Biblia de Jerusalén (BJ) , Fourth edition (2009)
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Desclée De Brouwer, publishing company · Escuela Bíblica y Arqueológica de Jerusalén · Spanish edition coordinated by Víctor Morla
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Desclée De Brouwer, a family publishing company founded in Bilbao in 1944; the text is prepared with the Escuela Bíblica y Arqueológica de Jerusalén
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- Full name
Biblia de Jerusalén
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BJ
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Spanish
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The publisher says the Biblia de Jerusalén offers a translation faithful to the sense of the original texts, with introductions and notes carrying contemporary scholarship; no equivalence term is published
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Translated from the Hebrew and Aramaic originals; the publisher names no edition
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Translated from the Greek original; the publisher names no edition
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Catholic; the publisher calls it the Catholic study Bible. The pages checked give no book count
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1967, Spanish edition; later editions 1975, 1998 and 2009; the fifth edition, revised in 2018, is current
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| Made by | Desclée De Brouwer, a family publishing company founded in Bilbao in 1944; the text is prepared with the Escuela Bíblica y Arqueológica de Jerusalén | Desclée De Brouwer, quiénes somos · Verification pending |
| Translation philosophy | The publisher says the Biblia de Jerusalén offers a translation faithful to the sense of the original texts, with introductions and notes carrying contemporary scholarship; no equivalence term is published | Desclée De Brouwer, Biblia de Jerusalén manual, fifth edition · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, Old Testament | Translated from the Hebrew and Aramaic originals; the publisher names no edition | Desclée De Brouwer, Biblia de Jerusalén · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, New Testament | Translated from the Greek original; the publisher names no edition | Desclée De Brouwer, Biblia de Jerusalén · Verification pending |
| Canon | Catholic; the publisher calls it the Catholic study Bible. The pages checked give no book count | Desclée De Brouwer, quiénes somos · Verification pending |
| Reading grade level | No published figure | Publisher pages checked · not published |
| Gender language | Not published | Publisher pages checked · not published |
| Committee | Prepared by the Escuela Bíblica y Arqueológica de Jerusalén; the Spanish fifth edition had a literary revision of every Old and New Testament book by its general coordinator, Víctor Morla; the team's size and other names are not published | Desclée De Brouwer, Biblia de Jerusalén · Verification pending |
| Licence and quotation | Not published; the publisher's pages checked carry no copyright statement or quotation allowance for the text | Publisher pages checked · not published |
| First published | 1967, Spanish edition; later editions 1975, 1998 and 2009; the fifth edition, revised in 2018, is current | Desclée De Brouwer, Biblia de Jerusalén · Verification pending |
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Is it word for word?
The publisher says it is faithful to the sense of the original texts and publishes no equivalence term. The literal-to-idiomatic meter above shows where readers place its feel.
What text is it based on?
The Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek originals, by the publisher’s description, with the introductions and notes of the French Bible de Jérusalem. No printed edition is named.
Is it approved for Catholic use?
It is a Catholic Bible; the publisher calls it the Catholic study Bible. The publisher’s pages checked print no imprimatur statement, so none is recorded here.
Who translated it?
The Escuela Bíblica y Arqueológica de Jerusalén prepares the text and notes. The Spanish fifth edition was coordinated by Víctor Morla, who revised every book; other members are not named on the publisher’s pages.
Which text do most printings carry?
The fifth edition, revised in 2018. Earlier Spanish editions were published in 1967, 1975, 1998 and 2009.