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The New American Bible, Reader's Edition |
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Published: 2006-04-20 |
List price: $39.99
Our price: $26.39
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 Gold edge, thin leaf paper WITH a concordance, leather bound
This reader's edition of the New American Bible exceeded my expectations. It is beautifully made, with gold edges and thin leaf paper, leather bound. It rests in the hand very nicely. Plus, it has tabs and a useful concordance (or index to verses of the Bible, by word or phrase) at the end of book. The print is small, but clear and even, a good example of the typographer's art. One minor caveat: The footnotes and scholarly apparatus that commonly appear at the bottom of each page in all RSV-style Bibles have been consolidated at the end of each book, i.e., all of Matthew's notes at the end of Matthew, etc. The NAB is, of course, the standard Catholic Bible for English-speakers these days. Recommended.
 High quality
Gorgeous leather cover. Fine quality paper. Be sure to follow instructions for highlighting text - use ball point pen and not a marker as it will bleed through thin paper. Tabs handy but a bit hard to read for middle-aged eyes!
 New American bible reader's addition
This was a beautifully bound Bible. I gave it as a gift to a high school graduating granddaughter.
About the binding ...
This is an excellent bible, well bound, smith-sewn, but it is not leather bound as the amazon description states (as at 26-March-2008). It is in fact "Pacific Duvelle" bound, which is a synthetic binding that feels fairly good in the hand.
This review relates to ISBN 0195289048
PS: after I wrote this review I submitted a request to amazon.come to change the description of the binding from "Leather" to "imitation leather" and Amazon.com agreed to make the change. So now anybody purchasing the volume will know what they are getting. I am impressed with Amazon's willingness to make such changes.
Beautiful New American Bible
One will notice the quality of this Bible the moment they take it out of its packaging. The beautiful genuine leather binding, the gilt pages, the fine paper... everything says this is a Bible that you will enjoy using. It will also last beyond a few years of use, and could probably be passed on to your children.
The translation is the well know New American Bible. A huge advantage with this Bible is that all of the foot notes and references are placed in the back of each book of the Scriptures leading to a less distracted reading of the actual text. Oxford Press came up with a good idea there. Over all one of the best Bible purchases I've ever made.
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