tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post1362882828695072475..comments2024-03-09T04:22:11.040-08:00Comments on Catholic Bibles: NRSV Compact Bible BattleTimothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-39634722414976581232009-02-14T19:51:00.000-08:002009-02-14T19:51:00.000-08:00Actually, I think the NAB has a fair number of edi...Actually, I think the NAB has a fair number of editions and is pretty widely available, even down here in the south where 'Catlicks' are rare, the bookstores are filled with NAB's.<BR/><BR/>The main reason why NAB isn't more popular is because Protestants are the majority in this country, and buy the majority of the Bibles, but Protestants just don't have much use for a Catholic Bible.Biblical Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861274187709444522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-60217415433676181412009-02-14T09:02:00.000-08:002009-02-14T09:02:00.000-08:00Michael,Well, they should continue with their lice...Michael,<BR/><BR/>Well, they should continue with their licensing of the NAB to missalette publishers for the $$$, but they really need to hand the actual NAB translation over to a top-notch Bible publisher who can not only market it, but also make it available in many attractive editions.Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-42819961395645830722009-02-12T15:20:00.000-08:002009-02-12T15:20:00.000-08:00Well, the majority of the money from the NAB, and ...Well, the majority of the money from the NAB, and the main reason why it exists in the first place and will never be replaced in the US by another version, even if that version is superior, comes from the license that the printers of missalettes have to buy to reprint the NAB. Greater sales would definitely help, but what the USCCB is really interested in is licensing it to printers for use in missalettes.<BR/><BR/>The beauty of missalettes is that, unlike Bibles, parishes have to replace them every year.Biblical Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861274187709444522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-14571263995989044722009-02-12T13:28:00.000-08:002009-02-12T13:28:00.000-08:00Michael,Don't you think the USCCB/CBA folks who ar...Michael,<BR/><BR/>Don't you think the USCCB/CBA folks who are working on the revision of the NAB OT should do the same once it is finished?<BR/><BR/>They really could learn a lesson or two from what publishers like HarperCollins and Zondervan. Instead, they will probably continue to license the NAB out to smaller publishing houses.Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12530713931306188305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272296692697032264.post-31635039608595774052009-02-12T12:48:00.000-08:002009-02-12T12:48:00.000-08:00You know, it's funny. For nearly two decades the ...You know, it's funny. For nearly two decades the NRSV has been considered a dud, not in artistic quality, or for use by scholars, but in the one thing that really matters: sales. In its 20 year history, it has never really been a big seller, and for several years it seemed to be out of print because I couldn't find a copy anywhere.<BR/><BR/>Indeed, there was serious talk of the NCC declaring bankruptcy because donations from their member churches were way down and sales from the RSV and NRSV were flat. <BR/><BR/>At one point it was said that the NCC had so little money that they couldn't sponsor a revision of the NRSV if they even wanted to, because they didn't have the funds to pay for such a monumental task.<BR/><BR/>But then they give the publishing rights over to Harper Collins, and suddenly for the first time since its initial publication it is 'hot'. Sales are up, the number of editions is skyrocketing, publicity is way up, even evangelicals and conservative Catholics are snatching them up and you can't swing a dead cat in a Barnes and Noble without hitting a display counter advertising NRSV's. <BR/><BR/>Isn't it amazing what a little marketing can do?Biblical Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861274187709444522noreply@blogger.com