Navarre Bible
If you have never heard before, be sure to check out the Naverre Bible Collection. Basically it is the Revised Standard Version – Catholic Edition (RSV-CE) with commentary and text provided by Doctors of the Church, Saints, theologians, and popes, includes the late John Paul II. For those hardcore bible scholars, it also includes the official Latin version of the Bible of the New Vulgate. The volumes where compiled by the faculty of theology at the University of Navarre. The project was initiated by St. Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei.
The books are perfect for organized Bible studies or just general reading. You won’t ever go wrong without knowing what the Church really teaches about the scripture text and you’ll see events in a whole new light. I’ll never look at Leviticus the same way again, that’s for sure.
Since it comes in multiple volumes, I would recommend checking your local parish library. The New Testament – Compact Edition however is worth the purchase. I devised the following chart to help me visualize the entire collection.
| Biblical Book | Navarre Editions | ||
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| Genesis | Pentateuch |
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| Exodus | |||
| Leviticus | |||
| Numbers | |||
| Deuteronomy | |||
| Joshua | Joshua to Kings |
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| Judges | |||
| Ruth | |||
| 1 Samuel | |||
| 2 Samuel | |||
| 1 Kings | |||
| 2 Kings | |||
| 1 Chronicles | Chronicles to Maccabees |
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| 2 Chronicles | |||
| Ezra | |||
| Nehemiah | |||
| Tobit | |||
| Judith | |||
| Esther | |||
| 1 Maccabees | |||
| 2 Maccabees | |||
| Psalms | The Psalms and The Song of Solomon |
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| Song of Songs* | |||
| Job** | Wisdom Books |
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| Proverbs | |||
| Ecclesiastes | |||
| Wisdom | |||
| Sirach | |||
| Isaiah | Major Prophets |
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| Jeremiah | |||
| Lamentations | |||
| Baruch | |||
| Ezekiel | |||
| Daniel | |||
| Hosea | Minor Prophets |
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| Joel | |||
| Amos | |||
| Obadiah | |||
| Jonah | |||
| Micah | |||
| Nahum | |||
| Habakkuk | |||
| Zephaniah | |||
| Haggai | |||
| Zechariah | |||
| Malachi | |||
| Matthew | St. Matthew |
Gospels & Acts |
New Testament (Compact Edition) |
| Mark | St. Mark |
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| Luke | St. Luke |
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| John | St. John |
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| Acts | Acts of the Apostles |
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| Romans | Romans and Galatians |
The Letters of Saint Paul  |
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| Galatians*** | |||
| 1 Corinthians | Corinthians |
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| 2 Corinthians | |||
| Ephesians | Captivity Epistles |
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| Philippians | |||
| Colossians | |||
| 1 Thessalonians | Thessalonians & Pastoral Letters |
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| 2 Thessalonians | |||
| 1 Timothy | |||
| 2 Timothy | |||
| Titus | |||
| Philemon | |||
| Hebrews | Hebrews |
Revelation and Hebrews and Catholic Letters  |
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| James | Catholic Epistles |
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| 1 Peter | |||
| 2 Peter | |||
| 1 John | |||
| 2 John | |||
| 3 John | |||
| Jude | |||
| Revelation | Revelation |
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*Song of Songs appears after Ecclesiastes
**Job appears after 2 Maccabees
***Galatians appears after 2 Corinthians
