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As a sophomore in college, I have just rounded the corner of completion for my general credit courses and am now venturing on into that of my choosing. And as a person who desperately wants to travel the world, I figure it would come in handy to be fluent in another language. I decided Spanish would be a good choice, so I signed up for the 101 class. In preparation for my first lesson I bought a Spanish/English dictionary and a few cassette tapes – yes I said cassette tapes, they’re cheaper.
I couldn’t believe that Spanish 101, 102 and 103 flew by so quickly! Now that I’m in Spanish 104 we’re exploring all kinds of new materials: books, movies and plays all in Spanish. I’m so excited to finally understand a new language I even went out and bought a Bible in Spanish to read in my own time at home. Me gusta hablar en espanol!
The Holy Bible is one of the richest, densest tomes ever set in print. Religious scholars have been studying the book for nearly 2,000 years. To this day, new interpretations of biblical parables are being suggested and debated in seminaries, divinity schools and college classrooms around the world. But Bible study can also be an intensely personal endeavor.
By utilizing some helpful Bible study materials, Catholics can learn to understand the word of God in an entirely new light. Bible study is a never-ending process that can evolve with the person who undertakes the challenge. It’s also a great way to renew religious convictions that have begun to falter due to disinterest or failure to relate to the Bible.
If you’re an adherent of the Catholic faith, the Bible often serves as your source of inspiration for your day to day life. But there are so many people who have never actually read through that document because it tends to be both lengthy and difficult. But these hurdles shouldn’t stop individuals from experiencing the Bible in its entirety. That’s why so many people turn to an accompanying CD-Rom with their Bible.
In this way, people have activities at the ready for them to work through particularly difficult chapters or passages. It’s a great accessory to your Catholic Bible, and in this way, it also serves as a great gift to fellow Bible enthusiasts. Everyone could benefit from these activities, as they help everyone gain a better general and deep understanding of the text.
The classic Spanish translation of the Bible is that of Casiodoro de Reina, revised by Cipriano de Valera. It was for the use of the incipient Protestant movement and is widely regarded as the Spanish equivalent of the Authorized Version.
Bible’s title-page traced to the Bavarian printer Mattias Apiarius, “the bee-keeper”. Note the emblem of a bear tasting honey. The first whole Bible in Spanish was printed in Basel in 1569, authored by Casiodoro de Reina, although some think that this Bible was a collective effort of some monks of the San Isidoro community in Spain, who, led by Casiodoro de Reyna, escaped Inquisition and persecution. This was the first version of the complete Bible in Spanish (including Apocrypha), and is known as “Biblia del Oso” because of the honey-eating bear on its title page. Reina presented the University of Basel with some volumes, one of them with Reina’s dedicatory and signature.
There are various choices of Catholic bibles available nowadays. No matter what your lifestyle or preferences may be, there’s definitely a bible that will suit you best. Say if you are the type who prefers to learn more about the bible in an interactive way, then there’s the Bible on CD-Rom for you. Likewise, there are also Spanish versions of Catholic bibles for those who speak and read the language.
But if you are one of those who would still love to read them the old fashioned way, here are 2 popular choices you can to look at:
~Douay-Rheims Bible
~St. Joseph New American Bible