The Jerusalem Bible Reader's Edition - 9780385499187

When it comes to Bible translations, readability and reliability are what count; and on both counts, the original JERUSALEM BIBLE stands alone.

A product of the age of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), THE JERUSALEM BIBLE (published in 1966) was the first truly modern Bible for Catholics.

Using definitive original language texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical scholars of L’École Biblique in Jerusalem produced a meticulously accurate, wonderfully readable French translation of the complete canon of Scripture (La Bible de Jérusalem).

From this French original came the English edition, edited by renowned Bible scholar Alexander Jones.