Mark Brumley answers 7 questions about Bibles published by Ignatius Press

On the "Catholic Bibles" blog:

Mark Brumley is President of the Board of Directors of Guadalupe
Associates and
Chief Executive Officer for Ignatius Press. He also oversees magazines
for
Ignatius Press, is project coordinator for the Ignatius Catholic Study
Bible,
and is editor of Ignatius Press's Modern Apologetics Library and A Study
Guide
for Joseph Ratzinger's Jesus of Nazareth. You can hear him regularly on
the popular radio program Catholic Answers Live.  Mark was kind enough
to answer my "7 Questions" surrounding the RSV-2CE and Ignatius Catholic Study Bible.



1) The Revised Standard Version-Second Catholic
Edition remains the most popular translation as expressed by a majority of the
readers of this blog.  Could you speak a little bit about how the RSV-2CE came
to be?  Some of my readers have expressed a desire to know more about the
changes from the original RSV-CE, particularly since the RSV-2CE does more than
simply eliminate the archaic English from the text.  One example would be the
additions found in Sirach 24 of the RSV-2CE.  Another would be changes similar
to what we see in Luke 9:31, where “departure” was changed to the more literal
Greek rendering of “exodus”.

Brumley: The history of the RSV2CE is straightforward. 
We published for many years the so-called Blue Bible, the Ignatius Bible, the
Catholic Revised Standard Version.  Many people loved it but some didn't like
that the occasional archaic language of the translation--the "thees" and "thous"
used in direct addressed to God. So we looked into a slight revision, while
still keeping the Blue Bible available. Meanwhile, in discussions with the
Congregation for Divine Worship, we became aware that some folks in the Vatican
wanted a Bible that fit better with the norms for liturgical translations as
found in Liturgiam Authenticam. So our edition of the Bible was reviewed by the
Congregation and several biblical experts to make it more in conformity to
Catholic liturgical use. That is why it's really a sort of RSV Catholic Edition
Plus--plus a more standard English reflecting the removal of the archaic
language and an enrichment of the translation of the text to reflect the
Church's liturgical tradition.

2) Are there any future plans to release the
RSV-2CE in different editions?  Some readers have expressed a desire that Ignatius Press publish
a full RSV-2CE compact, as well as a large print edition. 

Read the entire interview. Visit www.ignatius.com for more information about Bibles published by Ignatius Press.