Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Die Bibel, Douay-Rheims, vollständig
Für wen es gedacht ist
For readers who want to understand the Catholic Bible in English, those who pray or study with older Catholic texts, and lovers of early modern prose.
Worum es in diesem Buch geht
The Douay-Rheims Bible is the Catholic Bible in English. It holds the whole of Christian scripture as the Catholic Church receives it: forty-six books of the Old Testament and twenty-seven of the New. It was made by English Catholics living in exile in the later sixteenth century, and the text most readers use today is a careful revision from the eighteenth century.
The story begins at the English College, a school for training priests that was founded at Douai in what is now northern France. Its scholars, led in the work by Gregory Martin, prepared an English text from the Latin Vulgate, the old Bible of Western Christendom. The New Testament appeared at Rheims in 1582. The Old Testament followed at Douay in 1609 and 1610. Bishop Richard Challoner later revised the whole work between 1749 and 1752, and his version is the one that went into most printed copies.
In this summary you will hear how the book came to be, how it is arranged, and what each great section tells or teaches. You will also hear how readers have used it and how to approach it now. Its book names are the Latin ones. Once you know that, it opens up. We begin with where this Bible came from and why it was made.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1Exiles made an English Bible abroadFree
- 2Challoner's revision gave it its final form
- 3The books are arranged and named differently
- 4Genesis to Deuteronomy tell of origins and law
- 5The historical books follow a nation's rise and fall
- 6The wisdom books teach how to live and pray
- 7The prophets warn, console, and look forward
- 8The Gospels and Acts tell of Christ and the Church
- 9The letters and the Apocalypse close the Bible
- 10How readers use it and how to approach it
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Exiles made an English Bible abroad
The Douay-Rheims Bible began in exile. In 1568 William Allen, an Oxford scholar who had left England, founded an English College at Douai. Its purpose was to train priests who could return to a country where the Catholic faith was under pressure. These men needed a Bible in their own language, and they needed one that matched the Latin text the Church read.
The college moved to Rheims in 1578 and came back to Douai in 1593. That is why the Bible carries two town names. The New Testament was printed at Rheims in 1582. The Old Testament was printed at Douay in two volumes, in 1609 and 1610, though the work on it had been finished much earlier. Money problems delayed the printing for years.
Gregory Martin did most of the work. He had been a fellow at Oxford and knew Greek and Hebrew as well as Latin. He is said to have produced a portion of the text each day while colleagues checked and discussed it. Other scholars at the college helped to review the work and to write the notes that stand beside the text.
The translators chose to work from the Latin Vulgate rather than directly from Hebrew and Greek. The Vulgate was the form of the Bible that the Council of Trent had declared authentic for Catholic use. The scholars also kept an eye on the Greek of the New Testament. They wanted an English that stayed close to the Latin.
So this Bible is both a religious book and a piece of history. It was shaped by a quarrel over which Bible English readers should have and who should explain it. Its notes often answer Protestant arguments of its day. Knowing that makes its tone easier to understand when you meet it.
That’s 1 of 10 key points.
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Who’s who
- God
- God is the creator who addresses humanity and establishes covenants with Abraham and the people of Israel.
- Jesus
- Jesus is the central figure of the Gospels, presented as Christ and the fulfilment of Israel's promises.
- Adam
- Adam is the first man in Genesis, Eve's companion and a central figure in the account of human origins.
- Eve
- Eve is the first woman in Genesis, Adam's companion in the opening account of humanity.
- Abraham
- Abraham is called by God to leave his home and becomes the patriarch of Israel's ancestral family.
- Moses
- Moses is Israel's leader and lawgiver, associated with the covenant and followed by Josue as the people's leader.
- Paul
- Paul is an apostle whose letters address young churches about faith, grace, and their shared life in Christ.
About this edition
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- LengthAbout 1,066,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 71 h
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 12 other languages
Questions about Die Bibel, Douay-Rheims, vollständig
What is the Douay-Rheims Bible?
It is a Catholic English Bible made from the Latin Vulgate by English exiles in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Bishop Richard Challoner revised it in the eighteenth century, and his version is the one most often printed.
Why is it called Douay-Rheims?
The name comes from two French towns. The New Testament was printed at Rheims in 1582, and the Old Testament at Douay in 1609 and 1610, where the English College of exiled Catholic priests was based.
What is the difference between the Douay-Rheims and the King James Bible?
The Douay-Rheims follows the Latin Vulgate and includes seventy-three books. The King James Bible was made from Hebrew and Greek, and the usual modern printing has sixty-six books, though the original also carried an Apocrypha section. Their wording and book names differ in many places.
Why are the book names and psalm numbers different?
The names follow the Latin Vulgate, so Isaiah is Isaias and Joshua is Josue. The Psalms follow the Greek and Latin numbering, which often runs one number lower than modern Bibles.
Is the Douay-Rheims hard to read?
No. It opens with a clear story that runs in order, from creation to the Gospels. Many books are short pieces you can read one at a time, like a single psalm or proverb, and Challoner's revision smoothed the wording into a rhythm your ear already knows.