Jerusalem Bible

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The Jerusalem Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible noted for its literary style and extensive scholarly footnotes.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
New Jerusalem Bible 2
French Bible de Jérusalem 1
French Jerusalem Bible 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation ⓘ
Catholic Bible ⓘ
English Bible translation ⓘ
approvedBy Catholic bishops ⓘ
associatedWith Dominican biblical scholars ⓘ
École Biblique ⓘ
basedOn Jerusalem Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Jerusalem Bible
contains Deuterocanonical books ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
editor Alexander Jones ⓘ
generalEditor Alexander Jones ⓘ
genre religious text ⓘ
hasAbbreviation JB ⓘ
hasEdition 1966 first edition ⓘ
hasFeature explanatory notes ⓘ
extensive introductions to biblical books ⓘ
marginal cross-references ⓘ
hasNewTestamentSourceLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasOldTestamentSourceLanguages Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
hasParatext book introductions ⓘ
cross-references ⓘ
footnotes ⓘ
hasStyle literary English prose ⓘ
hasTextualBasis French Jerusalem Bible notes and structure ⓘ
original biblical languages ⓘ
influenced Catholic liturgical use in English ⓘ
Jerusalem Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New Jerusalem Bible
language English ⓘ
notedFor extensive scholarly footnotes ⓘ
literary style ⓘ
publicationDate 1966 ⓘ
publisher Darton, Longman & Todd ⓘ
Doubleday ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subject Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Bible
targetAudience English-speaking Catholics ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
translationPhilosophy thought-for-thought ⓘ
translationType dynamic equivalence ⓘ
usedIn Catholic biblical scholarship ⓘ
private study ⓘ
usesBookOrder Catholic canon order ⓘ
usesDivineName God ⓘ
surface form: Yahweh
usesDivineNameInOldTestament God ⓘ
surface form: Yahweh

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

JB → abbreviationFor → Jerusalem Bible ⓘ
Jerusalem Bible → basedOn → Jerusalem Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Jerusalem Bible
JB → basedOn → Jerusalem Bible ⓘ
subject surface form: Jerusalem Bible
this entity surface form: French Bible de Jérusalem
Bible → hasTranslation → Jerusalem Bible ⓘ
Jerusalem Bible → influenced → Jerusalem Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Jerusalem Bible
JB → influenced → Jerusalem Bible ⓘ
subject surface form: Jerusalem Bible
this entity surface form: New Jerusalem Bible