Brief Review of the Cambridge ESV Catholic Edition

My very brief Review of the Cambridge Catholic Edition.

[Shlomayo]

I personally find the RSV-2CE to be better than the ESV-CE. But they need to make more editions of the RSV-2CE: pocket versions in imitation leather, maybe?

[castledoctrine]

I have that Cambridge ESV. My biggest gripe is the faintness of the font. It should be darker.

[Thomasrice]

I love the ESV translation EXCEPT one crucial passage. The ESV translate John 1:18 as "No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known." It is not clear that it is the Son who makes the Father known. This is especially obvious when you compare it to the RSV translation: " No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known." I know that the ESV uses the manuscripts that reflect this rendering, but there are many manuscripts that are translated to read "only Son" instead of "only God" Most other English translation use "only Son"

[g_br]

This is a hard topic. Personally, I prefer the official Catholic bible of my country, called "Tradução CNBB". Surprisingly, the Protestant bibles are more homogeneous here, unbelievable! :O

[jamestrotter]

The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947 at Qumran.

[Jd-]

Most likely if it’s like other premium bibles it will have a supple leather cover, the gilding will be top notch and the paper should be super-premium. Basically feels like silk…definitely shouldn’t feel like newspaper.

Seems like maybe they skimped on the paper, and I also notice there is no art-gilt which is really just a preference thing, and idk if Cambridge does it on most of their premiums. I don’t think they really like it, but personally I think they should.

You don’t really pay for artwork & font layout. Which btw, probably the best Catholic Bible in those terms is the Illustrated Catholic Bible. Personally I’d even say best over all based on what I’ve seen. Very nice paper, single column, bold text, cool 16th century illustrations (unfortunately most are too small but there are 500 of them so what are you gonna do).

[INTJRabbit-nmrs]

ANOTHER Nordic Catholic? Can't be. Truly?

[thomascombs]

You talk way too slow. You pay for the Cambridge name! Like comparing a cheap car to a Lamborghini! And cut out the cussing. Sheets of paper have different thicknesses and weights. Take a class on book manufacturing and then you will become more qualified to speak on the topic.