New Jerusalem Bible

The New Jerusalem Bible is a major revision of the Jerusalem Bible of 1966, its predecessor and base translation, drawing more directly on original-language texts and incorporating updated scholarship. It is a complete Catholic Bible, translated from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, with original-language critical texts serving as its base; where the earlier version had leaned on French scholarship associated with the École Biblique in Jerusalem, this edition moderates some of that inherited French influence. It is best categorised as a substantial revision that also involves new translation work rather than a wholly fresh rendering. Its translation philosophy is literary and moderately inclusive, and among its distinctive features is the extensive use of Yahweh as the divine name. Accompanied, in the tradition of the Jerusalem Bible, by introductions and annotations, it has been widely used for study and devotional reading in English-speaking Catholic circles and beyond.