New Community Bible: New Testament & Psalms (Small Size | Blue )
The New Community Bible (NCB) is a revised edition of the
popular Christian Community Bible translated by Late Bernardo Hurault. One of
the strong points of The Christian Community Bible was the Commentary that ran
all along with the text of the Bible. A group of Indian Bible scholars came
together in 1990 under the leadership of the SOCIETY OF ST PAUL (ST PAULS) to
revise and adapt The Christian Community Bible for India. The scholars felt
that any serious and contextualized Commentary on the Sacred Text, made
especially for India, could not ignore the rich cultural and religious heritage
of this land. Reference had to be made, therefore, to the Biblical values found
also in other religions of India. The commentary was therefore completely rewritten.
A careful revision of the text too was carried out in some instances. The
project took off with great enthusiasm, but difficulties along the way (some of
them unavoidable) delayed the work. After a decade and a half of hard work, The
New Community Bible (NCB) was born.
The first edition of the NCB had received numerous accolades
but also a couple of brickbats. The text of the bible was lauded as one of the
best translations available today, in simple and easily readable language and
faithful to the original texts. A small group of ultra-conservatives took
objection to the commentary that made references also to the scriptures of
other religious traditions. So on advice from the ecclesiastical authorities,
all scholars who worked on the first edition carefully reviewed the commentary
and decided to edit it again, avoiding all objectionable portions.
Literary Features
A brief but accurate and authoritative Introduction opens
each of the major divisions of both the Old and the New Testaments – the
Pentateuch, the Historical Books, the Wisdom Books, the Prophetic Books in the
Old Testament, and the Gospels, and the Letters of Paul, in the New Testament.
In addition, each Book of the Bible has a brief Introduction concluding with
the structure of the book itself.
A typical page of the NCB has three items, viz., the text,
the commentary, and a box placed between the text and the commentary containing
helpful cross-references. Sub-titles are provided throughout the text. As far
as possible the same sub-titles are maintained in the Commentary so that one
can easily identify the section of the text that is commented upon. Explicit
quotations from the Old Testament are printed in italics.
The NCB follows the same order of the presentation of the
various Books as in other Catholic Bibles.
Imprimatur
The NCB with the revised commentary now carries the
Imprimatur from 5 bishops representing the three different rites in India.
International Editions
St Paul Publications, Australia, published an international edition of the NCB which became an instant best-seller. Various other editions in different types of binding followed. Today, it is the fastest-selling bible in Australia, Nigeria and other African countries
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New Community Bible: New Testament & Psalms (Small Size | Blue )
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