Our Bibles

Since I was talking about Bibles last night, I thought it would be helpful to list what Bibles we use around here:

Yena’s (6):

I love this Bible — our family Bible when I was growing up had the same images, so it has a very familiar feel. My one beef with this: there’s one picture (when King Saul falls on his sword) that I think is a bit too graphic for little children to handle.

Migi’s (9):

This isn’t a purely Catholic Bible per se; it was put together by people from different denominations, but I haven’t found anything objectionable in it. It is very child-friendly, with longer, more detailed stories than the one above. Very useful for children to get “the big picture” at a young age.

Paco’s (11)

I’m having Paco read the 14 books for now (recommended by Jeff Cavins in The Great Adventure) which we watched as a family a couple of years ago and which we’re planning to watch again soon. Again, to see “the big picture” of salvation history, and then I’ll have him graduate to Aisa’s Bible, and Aisa will graduate to ours:)

Aisa (16)

This is a Catholic Teen Bible with commentary by Amy Welborn, so they get a good grounding in apologetics and the Catholic interpretation of the passages. Shorter commentary than the Navarre, certainly, and very accessible for the teen.

Mine and Bong’s:

We’ve got about 1/4 of the book left to read so I’ll be getting the next book soon. This commentary series is amazing — replete with quotes from the Early Fathers and saints. And those obscure passages are explained in easy-to-digest text.

We also have this Bible for reference:

from the original Latin Vulgate. Very educational esp. to compare and contrast — and doing so leaves you in awe of these Bible scholars who labor over these works, translating with an eye to capturing the flavor and message of the original writings.

and these for traveling, or for use if one can’t find the Bible they regularly read :

The first two Bibles are small and compact and perfect for a purse or in a suitcase. BUT the letters are indeed SMALL. As we advance in age we may have to replace these with large print . The blue RSV-CE is just wonderful esp. for someone Paco or Migi’s age. I don’t like that it’s paperback and got ratty-looking quite quickly.

We also used to have this Bible for little ones, but it got battered and bruised and had to be thrown away:
(we had the older edition)

One day I’d like to get this, esp. as we get into more Latin — and eventually, Greek — translation:

and one day I’d really like to get this:

which is a larger family Bible (12″ x 9″) and which reminds me of our own family Bible which has spaces for births, baptisms, etc. …. but this is more a want than a need.