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Alexander ]ones, General Editor
In response to popular demand, here
is an edition of
to serve the needs of the general reader
seeking a fresh, modern rendition of
the Gospel message.
This
Reader's Edition
contains the
complete and unabridged text of
THE JERUSALEM BIBLE
JERUSALEM BIBLE
in a fluid, contempo­
THE
rary English translation. Making full
use of the ancient Greek, Aramaic and
Hebrew texts, the translators produced
a vigorous and vital translation which
has been widely hailed by biblical
scholars and readers of all faiths for its
graceful, modern English. The
Reader's
Edition
includes many of the features
easy reading; verse numbers i n the
margins for ready and convenient ref­
erence;
8
pages of nine maps - four in
color, five in black-and-white; a Chron­
ological Table; and Tables of Measures
and Money. The notes and introduc­
tions have been carefully gone over by
Alexander Jones- the General Editor
-- �½nd abridged to relieve the average
SALEM BIBLE:
of the Regular Edition of
single-column pages for
THE JERU­
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reader of burdensome detail while re­
taining all the necessary and helpful
information for a greater understand­
ing and appreciation of the scriptures.
In short,
tures for contemporary man the vitality
and immediacy that the Bible had for
the first Christians in a translation that
employs all the beauty and majesty of
the English language- but always as a
living language of the twentieth cen­
tury.
THE JERUSALEM
BIBLE cap­
Alexander Jones,
until his death in
1970,
was one of the leading biblical
scholars in the world. He lectured ex­
tensively and authored innumerable
articles and several books based on the
scriptures. A Senior Lecturer in Di­
vinity at Christ's College, Liverpool,
he studied at Upholland College in
Lancashire, the Gregorian University
and the Biblical Institute in Rome, and
L'Ecole Biblique
in Jerusalem.
ISBN:
0-385-01189-X
JACKET BY CHERYL BROWN
Printed in the
U.S.A.
THE
JERUSALEM BIBLE
READER'S EDITION
La Bible de Jerusalem,
originally published in France, was the culmination of
research and biblical
was
th world over one of the greatest
The
publication of the English translation in
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ceived scholars and readers of all faiths for its vigorous,
erary style. It is truly
the
modern Bible for the modem
greater understanding and appreciation of the scriptures
and
imagery of today.
response popular demand, this
Reader's Edition
provide the general reader with an edition that is suited
tains the complete text of
THE JERUSALEM BIBLE
in a translation
the beauty and majesty of the English language-
language of the twentieth century. It includes many of features of Reg­
ular Edition: single-column pages for easy reading; verse
gin for ready and convenient reference;
8
pages of nine maps -
five in black-and-white; a Chronological Table; and Tables of
Money. The notes and introductions were carefully gone over
der Jones, the General Editor, and abridged to relieve
reader of
burdensome detail while retaining necessary and
for
fuller understanding and appreciation of the scriptures.
In preparing this translation, the translators made full
Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew texts. How this was
interpretations and insights of the French edition
"The translation of the biblical text itself could clearly not be
the French. In the case of a few books the initial draft made
and then compared word for word with the Hebrew or
. . and amended where necessary ensure complete conformity
the ancient text. For the much greater part, the initial drafts
from the Hebrew or Greek and simultaneously compared with
when questions of, variant reading or interpretation arose. Whichever sys­
tem used, therefore, the same intended esu
a entirely faithful version of the ancient
preserves the text established and (for the most part) the interpretation
adopted by the French scholars in the light of the recent researches
in the fields of history, archaeology and literary criticism."
THE JERUSALEM BIBLE
has been acclaimed by biblical scholars and readers of
all denominations for its vigorous and vital translation, faithful in all respects
to the original sources -a translation that captures for contemporary a
vitality and immediacy that the Bible had for the first Christians.
decades of
e
scholarship. It
immediately recognized
as
Bible achievements of our times.
was equally enthusiastically re­
contemporary lit­
reader seeking a
by
in the language
In
to
has been designed to
that employs
the
to his needs. It con­
all
but always as a living
the
numbers in the mar­
four in color,
Measures and
by Alexan­
the average
helpful information
a
use of the ancient
done while still retaining the
is explained by Father Jones:
made from
from the
Aramaic
was
French
.
to
with
were made
the French
was
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lt was achieved, that is,
n
texts which, in doubtful points,
most
m n the
General Editor
ALEXANDER JONES
L.S.S., S.T.L., I.C.B.

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