导语

  

    For the faithful in all English-speaking countries the publication of The New American Bible represents a notable achievement. Its pages contain a new Catholic version of the Bible in English,along with illustrations and explanations that facilitate the understanding of the text.

内容提要

  

    First published in 1970, the revered New American Bible is familiar to millions of American Catholics as the translation proclaimed in the Mass and in their missals.
    The Reader's Edition is just right for people that require a text Bible with clear print for such uses as public reading or private devotions.
    The quality materials and careful construction that characterize all Oxford Bibles and prayer books assure you of years of faithful service from this book.

The Books of the Old and New Testaments

THE OLD TESTAMENT
THE PENTATEUCH Introduction
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
THE HISTORICAL BOOKS Introduction
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
I Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Tobit
Judith
Esther
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
THE WISDOM BOOKS Introduction
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Wisdom
Sirach
THE PROPHETIC BOOKS Introduction
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Baroch
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE GOSPELS Introduction
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts of the Apostles
THE NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS Introduction
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
THE CATHOLIC LETI'ERS Introduction
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation