The Knox Bible - For the Catholics in our Midst

[Navidad]

I am interested in the Knox Bible. I was recently told it was the most Chesterton-like translation of the Bible and approved for use by Catholics. What are your thoughts about it? Thanks, Navidad

[Chum]

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Knox Bible: A Translation From the Latin Vulgate in the Light of the Hebrew and Greek Originals
is a Catholic version of the Bible in three volumes (later published in one volume editions)
translated by Monsignor Ronald Knox, an English theologian, priest, and crime writer. 

You got me at Crime Writer. But then this:
 

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In January 1926, on BBC Radio, Knox presented Broadcasting the Barricades, a simulated live report of revolution in London.  The broadcast reported the lynching of several people, including a government minister.
It also mixed what it called band music from the Savoy Hotel with sounds of the hotel's purported destruction by trench mortars. The broadcast also claimed that the Houses of Parliament and the Clock Tower had been destroyed.

Because the broadcast occurred on a snowy weekend, newspaper delivery was unavailable to much of the United Kingdom for several days.
The lack of newspapers caused a minor panic, as people believed that the broadcast events in London were to blame.
In May 1926, there was considerable public disorder during the General Strike, so people were previously open to the possibility of a revolution.

Orson Welles says that the BBC broadcast gave him the idea for his own 1938 CBS Radio dramatization of "The War of the Worlds",

It's everything I could want in a Vulgate translator. 

[3DOP]

5 hours ago, Navidad said:

I am interested in the Knox Bible. I was recently told it was the most Chesterton-like translation of the Bible and approved for use by Catholics. What are your thoughts about it? Thanks, Navidad

I wish I was familiar. You know where I came from. King James only. When I converted the Douay Rheims felt like home. In the last few years I have grown comfortable without all of the thees and thous.

Chesternonian? You like Chesterton? I do. But sometimes he truly writes so cleverly that I wonder if I believe him more because of his beautiful mastery of English than the substance of what he is proposing. One becomes enchanted with the poetry of his prose and you can be left off guard as to the meaning.

Sorry I can't be more help. I hope we get input from others.

 

 

 

 

 

[Navidad]

4 hours ago, 3DOP said:

I wish I was familiar. You know where I came from. King James only. When I converted the Douay Rheims felt like home. In the last few years I have grown comfortable without all of the thees and thous.

Chesternonian? You like Chesterton? I do. But sometimes he truly writes so cleverly that I wonder if I believe him more because of his beautiful mastery of English than the substance of what he is proposing. One becomes enchanted with the poetry of his prose and you can be left off guard as to the meaning.

Sorry I can't be more help. I hope we get input from others.

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I am a huge fan of Chesterton. I love his prose. I have belonged to Chesterton and Buechner online groups for years. I put away the King James about forty years ago. My go-to Bible today is the CSB. I have friends who were on the committee for that version. Sssh......I won't say this too loud, but they are really good-guy Evangelicals! The Knox Bible seems to run about $60 or so. That is a little steep right now. After reading John Walton's book on Genesis 1 and 2, I am interested in some different translations.  best, Navidad 

[Tony uk]

20 hours ago, Navidad said:

I am interested in the Knox Bible. I was recently told it was the most Chesterton-like translation of the Bible and approved for use by Catholics. What are your thoughts about it? Thanks, Navidad

Hi Navida

From my own experience from within the Catholic Church. At least since Vatican 2, The Knox Bible has been referred to with regards to the translation being of high value, and being a reliable translation. However I can not recall any actual source material for this. Although when I left High School in the mid eighties, at Catholic High School. We were handed Knox Bibles.

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Tony uk
Grammar issue

[telnetd]

It's online at https://catholicbible.online/knox/OT

[Navidad]

1 hour ago, telnetd said:

It's online at https://catholicbible.online/knox/OT

Yes, I like the way Genesis 1 says God made "furniture" for the earth. That is a cool concept. 

[3DOP]

2 hours ago, Navidad said:

Yes, I like the way Genesis 1 says God made "furniture" for the earth. That is a cool concept. 

I was wondering what was Knox's primary source. It appears that he was mostly translating the Latin Vulgate, which is St. Jerome's translation from Greek and Hebrew into what was then the vulgar tongue of the western church (Latin), which is also why it is called a Vulgate. It would seem though that Knox was also making good use of the Hebrew and Greek secondarily. The site below is where I got that impression.  

https://www.knoxbible.com/

I also was impressed with the elegant but accessible English in Psalm 22 in the Knox edition, which is Psalm 23 in all Protestant Bibles and more recent Catholic Bibles. 

Edited to add that this might be helpful from the same site too in explaining a little history and Knox's vision for this English translation. (If I am not mistaken, Baronius Press is the publishing arm of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, which is probably the most prominent of several religious communities with full permission from Rome to celebrate all their Sacraments according to the 1962 MIssal of Pope St. John XXIII).

https://www.knoxbible.com/why_is_knox_bible_unique.html 

Edited 7 hours ago by 3DOP