The Didache Bible

A review of The Didache Bible, ISBN: 978-1-586179-73-1, 9781586179731. This hardback is a Roman Catholic Study Bible based on the 2006 Revised Standard Version Ignatius Edition.

An excellent Catholic study Bible, it contains extensive notes, book introductions, and apologetical explanations. The notes are more faithful (and less skeptical) than those in the Revised New Jerusalem Bible. The black letter Biblical text appears to be line matched, at least where Biblical text, and not notes or book introductions, is printed on the opposite side of the page. The major weaknesses of this edition are the paper, which is somewhat glossy not sufficiently opaque, and the faint, thin typeface used to print book introductions.

My review of the Revised New Jerusalem Bible New Testament and Psalms can be viewed here:    • New Translation! The Revised New Jeru...   .

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Contents

00:00 Introduction
02:32 Title page, copyright page
05:12 Table of contents, foreword, preface, introduction ...
07:46 Ghosting and paper sheen
08:40 Dimensions, estimated paper weight
10:06 Print non-uniformity (fading)
10:45 The Prayer of Azariah
11:50 This edition differs from the original RSV Catholic Edition
12:20 The New Testament
12:39 Color maps, glossary, index
15:14 The Bible is sewn
15:33 Page layout
17:50 The typeface & font sizes
21:55 Book introductions
23:59 Apologetical explanations & Biblical inerrancy
26:32 The footnotes
30:57 Some specific differences between RSV Catholic Editions
33:03 Summary