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New Testament
First Edition - 1944
Title The New Testament / of Our Lord and Saviour / Jesus Christ / Newly Translated / from the Vulgate Latin / at the Request of their Lordships / the Archbishops and Bishops / of England and Wales / Printed for Private Circulation Only / Burns Oates and Washbourne / 28 Ashley Place London: 1944
Date 1944
Publisher Burns Oates and Washbourne, London
Contents New translation of the New Testament for Catholics by Msgr. Ronald A. Knox (1888-1957).
Description 16mo π4 A-S16T12 (p. viii,600)
Image: Title page
References HERBERT 2284, POPE 681-12, CHAMBERLIN 579; TALIAFERRO-BVE CN00023, Taliaferro-EELBV 7895.100.
Comments Originally issued "for private circulation only" Knox's translation was soon accepted for use in liturgical readings in British Catholic Missals.
Illustrated Edition - 1946
Title The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ A New Translation A Chanticleer Edition
Date 1946
Publisher Sheed & Ward, Inc.: New York
References CHAMBERLIN 43-2, 579-3; HILLS 2450; TALIAFERRO-BVE CN00023, Taliaferro-EELBV 7895.102.
Images Jacket, Title page
Comments ""This edition of Monsignor Knox's translation of the New Testament has been designed to bring the reader an especially fine volume. The color illistrations were selected from museums and art galleries in the United States and England by Dr. Hans Tietze."
Other Images:
1956 Edition Jacket.
Old Testament
Psalms
Title: The Psalms | A New Translation | by | Ronald Knox | Sheed & Ward | New York 1947
Date: 1947 (Imprimatur November 22, 1946)
Publisher: Sheed & Ward: New York
References: Chamberlin 43-2, 334-7, Hills 2463, Herbert 2290, Taliaferro-EELBV 7895.
Images: Title page
Complete Old Testament
Title The Old Testament / Newly Translated from the Latin Vulgate / by. Mgr Ronald A. Knox at the Request of / the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster / for Private Use Only / Volume I [of two] / Genesis - Esther / London / Burns Oates and Washbourne Ltd / Publishers to the Holy See / 1949
Date 1949
Publisher Burns Oates and Washbourne, London
References HERBERT 2296, CHAMBERLIN 43-2, 123-1; TALIAFERRO-BVE CN00023, Taliaferro-EELBV 7895.105, 7895.106.
Images Volume 1 Title page, Volume 2 Title page, Volume 2 Jacket
Contents Translation of the Old Testament by Knox. This 2 volume edition completes his Bible translation which received wide acceptance by Catholics in England, Ireland, and America.
Lectionary with Commentary
Title: The Epistles and Gospels for Sundays and Holydays Translation and Commentary by Ronald Knox
Date: 1946
Publisher: Sheed & Ward, New York
Images: Jacket, Title page
Contents: Lectionary readings
Student Bible
Title The Holy Bible A translation from the Latin Vulgate in light of the Hebrew and Greek originals Authorized by the hierarchy of England and Wales and the hierarchy of Scotland
Date 1954
Publisher Sheed & Ward, Inc.: New York
References CHAMBERLIN 43-2; HERBERT see 2296, 2284; TALIAFERRO-BVE CN00023, Taliaferro-EELBV 7895.110.
Images Title page
Other Images:
1963 Bible Cover
Knox Revised Version (on-line)
Title: Revised Knox Bible ("you" version) by Cormac Burke
Date: 2010
Publisher: Available on line at http://www.cormacburke.or.ke/book/knox_bible
Contents: Catholic Bible
References: Taliaferro-EELBV 9375.
Comments: Adaptation by Msgr. Cormac Burke of the original Knox version, using ‘you’ forms, instead of ‘thou’ throughout.
Completed 2010.
