Psalms-OE: New Catholic Version

This new testament is easy to read the font size very good it is informative with plenty of notes.The illustrations are nice and the book is well made.. it really is lovely

Bought as a present but had a quick look through and it seemed great to me. Type not too small, cover felt nice quality, and notes seemed the right level for the person I bought it for.

It's perfect in every way, I love the Psalms, also a great present for a catholic friend, Nun or Priest

Really good quality . Bought for myself but would make a great gift

Excellent book very nice to read

very good

I’ve been looking for a really special edition of the Psalms, and this looks perfect. It is a beautifully produced book, with a soft, leather-like cover, and is printed in a good-sized font on gold edged paper. The translation is one of the best I have encountered. But there is one big drawback as far as I am concerned: each psalm is accompanied by copious notes, printed at the foot of every page, which completely break up the flow. I do think it would be so much better for the notes to be together at the end of each psalm, or even the end of the book, but as it is I find them very intrusive. I like to read the psalms prayerfully, without distraction. The notes are fairly self-evident to be honest and I wish if they had to be included that they had been printed somewhere else! However, that’s just m opinion.

Nice New Testament but the introduction and footnotes that accompany it are very Modernist and, in my opinion, undermine the authenticity of what you’re reading.

I recently acquired a copy of the St. Joseph Edition of the New Catholic Bible New Testament with Psalms. (NCB-NTP). I purchased this volume because I wanted a hand-sized NT with Psalms that I can easily carry with me. I was impressed enough with both my new full-sized NCB and my pocket-sized NCB NT that I decided upon the NCB New Testament edition that includes the Psalms. Here are a few of my first impressions of what I consider a well-made volume: 1. THE PHYSICAL VOLUME: The NCB-NTP is published by Catholic Book Publishing Corporation of New Jersey. (It was printed in Korea.) It’s small (approximately 7” x 5”x 1”) and perfectly sized for carrying in my tote bag. This is a very well-constructed volume that has a nice two-tone (tan and red) "Dura-Lux" cover, a paste-down liner, and a text block that appears to be sewn (although it is hard to tell.) The paper is opaque and shows little evidence of ghosting. The typeset small but very readable. The shade of red used for the words of Jesus is also easy to read. The NT has one thin gold-colored ribbon marker and gold page edge gilt. The text layout is different from other NCB editions I’ve seen. This NCB-NTP is in a single-column format, which I prefer. Cross references and explanatory notes appear on the bottom of each page (instead of at the end of each book), which I also prefer. This Bible includes two-color (black and red in varying tones) illustrations, which I think are dull and rather “cartoonish” (I don’t care for pictures in Bibles to begin with; however, if illustrations are to be included in a Bible, why not use famous classical works of art instead of the rather silly and insipid two-color drawings that appear in this NCB-NTP?) 2. THE TRANSLATION: The NCB is an all-new English translation prepared by Rev. Jude Winkler and a committee of translators. It’s officially approved by the Catholic church for private study and devotion. As English translations go, the NCB leans more toward formal equivalence, and appears to me to be accurate. The language is clear, easily understandable, dignified, and reverent. I think it compares well with other formal-equivalence translations. 3. THE NOTES: Catholic Bibles usually come with copious explanatory notes and annotations, and this NCB-NTP is no exception. They are the same unabridged NT notes found in the full NCB. In this edition, they are placed at the bottom of each page, along with cross-references, which I think is a vast improvement over other editions I’ve seen. The notes clearly explain the meaning of Bible passages (from a Roman Catholic perspective, of course). On balance, I really like the New Catholic Bible NT with Psalms. . I can recommend it without reservation. (4 ½ Stars ^ 5)

Bellísima presentación del libros de los salmos con excelentes notas a pie de página que ayudan a profundizar el significado de la oración predilecta del Pueblo de Israel y de la Iglesia.

This New Catholic New Testament & Psalms is the best pocket Bible I've ever owned! The text is very clear and easy to read even for my senior eyes. The words of Christ are in red. There is one column on each page instead of two which I really like. The translation is easy to understand and seems quite accurate. The binding is well made and the cover is beautiful. I like the simple pictures throughout and do not find them distracting at all. There is a reference list of Jesus' Miracles and Parables at the back for easy lookup. I really can't say enough good things about this Bible. It is "top-notch" in my opinion.

Main text is approximately a 10 point font with slightly less spacing on some words than typical of Times New Roman. Notes are pretty extensive and are somewhat bold 8 point font that is again not as well spaced on some words as Times New Roman. Cover looks sort of black in most indoor lighting, but green when direct light. Black letter text is pretty consistent but red letter goes from moderately light red to dark red on other spots; still easy to read but i won't be buying red letter bibles in the future. Bible paper is pretty thin but decently opaque; its not line matched but there is only minor ghosting of the text. Only the four Gospels are illustrated. Struggles to stay open but its not bad when holding it when reading. Also doesn't close very well after setting it down after any amount of reading. Its a very compact 7" by 4.5" by 1" and does not weigh as much as you would expect from the dimensions.

I have perused and enjoyed just about every English translation available. Some, such as the KJV and original Grail, have much to recommend them. But I was quite surprised by this NCV version which I quite liked immediately -- fresh, modern, yet still resonating with the timeless.