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 watering down the text.
Features:
Completely re-designed and newly typeset with 9 point font size. 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 on the leatherbound edition only.