford University Press USA. Used by permission.

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