New American Bible

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The New American Bible is a modern English Catholic translation of the Scriptures widely used in liturgy and personal study in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation
Catholic Bible
abbreviation NAB
commissionedBy United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
contains Deuterocanonical books
New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Psalms
countryOfPrimaryUse United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublished 1970
format digital editions
print editions
genre Bible
religious text
hasEdition New American Bible self-linksurface differs
surface form: New American Bible 1970 edition

New American Bible self-linksurface differs
surface form: New American Bible, Revised Edition
hasImprimatur yes
hasPart Acts of the Apostles
Book of Revelation
Epistles
Gospels
Historical books
Torah
surface form: Pentateuch

Prophetic books
Wisdom books
includes book introductions
cross-references
footnotes
imprimatur and ecclesiastical approvals
language English
liturgicalUseApprovedBy United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
notableFor official English-language Catholic Bible in the United States for many years
wide use in U.S. Catholic parishes
predecessor Confraternity Bible
publisher Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
religiousTradition Catholicism
scriptureCanon Catholic biblical canon
targetAudience English-speaking Catholics
textBasisNewTestament New Testament manuscripts
surface form: Greek New Testament

Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
textBasisOldTestament Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
translationOf Deuterocanonical books
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament
translationPhilosophy moderate dynamic equivalence
usedFor personal Bible study
usedIn Catholic liturgy in the United States
New American Bible self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lectionary for Mass in the United States (adapted form)

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Bible hasTranslation New American Bible
New American Bible hasEdition New American Bible self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: New American Bible, Revised Edition
New American Bible hasEdition New American Bible self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: New American Bible 1970 edition
New American Bible usedIn New American Bible self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lectionary for Mass in the United States (adapted form)
Confraternity Bible successor New American Bible
NAB standsFor New American Bible
NAB hasEdition New American Bible
subject surface form: New American Bible
this entity surface form: New American Bible Revised Edition
Catholic study Bible mayUseTranslation New American Bible