New American Bible

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Bible translation Catholic Bible

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

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible translation → Catholic Bible →
abbreviation	NAB →
commissionedBy	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops →
contains	Deuterocanonical books → New Testament → Old Testament → Psalms →
countryOfPrimaryUse	United States →
firstPublished	1970 →
format	digital editions → print editions →
genre	Bible → religious text →
hasEdition	New American Bible 1970 edition → New American Bible, Revised Edition →
hasImprimatur	yes →
hasPart	Acts of the Apostles → Book of Revelation → Epistles → Gospels → Historical books → 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	Greek New Testament → Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece →
textBasisOldTestament	Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia →
translationOf	Deuterocanonical books → Hebrew Bible → New Testament →
translationPhilosophy	moderate dynamic equivalence →
usedFor	personal Bible study →
usedIn	Catholic liturgy in the United States → Lectionary for Mass in the United States (adapted form) →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
New American Bible ("New American Bible, Revised Edition") → New American Bible ("New American Bible 1970 edition") → New American Bible ("New American Bible Revised Edition") →	hasEdition
Bible →	hasTranslation
NAB →	standsFor
Confraternity Bible →	successor
New American Bible ("Lectionary for Mass in the United States (adapted form)") →	usedIn