Officially approved for use in Sunday Mass, this edition of the NAB contains extensive notes prepared by the best Catholic biblical scholars. Reader's helps include a list of readings for Sunday mass based on the Church's Three Year Cycle of Readings and a list of weekday readings for private devotions. Personal study is enhanced by a thorough cross-reference system, introductions, and outlines for every book of the Bible and maps of the Holy Land. With dust jacket, ribbon marker, and color maps.
Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:
* They are officially published under that name * They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author * They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author
Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.
I finally read the entire Bible, thanks to Father Mike Schmitz's "Bible in a Year" podcast. This Bible is the one I chose, simply because I could understand it easier than others. I'm thankful for that, and I'm so thankful for Father Mike's commentary in the podcast. What a gift!!
A college friend of mine died earlier this month and about two months before his death he started undertaking reading the Bible from beginning to end...he was making good progress and as his brother said, "Even God thinks you're overacheiving." He inspired me to give it a shot too - not from the beginning; I've tried and failed there many times, but starting with the Gospels and moving forward and back as I see fit. Maybe by the end of my lifetime, I can finish what Murph could not...
The bible is read in mass every day and my family and I have been doing the daily readings for the past years so yes I've read or at least heard the bible and most likely heard all of the passages by now. If the word of God doesn't change your life nothing will.