JB

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JB is the standard abbreviation for the Jerusalem Bible, a widely used English translation of the Catholic Bible first published in the 1960s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation
Bible translation
Catholic Bible translation
English Bible translation
English Bible translation
abbreviationFor Jerusalem Bible
approvedBy Catholic bishops
basedOn French Bible de Jérusalem
contains Deuterocanonical books
New Testament
Old Testament
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
era 20th century
firstPublished 1966
hasAbbreviation JB
influenced Catholic liturgical use in English
New Jerusalem Bible
language English
notableFeature Cross-references
Extensive study notes
Introductions to biblical books
publisher Darton, Longman & Todd
Doubleday
religiousTradition Catholicism
scripturalCanon Catholic biblical canon
targetAudience English-speaking Catholics
translationFrom Aramaic
French
Greek
Hebrew
translationType dynamic equivalence
usesDivineName Yahweh

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jerusalem Bible
Jerusalem Bible
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