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...bishops gratified that wish this month, unveiling a revised New Testament that seeks to restore the music. The impetus for change came from Catholic biblical scholars who judged the NAB New Testament deficient. The project involved eight years of work by 15 experts, five of them Protestants. The revision is expected to be authorized for readings at Masses by late...
According to Father Stephen J. Hartdegen, coordinator of the 1970 and 1987 translations, the revisers sought to eradicate both mistakes and colloquialisms. A notable NAB error occurred in Luke 1: 17, where antecedents got mixed up and "God himself" went before John the Baptist "in the spirit and power of Elijah," instead of John going before God. That was "practically blasphemous," says Jesuit Father Francis T. Gignac, chairman of the board of editors...
Also eliminated were many of the chatty phrases that gave the NAB its sometimes jarring tone. Among them: "Good-bye and good luck!" (James 2: 16) and "What of it?" (Philippians 1: 18). Replacements: "Go in peace" and "What difference does it make?" The 1970 rendition of Luke's nativity narrative says that "there was no room for them in the place where travelers lodged," which to some sounded like a plug for Travelodge motels. The revision adopts the familiar "There was no room for them in the inn." Instead of the weak and wordy "Reform your lives!" John...
Following a trend in many churches toward inclusive language in Scripture and worship, the new NAB avoids male terms for generalized human references (for example, "one" replacing "man"). The editors decided, however, not to alter male references to God and Jesus and to retain "kingdom of God" because the phrase "reign of God" seems to refer to precipitation when read aloud...
...using more dignified language and following the word order in the Greek manuscripts more closely, the NAB comes out sounding rather close to the Revised Standard Version. Since the RSV is available in an approved Catholic edition, why not, in the spirit of ecumenism, simply adopt that Protestant- produced version? Responds Gignac: "That would be nice, but we think ours is slightly better...