Bible-RSV Catholic Edition-Leather

Description

A newly designed and typeset edition of the popular Ignatius Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition Bible. This contemporary English translation revises archaic language of the first edition, but avoids dumbing-down the text. It retains the beauty of the RSV language that makes the Ignatius Bible such a joy to read. Now the only contemporary Catholic Bible translation in standard English is even more beautiful in word and design!

Features:

• Completely re-designed and newly typeset with 9 point font size. Wider margins and improved line spacing for comfortable reading.
• The RSV, second Catholic edition is the only Bible translation that uses standard (non-feminist) English and is in conformity with the Church’s translation guidelines found in the Vatican document, Liturgiam Authenticam
• Nine reference maps in color:

1. The Nations of Genesis Chapter 10
   
   2. The Exodus from Egypt
   
   3. The Conquest of Canaan
   
   4. The Kingdom Years
   
   5. Jerusalem – From David to Christ
   
   6. Palestine in Christ’s Time
   
   7. Paul’s First and Second Journeys
   
   8. Paul’s Third and Fourth Journeys
   
   9. The Holy Land in Modern Times.

• Approximate dimensions: 6″ x 9″.
• Gold-edged pages.