Catholic Treasures has recently published a new one-volume, hard cover, leather-bound edition of the Douay Rheims Bible (as revised by Archbishop Richard Challoner in 1750), with annotations by Father George Leo Haydock. This edition was first published in 1859 with the approbation of the Apostolic Nuncio and 39 prelates from all over the English speaking world.

Here is a link to the current publisher:

http://www.catholictreasures.com/cartdescrip/11341.html

The extensive annotations are taken largely from writings of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, both East and West; and may rightly be called a patristic commentary.

The Text is the classic English translation of the traditional Latin Vulgate, translated mainly (but not entirely) by Saint Jerome between 382 - 420.

One advantage of this version, especially for Eastern Catholics, is that in the protocanonical books of the Old Testament, even though Jerome translated from Hebrew manuscripts, he did so in the light of the Septuagint (LXX), and preserved many LXX readings. The Psalter is entirely translated from the LXX.

There is one disadvantage: The chapter numbers are in Roman Numerals.

The cost: $125.00 plus shipping. Value: Priceless.

It is a beautiful volume, as a Bible should be, and will make an outstanding family heirloom.

I'll second this recommendation. Someday I'll buy one.

Buyer beware though: the notes are EXTENSIVE. If you actually want to just read the Bible, it'd be best to buy a second Douay-Rheims without any comments......

I have the Bible. It's really awesome. Unfortunately it's still at my house and not with me here at college.

Alexis

I have the Baronius Press edition, and I like that one as well.

Yep, I have the same one. Mine is a two volume "leatherflex?" edition. I find it quite valuable and I like the Douay Rheims as a translation very much. Sometimes, I have a hard time deciding between the DR and my 1611 KJV with the orginal middle English spellings, fascimile edition (you know, the one St. Paul used to write his epistles!)

Joe

I ordered this Bible some time back, and hopefully I should get it soon.

I have a 1992 Catholic Treasures edition with the Old and New Testaments in separate volumes. At the time I bought it, they threw in a free Bible dictionary with the set. It can be an eye-opener to compare this Bible with some of the newer translations.

I forgot to mention the illustrated Bible dictionary and History of the books of the Bible at the end of the New Testament.

I really like the Douay Rheims, and I will want to get the Haydack version of it someday.

Right, I am also enjoying the Confraternity version. The New Testament, which is still in print, is a revision of the Rheims-Challoner New Testament. It still uses Elizabethan pro-nouns but much easier to read than a regular Douay Rheims.

As for the KJV, I have a Third Millennium Bible with Apocrypha, that is a KJV with only the most obscure terminology updated. It otherwise reads almost identical to the KJV.

Lance, who translated the Apocrypha portion of the 3rd Mil bible?

I found a nice used smallish Douay Rheims(4.5" x 7") published in 1938 by Lohmann out of Minnesota way for $20.00...Belgium made.

james

The only problems I have with the Haydock Bible is that the historical footnotes are outdates and the theological footnotes are anti-Protestant. And he cites the Fathers only by name. I wish he'd tell us where to look!

Indigo,

I am not sure, but since the original KJV had the apocrypha, I assume the publishers simply had it lightly revised along with the rest of the bible.

For information on the Third Millenium Bible, or to buy one, you can go to www.tmbible.com.