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Good News Bible - Sunrise
Designed for practical study, the Good News Bible for Catholics includes eight special information articles on the purpose of the Bible, how to study the Bible, suggested readings for the liturgical year, and more. The dictionary and book introductions help you understand and apply the Scriptures to your life. Excellent for gift giving.
Features
Revised text of Today's English Version
Book introductions and outlines
Bible word list
With Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal books
Imprimatur by the Most Reverend William H. Keeler, D.D.
Fan-Tab thumb index system
Features
Revised text of Today's English Version
Book introductions and outlines
Bible word list
With Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal books
Imprimatur by the Most Reverend William H. Keeler, D.D.
Fan-Tab thumb index system
1344 pages, Paperback
First published October 11, 1976
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* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author
Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.
See also: Anonymous
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September 11, 2009
Its an absolute page turner! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be comforted and you'll have the shit scared out of you!
December 19, 2025
Though I certaintly have STRONG disagreements with Rome, I find it refreshing to read truly good text despite the errors of Roman teaching and the essays in this study Bible were such a case. This isn't a proper study Bible, but it does have a series of essays to help the reader have a basic grasp of how to Study Scripture and some places it points you toward. Clearly, it's geared toward Roman Catholics, but if you're looking for something that is more a guide on how to read Scripture than a Bible with study notes or commentaries this is a nice little book.
December 11, 2008
At heart I will always be a recovering Catholic, so my Bible of choice is this Catholic version with all the extra good stuff that the Protestant reformers decided wasn't canonical.
April 28, 2011
thats the complete bible...if you're gonna do something, do it well. love it
September 7, 2021
My first Bible and the first time I have read the Bible through. Easy to understand English, however some of the renderings/translations differ from how most other versions render them and it can at times lack poetic quality, such as in the Psalms. It does contain all of the Catholic canon, however many of the Books have Protestant names and the order of the books is the Protestant order, with the Deuterocanonical books shoved in a section at the end of the O.T. This is particularly frustrating when the extra parts of the Book of Daniel and Baruch are not placed with their respective texts. So in some respects, this is a Protestant Bible that has been Catholicised. All in all, not a bad start to reading the Scriptures, however I will probably opt for the RSV-CE in future.
December 30, 2024
Each year I read through the entire Bible, and I usually read a different translation each time I read through it. So in 2024 I chose to read through the Good News Bible, and it's a pretty good translation. I'm glad that I read through it. It's not my favorite, nor is it the one I'll use to study the most, but I am glad that I have read through it.
January 9, 2024
Not quite sure when exactly I started to read the Bible and vowed to read it entirely. It took me years but was finally able to finish it.
Will read it again and take heart. Again.
Will read it again and take heart. Again.
April 17, 2022
When I wanted a grownup Bible, I wanted something with pictures. It's sweet that my Confirmation godmother got me an edition of this Bible with cartoons, maps, quick reference tabs, glossary, and a zipper case with clear display of front and back covers. Although it is not exactly like the cover display on GoodReads, it is still The Good News Bible in contents. Not all the editions have the cartoons and tabs and glossary, but it is worth looking for one with these perks. Zipper case sold separately.
June 7, 2016
I had to give it two stars only because of the sheer utter imaginative mind power to dream up this quantity of bull crap. There are plot holes galore. I'm not going to dignify it with more than cursory criticism.
A mad, racist Jew, and who coined the concepts of Jew V Gentile (an apartheid concept), claimed a virgin birth (god wants people to get married, but not him), publicly denounced his own mother and convinced some fisherman with cheap parlor tricks that he was the 'son of god'. This would be funny, except 1 billion odd people believe it true, and that jaysus is the best thing since sliced bread. It is no wonder Amway is still doing a roaring trade.
I'd imagine if I started walking around, pretending to be the son of Allah, going around every mosque, doing magic tricks, I too eventual would find a few naive fisherman to follow me. Then the imams would get upset. I highly doubt they'd approach the Prime Minister for permission to execute. No, I'd quickly be the victim of mob stoning, set alight, then stuffed in a barrel to swim with the fishes. This is what makes the this book so unbelievable. That folks actually waited, and asked for permission to kill this blaspheming lunatic.
Then he rose from the dead. Most would use this as an opportunity for round two. How fantastic, to have another go at killing this loon. If you fail, try, try again.
Spoiler: If you don't believe this tripe, the "news", whatever it is, is far from good. No sir, the prognosis for the unbeliever is some quite sick shit. If they sold Revelations Illustrated separately, I'd buy it for shits and giggles. Someone needs to propose this to the pope. It'll sell like crackpipes in Baltimore.
And you know he's going through a fair bit of crack, considering the stuff he's been piping up recently about atheists and heaven. If it seems odd, it's because it is. The two paradigms are mutually exclusive.
A mad, racist Jew, and who coined the concepts of Jew V Gentile (an apartheid concept), claimed a virgin birth (god wants people to get married, but not him), publicly denounced his own mother and convinced some fisherman with cheap parlor tricks that he was the 'son of god'. This would be funny, except 1 billion odd people believe it true, and that jaysus is the best thing since sliced bread. It is no wonder Amway is still doing a roaring trade.
I'd imagine if I started walking around, pretending to be the son of Allah, going around every mosque, doing magic tricks, I too eventual would find a few naive fisherman to follow me. Then the imams would get upset. I highly doubt they'd approach the Prime Minister for permission to execute. No, I'd quickly be the victim of mob stoning, set alight, then stuffed in a barrel to swim with the fishes. This is what makes the this book so unbelievable. That folks actually waited, and asked for permission to kill this blaspheming lunatic.
Then he rose from the dead. Most would use this as an opportunity for round two. How fantastic, to have another go at killing this loon. If you fail, try, try again.
Spoiler: If you don't believe this tripe, the "news", whatever it is, is far from good. No sir, the prognosis for the unbeliever is some quite sick shit. If they sold Revelations Illustrated separately, I'd buy it for shits and giggles. Someone needs to propose this to the pope. It'll sell like crackpipes in Baltimore.
And you know he's going through a fair bit of crack, considering the stuff he's been piping up recently about atheists and heaven. If it seems odd, it's because it is. The two paradigms are mutually exclusive.
January 16, 2021
Excellent Bible to Read!
As a blind text-to-speech user on Fire tablet with VoiceView screenreader, I really enjoy how Tobit 5:9 is translated in this Good News Bible with deuterocanonical books! The spoken text is very understandable! The navigation menu works great with VoiceView! This bible is an excellent read in its entirety!
As a blind text-to-speech user on Fire tablet with VoiceView screenreader, I really enjoy how Tobit 5:9 is translated in this Good News Bible with deuterocanonical books! The spoken text is very understandable! The navigation menu works great with VoiceView! This bible is an excellent read in its entirety!
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