Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Vulgate): Holy Bible in Latin
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A Practical Review
Heads up, kids. This bible is in LATIN. To be very clear, this bible is exactly what it claims to be. I confess I thought it would be a little more: a bible with Latin text and some English footnotes and an English introduction and English annotations. This it is not. Picture a regular English bible, then picture the same bible in Latin. That is this bible. Introduction, footnotes, annotations, table of contents all in Latin. Nothing wrong with this! The description did not explicitly claim anything otherwise. I just want to make sure you know what you're getting. The product itself is of medium-high quality. It's a little smaller than I hoped (but again, not inconsistent with the product description). The pages are thin, but very, well, biblical. It lays flat fairly well, and is very portable. Overall just a bit overpriced, in my opinion, but still good to have on the shelf, even for the recreational scholar such as myself.
Wonderful!
I was very pleased with this book. It has been a wonderful tool in learning Latin. For all of you Protestants out there, don't get tripped up with the numbering of the Psalms. The Catholic Bible combines Psalms 9 & 10 and separates Psalm 145. So for example, Psalm 119 is labeled Psalm 118.
Latin is awesome!
I use this Bible plus the Douay-Rhiems translate to further my Latin studies. This Bible is well built but expensive. But hey you cant just run to WalMart and pick up a Vulgate.
Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Holy Bible in Latin
This edition is the one I like to refer to for its brief scholarly apparatus criticus.
Beautiful book!
I love this translation of the Bible. I think every Catholic should try to learn Latin and read this Bible. It really is an excellent translation. The notes are magnificent if a bit confusing at first. But once you know what the small letters mean, then you are good to go. I was a little disappointed with the quality of the book I received. Some of the pages had become bent. A small issue, however. I'm very happy with the purchase! Thank you Amazon for getting it to me so quickly!
Excellent
This is an excellent bible to have, if you need or want to study it in Latin.
Excellent product.
This book is absolutely gorgeous. The edition is itself academic, includes the prologue to each book and disposes of the tentative modern punctuation . Overall a fantastic product, well worth for any biblical scholars.
A superb, competent textual edition of a formidable collections ...
A superb, competent textual edition of a formidable collections of Latin MSS [Manuscripts]. It is the gold standard as well for all serious students of Biblical scholarship in the Latinate tradition.
recommended work, comprehensive
nice volume and designed well by a very adept scholar. the research required to produce this complete bible from so many sources is astonishing to read.
Pretty Much Exactly What I Wanted
Could not be happier with this Vulgate edition. The only thing I’d point out to a potential buyer is that the text will be difficult to read for those who have trouble reading small print. Other than that, heartily recommend
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