The Little Rock Catholic Study Bible

The Little Rock Catholic Study Bible, ISBN 9780814636480.

This study Bible contains all the books of the Catholic canon in their normal order. The translation is the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE), the NABRE's standard notes appear at page bottom, and the NABRE's usual book introductions are provided as well. This Bible includes several useful essays and many notes and charts alongside the text in beige boxes. Maps and black-and-white photos are featured as well.

This particular edition is a glued (not sewn), burgundy hardback. It is rather large and heavy (3.88 pounds). The paper weight is 36 gsm.

The text is printed in an approximately 9.5 point font, while the page-bottom notes are about 7.5 points in size.

The text is laid out in a single column, organized into paragraphs. The inner margin is narrow, and the print has a tendency to drop away from the eye into the gutter. The outer margin is wide, and on pages with few references there is plentiful room for taking notes.

No concordance is provided, nor are ribbon markers included. Sixteen glossy color maps are present at the end of the volume. A timeline is printed inside the front and back covers.

The words of Christ are printed in black ink.

Detailed contents

00:00 Introduction
01:48 Layout
03:15 Print characteristics
05:15 Footnotes and references
06:57 More on layout
08:30 Paper qualities
09:24 Book and section introductions
10:52 Notes in beige boxes, photos
11:55 The supplementary material in the back
13:50 Maps
15:23 The head and tail bands and binding
15:55 The Bible lies open in Genesis
16:29 The introductory material
17:16 Contents
19:05 The essays
21:24 The Fundamentalist challenge
24:53 The essays (continued)
26:33 Higher criticism
28:15 Font comparisons
29:36 The NABRE as a translation
32:47 Observations
36:32 Turning pages in Genesis

[brianmcdowell]

You need to know you help me rest at night. The lord is using you in many ways. Don't stop this work. God bless you. I know you love the word of God. Amen

[-johnny-deep-]

Wow, this has to be BY FAR the most comprehensive discussion of the construction of a book I have ever seen on YouTube! I'm impressed you even measures the thickness of the paper to estimate the GSM. But here's another way: multiply the area of a page in square meters by the number of sheets and divide that into the weight of the entire book in grams. The result will be the GSM of the paper. Yes, that would include the weight of the cover, binding and ink as well, but it should be very close to the true GSM of the paper.

[acardnal]

Now that you posted the two charts separately, I was able to view them in their entirety! And save them to my desktop! I VERY much appreciate all your efforts to help me. Thanks so much!!

[myrnarivera]

I was trying to decide whether to get this Bible. This was very helpful. Thank you.

[nailtoncesardossantos]

I am appreciating and marveling at your reviews and at the same time with your explanations and every bible you present makes me want to buy them like the one you just reviewed. Congratulations and may God bless you infinitely!

[sousardanilo]

Thanks for your awesome videos. I love Catholic Bibles. Greetings from Brazil

[Jacob.]

Your bible reviews are the best. Thank you and peace and spiritual blessings be multiplied upon you, Jehovah Bless You.

[NnifWald]

I'm excited to hear about the upcoming reading of St John's Gospel on your second channel!

[reneallen]

Good Review. I will watch it again to pick up more of the details that you were pointing out.

[dino]

Wonderful review - really enjoyed watching and listening to this. Thank you for your work and sharing this - so appreciated ++

[TheRamboBeast]

Thanks for making these videos. Any chance you could make a video discussing a few strong combinations of bibles with companion textbooks/guides? And maybe comment on those combinations vs. a study bible like Oxford NRSV? Thanks

[scopeguy]

I think this Bible would have been placed on the Index were that still in use today.

[jimmu]

Thanks for this video. It looks like it has many helpful features, but I don't know why every edition of the NABRE has to have the same notes. It's not as if they defend the Catholic interpretation of scripture or explain the textual and translation choices made by the translators. I also find it objectionable that they treat the historical-critical method and conclusions as fact. I think if they are going to present those ideas, they should at least discuss the objections to them.

[praysimply]

Outstanding review as alway. The Bible is massive with a glued spine and a gigantic gutter drop, maneuvering it will be a challenge. I wonder if the imitation leather is also a glued binding. Pope Leo XIII for the win. Thanks for another great review.

[williamearle]

Thanks for another helpful vid. FWIW, I noticed from reviews and stills that the heading font and chapter number font are quite different between the New ESV standalone Apocrypha and the new ESV Bible with Apocrypha. I ordered the standalone because of price and I like the heading font better, but don't really like the cover, though not bad. To be super thorough it would be interesting to compare paper opacity/readability between the standalone and Holy Bible with Apocrypha eds. Also thanks for pointing out the differences in Tobit! I wonder if there might be any other differences in the old ESV apocrypha (lutheran ed or otherwise) and the New ESV Apocrypha or the ESV-CE Deuterocanon. (oops, I noticed youtube must've taken me to the "next video" while I was commenting on your ESV Diadem More font comparisons.

[austinmyers]

They mean fundamental in a different sense in the first part of that text. Leo XIII meant fundamental as in a foundation or basis if I understand correctly. I think that a better Word choice for especially certain groups of fundamentalists would be literalists because there are also varying degrees of the word fundamental based upon context.

[larrym.johnson]

I hold with Pope Leo 13th These scholars are not in line with the teaching of the magisterium, nor the popes in the past nor the fathers they are not magisterial, it's their opinion. As I have said before and I say to you again your reviews are the best! 🤟

[johnathanlewis]

@R Grant Jones. The Little Rock Bible is an excellent Bible.
I use the New Catholic Version which came out in 2021.
Love your channel and the videos!
Have a great day! God bless my friend.

[larrym.johnson]

Dr Grant, I have a question that's not on the topic of the review of this Bible, I have a fondness for classical language, and I do listen to the King James on audio and I heard you on your new channel, here's my question if you had a choice of a modern version of the Catholic Bible which translation would you use yourself just curious ?

[TruLuan]

How does this compare to the Didache Bible, as far as commentary? And does this contain Catechism references like the Didache?