The Jerusalem Bible ( JB or TJB ) is an English translation of the Bible published in 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd. As a Catholic Bible , it includes 73 books: the 39 books shared with the Hebrew Bible , along with the seven deuterocanonical books , as the Old Testament , and the 27 books shared by all Christians as the New Testament . It also contains copious footnotes and introductions.
20-684: [REDACTED] JB or J.B. may refer to: Literature J.B. (play) , a 1958 play by Archibald MacLeish in verse, based on the Book of Job Jerusalem Bible , a 1966 Roman Catholic Bible translation People BlocBoy JB (born 1996), American rapper JB (Swedish musician) , Swedish musician Jaffar Byn , Swedish rapper known as JB JB (Canadian rapper) , Canadian male rapper JB (South Korean singer) (born 1994), South Korean musician J. B. Smoove (born 1965), American actor and comedian Jack Black (born 1969), American actor and comedian Joe Biden (born 1942), current president of
40-999: A century, the Jerusalem Bible has been the basis of the lectionary for Mass used in Catholic worship throughout much of the English-speaking world outside of North America , though in recent years various bishops' conferences have begun to transition to newer translations, including the English Standard Version , Catholic Edition, in the United Kingdom and India and the Revised New Jerusalem Bible in Australia , New Zealand , and Ireland . In 1943 Pope Pius XII issued an encyclical letter , Divino afflante Spiritu , which encouraged Catholics to translate
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80-568: A revised draft by comparing this word-for-word with the Hebrew or Aramaic texts. The editor of the New Jerusalem Bible , Henry Wansbrough , claims the Jerusalem Bible "was basically a translation from the French Bible de Jérusalem , conceived primarily to convey to the English-speaking world the biblical scholarship of this French Bible. The translation of the text was originally no more than
100-616: A vehicle for the notes". He also writes: "Despite claims to the contrary, it is clear that the Jerusalem Bible was translated from the French, possibly with occasional glances at the Hebrew or Greek, rather than vice versa." The Jerusalem Bible was the first widely-accepted Catholic English translation of the Bible since the Douay–Rheims Version of the 17th century. It has also been widely praised for an overall very high level of scholarship, and
120-507: Is widely admired and sometimes used by liberal and moderate Protestants. The Jerusalem Bible is one of the versions authorized to be used in services of the Episcopal Church . J. R. R. Tolkien translated the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible, although its final version was heavily edited, and he is listed among its "principal collaborators". The Jerusalem Bible returned to the use of
140-853: The Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial leadership function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the Second Vatican Council . Their status was confirmed by the Second Vatican Council and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 motu proprio , Ecclesiae sanctae . Episcopal conferences are generally defined by geographic borders, often national ones, with all
160-785: The Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Robert Sarah , clarifying that the Holy See and its departments would have only limited authority to confirm liturgical translations recognized by a local episcopal conference. In late February, 2018, the Council of Cardinals and Pope Francis undertook a consideration of the theological status of episcopal conferences, re-reading Pope John Paul II's Apostolos Suos in
180-996: The Sacraments , wrote to the presidents of all conferences of bishops at the behest of Pope Benedict XVI , stating that the use of the name Yahweh was to be dropped from Catholic Bibles in liturgical use (most notably the CTS New Catholic Bible which uses the Jerusalem Bible text), as well as from songs and prayers, since pronunciation of this name violates long-standing Jewish and Christian tradition. Episcopal conference Jus novum ( c. 1140 -1563) Jus novissimum ( c. 1563 -1918) Jus codicis (1918-present) Other Sacraments Sacramentals Sacred places Sacred times Supra-diocesan/eparchal structures Particular churches Juridic persons Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law Clerics Office Juridic and physical persons Associations of
200-788: The United States Justin Bieber (born 1994), Canadian singer Justin Brownlee (born 1988), American basketball player in the Philippines Jesse Baird (1997–2024), Australian television presenter and AFL umpire Technology and engineering British Rail Class 73 locomotives Jungfraubahn , a rack railway Other uses Johor Bahru , a city in Malaysia J&B RARE Whisky, by Justerini & Brooks JB Hi-Fi , Australia JB Catalogue of Malta Stamps and Postal History Jornal do Brasil ,
220-449: The bishops in a given country belonging to the same conference, although they may also include neighboring countries. Certain authority and tasks are assigned to episcopal conferences, particularly with regard to setting the liturgical norms for the Mass . Episcopal conferences receive their authority under universal law or particular mandates. In certain circumstances, as defined by canon law ,
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#1732845308328240-635: The bishops of different rites in a nation, both Eastern Catholic and Latin Catholic ; these are described in canon 322 §2 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches . The nature of episcopal conferences, and their magisterial authority in particular, was subsequently clarified by Pope John Paul II in his 1998 motu proprio , Apostolos suos , which stated that the declarations of such conferences "constitute authentic magisterium" when approved unanimously by
260-636: The conference; otherwise the conference must achieve a two-thirds majority and seek the recognitio , that is, recognition of approval, of the Holy See, which they will not receive if the majority "is not substantial". In the 2013 apostolic exhortation , Evangelii Gaudium , Pope Francis expressed his concern that the intent of the Second Vatican Council, which would give episcopal conferences "genuine doctrinal authority, has not yet been sufficiently elaborated." On September 9, 2017, Pope Francis modified canon law , granting episcopal conferences specific authority "to faithfully prepare … approve and publish
280-498: The decisions of an episcopal conference are subject to ratification from the Holy See . Individual bishops do not relinquish their immediate authority for the governance of their respective dioceses to the conference. The operation, authority, and responsibilities of episcopal conferences are currently governed by the 1983 Code of Canon Law (see especially canons 447–459) In addition, there are assemblies of bishops which include
300-464: The faithful Pars dynamica (trial procedure) Canonization Election of the Roman Pontiff Academic degrees Journals and Professional Societies Faculties of canon law Canonists Institute of consecrated life Society of apostolic life An episcopal conference , often also called a bishops’ conference or conference of bishops , is an official assembly of the bishops of
320-562: The historical name Yahweh as the name of God in the Old Testament, rendered as such in 6,823 places within this translation. If La Bible de Jerusalem of 1956 had been followed literally, this name would have been translated as "the Eternal". The move has been welcomed by some. On 29 June 2008, Cardinal Francis Arinze , Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of
340-525: The liturgical books for the regions for which they are responsible after the confirmation of the Apostolic See." The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments , which formerly had primary responsibility for translations, was ordered to "help the Episcopal Conferences to fulfil their task." On October 22, 2017, the Holy See released a letter that Pope Francis had sent to
360-450: The majority of the books, the English translation was a translation of the Hebrew and Greek texts; in passages with more than one interpretation, the interpretation chosen by the French translators is generally followed. For a small number of Old Testament books, the first draft of the English translation was made directly from the French, and then the general editor (Fr Alexander Jones) produced
380-568: The scriptures from the Hebrew and Greek texts, rather than from Jerome 's Latin Vulgate . As a result, a number of Dominicans and other scholars at the École Biblique in Jerusalem translated the scriptures into French. The product of these efforts was published as La Bible de Jérusalem in 1956. This French translation served as the impetus for an English translation in 1966, the Jerusalem Bible. For
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