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Recommendations

Recommendations

New American Bible (NAB)

New American Bible (NAB)

Educational Study Bibles

Educational Study Bibles

All of these edi­tions of the NAB con­tain at least the stand­ard NAB mildly crit­i­cal explan­a­tory notes (mod­er­ate amount), cross ref­er­ences (mod­er­ate amount) and book intro­duc­tions. All also possess an impri­ma­tur.  Listed in order of Ama­zon rank­ing.  When read­ing age range is not spec­i­fied, I esti­mate and assign one of the fol­low­ing ranges:  8-11; 12-15; 12+ or 16+.

Edition Age CAR Pros Cons
Edition Age CAR Pros Cons
New Cath­o­lic Answer Bible 12+ 5.00
  • Top-rated Roman Cath­o­lic adult edu­ca­tional study bible.
  • Large print.
  • Deluxe edi­tions include rosary inset into the cover.
  • Expla­na­tions defend­ing 88 com­monly mis­un­der­stood Roman Cath­o­lic beliefs.
 
SMP Cath­o­lic Youth Bible
14-18 5.00
  • Top-rated Roman Cath­o­lic youth bible.
  • Con­cor­dance.
  • Com­men­tary/advice included with notes.
  • In my opin­ion, the added edu­ca­tional notes are more suit­a­ble for even younger read­ers, though the slightly tech­nical stand­ard NAB notes are appro­pri­ate for the age spec­i­fied.  At least two review­ers agree, pro­vid­ing them for sixth grade chil­dren (age 11-12).
Fire­side Fam­ily Life Edi­tion 12+ 5.00
  • Dic­tion­ary.
  • Illus­tra­tions & clas­sic Chris­tian art­work.
 
Prove It! The Cath­o­lic Teen Bible 12+ 5.00
  • Expla­na­tions defend­ing sev­eral com­monly mis­un­der­stood Roman Cath­o­lic beliefs.
  • Only soft­cover edi­tions avail­a­ble.
Fire­side Cath­o­lic Com­pan­ion Edi­tion 12+ 5.00
  • Avail­a­ble in 14 point font size
 
ABS Stand­ard Edi­tion 12+ 5.00
  • Inex­pen­sive.
 
OSV Large Print Edi­tion 16+ 5.00
  • 12 point font size
 
WCP Deluxe Stu­dent Edi­tion
12+ 5.00
  • A few extra aids (32 pages).
 
St. Joseph First Com­mun­ion Edi­tion
12+ 5.00
  • 9 point font size
  • Rosary sec­tion.
 
OSV Giant Print Edi­tion 12+ 5.00
  • 14 point font size
  • Sum­mary of the basic beliefs of the Roman Cath­o­lic Church.
 
St. Joseph Full Size Stu­dent Edi­tion
12+ 4.53
  • 11 point font size
  • 70+ pho­tos.
 
St. Joseph Full Size Gift Edi­tion
12+ 4.50
  • 11 point font size
  • 70+ pho­tos.
  • Dic­tion­ary.
 
St. Joseph Fine Art Edi­tion
12+ 4.50
  • 11 point font size
  • 90 color illus­tra­tions and 70 pho­tos.
 
St. Joseph Medium Size Gift Edi­tion
12+ 4.50
  • 9 point font size
  • 30+ color illus­tra­tions.
 
St. Joseph Medium Size Stu­dent Edi­tion
12+ 4.50
  • 9 point font size
 
Nel­son Inter­na­tional Stu­dent Bible for Cath­o­lics 12+ 4.57
  • 9 point font size
  • Con­cor­dance.
  • Expla­na­tions defend­ing sev­eral com­monly mis­un­der­stood Roman Cath­o­lic beliefs.
  • Includes discussions of some more adult topics such as premarital sex and drug and alcohol abuse.
 
St. Joseph Per­sonal Size Gift Edi­tion
12+ 4.50
  • Sev­eral avail­a­ble edi­tions.
  • 32 color illus­tra­tions.
 
St. Joseph Per­sonal Size Stu­dent Edi­tion
12+ 4.50
  • Dic­tion­ary.
  • 7 point font size
  • Only avail­a­ble in paper­back.
Fire­side Deluxe Par­ish Edi­tion 12+ 4.50
  • 10 point font size
  • Dic­tion­ary.
  • Illus­tra­tions & clas­sic Chris­tian art­work.
 
WCP Gift Bible
12+ 4.25
  • 9 point font size
 
WCP Stu­dent Edi­tion
12+ 4.00
  • Inex­pen­sive.
  • Only avail­a­ble in paper­back.
  • Warning!  Don’t con­fuse the $6.95 trade paper­back edi­tion with the more expen­sive $14.95 “deluxe” paper­back edi­tion.
WCP First Com­mun­ion Bible
12+ 4.00    
WCP Deluxe Gift Bible
12+ 3.58
  • 9 point font size
  • Sev­eral avail­a­ble edi­tions.
 
St. Joseph Fam­ily Edi­tion
12+ 3.00
  • 14 point font size
 
Fire­side Stand­ard Edi­tion 12+ —
  • Avail­a­ble in large print.
  • Dic­tion­ary.
 
Nel­son Cath­o­lic Bride’s Bible 12+ —    
Nel­son Large Print Edi­tion 12+ —
  • Large print.
 
OSV Stand­ard Edi­tion 12+ —    
SJP Mis­sion Edi­tion 12+ —
  • Inex­pen­sive.
  • Only avail­a­ble in flex­cover.
SJP Stu­dent Edi­tion 12+ —
  • Dic­tion­ary.
  • Only avail­a­ble in hard­cover.
SMP Basic Youth Edition
14-18 —  
WCP Cath­o­lic Fam­ily Bible
12+ —
  • 12 point font size
  • Color illus­tra­tions.
 
WCP Noah’s Ark Bible
12+ —
  • 16 color illus­tra­tions.
 
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