A completely new design and typeset edition of the popular Ignatius Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition Bible, with minor revisions to some of the archaic language used in the first edition. This revised version is a contemporary English translation without dumbing-down the text, and retaining the beauty of the RSV language that has made it such a joy to read and reflect on the Word of God. Now the only Catholic Bible in standard English is even more beautiful in word and design!

Features:

• Completely re-designed and newly typeset: Wider margins and improved line-spacing for comfortable reading.
• The RSV, second Catholic edition is the only Bible translation that uses standard English and is in conformity with the Church's translation guidelines found in the Vatican document, Liturgiam Authenticam
• Nine reference maps in color:

1. The Nations of Genesis Chapter 10
2. The Exodus from Egypt
3. The Conquest of Canaan
4. The Kingdom Years
5. Jerusalem - From David to Christ
6. Palestine in Christ's Time
7. Paul's First and Second Journeys
8. Paul's Third and Fourth Journeys
9. The Holy Land in Modern Times.

• Approximate dimensions: 6" x 9".
• Gold-Edged Pages