Comments on: Musing on Study Bibles http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/musing-on-study-bibles/ a few graffiti on the wall of life Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:49:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Bob MacDonald http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/musing-on-study-bibles/#comment-914 Bob MacDonald Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:26:33 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/musing-on-study-bibles/#comment-914 I used the Catholic JB in the 60s and still have it and use it. The annotations were a work of love but you are right, they represent one committee's view at the time. Very helpful to me though and still a legitimate reference for one of many views. What then do we find and how? Going back to your earlier expressed concern re: follow me as I follow Christ, I think we must allow ourselves the luxury of this faith, however we express it. I think I have heard it expressed and seen it done without explicit reference to Christ - ubi caritas, ibi deus est. I used the Catholic JB in the 60s and still have it and use it. The annotations were a work of love but you are right, they represent one committee’s view at the time. Very helpful to me though and still a legitimate reference for one of many views. What then do we find and how? Going back to your earlier expressed concern re: follow me as I follow Christ, I think we must allow ourselves the luxury of this faith, however we express it. I think I have heard it expressed and seen it done without explicit reference to Christ - ubi caritas, ibi deus est.

]]> By: Peter Kirk http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/musing-on-study-bibles/#comment-913 Peter Kirk Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:19:16 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/musing-on-study-bibles/#comment-913 <i>using one typeface for the words of scripture, and another typeface for headings, notes, essays and other reference material.</i> I would agree that this should be done, but surely it is? I don't know all the Study Bibles you and John recommend, but the ones I do know all make these kinds of distinctions - including the NIV Study Bible which uses a significantly smaller print for its study notes. Anyone who takes these to be part of the inspired text is simply ignorant. using one typeface for the words of scripture, and another typeface for headings, notes, essays and other reference material.

I would agree that this should be done, but surely it is? I don’t know all the Study Bibles you and John recommend, but the ones I do know all make these kinds of distinctions - including the NIV Study Bible which uses a significantly smaller print for its study notes. Anyone who takes these to be part of the inspired text is simply ignorant.

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