New Revised Standard Version

Catholics today are being called by Pope John Paul II, by the Second Vatican Council, and by their own hearts to come to know the Scriptures intimately. We experience the Word of God in our liturgy: in the responsorial psalm, the readings, and the Gospel; yet too rarely do we venture beyond that experience. Consequently, we never really learn how Scripture, understood in the light of tradition, shapes who we are as Catholics. And we never learn how regular reading and reflection on the Word of God-Lectio Divina-can strengthen our hearts and deepen our faith.

The NRSV Bible, Catholic Edition helps you respond to the call of the Word. It brings the Scriptures alive for today's reader.

Features:
* Clear, readable type in an attractive page layout
* Anglicized English text
* Topic subject headings
* Textual and explanatory notes
* Over 70 black and white "in-text" maps, charts, and drawings. (A synoptic guide, a comparison of similarities across the Gospels, is one of the many useful charts included in The NRSV Bible, Catholic Edition)
Ideal for:
* Schools
* Parishes
* Others needing a quality basic edition priced for bulk purchases
* Individuals seeking a basic Bible

In the tradition of excellence created by the SBL comes a study Bible for the 21st century. A revolutionary, in-depth, general reader reference Bible, The HarperCollins Study Bible offers the full text of the New Revised Standard Version, coupled with state-of-the-art notes by 60 leading experts on books of the Bible. Reflecting a diversity of scholarship without a religious agenda, this peerless reference work is presented in a lively form for a new generation of readers.

"[The] HarperCollins [Study Bible] emerges as by far the front-runner'the most nearly complete and up-to-date."
--Christian Century

"This could well become the most widely used study Bible available."
--Harvey Cox, The Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, The Divinity School, Harvard University

The New Revised Standard Version is the most modern, accurate, and accessible Bible translation available today, and has been accepted by almost all major US denominations. Prepared by a multidenominational committee of scholars who based their revision on the original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts, the NRSV is fast becoming the new standard for both public and private devotion in churches and homes across America. As well, the NRSV is the most advanced translation in its sensitivity to inclusive language. The translation also includes the most complete collection of Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books. Available in cloth, fine leather, and economical paperback editions.

The first in a seven-volume series of full-color, page-by-page reproductions from The Saint John's Bible, Gospels and Acts has more than 25 illuminations, including full-page opening illuminations for each of the four gospels. Some of the prominent illuminations include the Genealogy of Jesus, the Birth of Christ, the Raising of Lazarus, the Crucfixion, Christ Our Light, the Last Supper, the Road to Emmaus, and Pentecost.

The Word of God, hand-illuminated through ancient methods by a contemporary master, brings the reader to an epiphany of the sacred. Those who allow themselves to savor the experience unfolding before them will come to see how Gospels and Acts beautifully marries text and image to serve the Word.