"The great adventure, your journey through the Bible"--Title page. Great adventure Catholic Bible general editors: Jeff Cavins, Mary Healy, Andrew Swafford, Peter S. Williamson. "Revised Standard Version Bible, Ignatius Edition, copyright ℗♭2006"--Title page verso. "The original Catholic edition of the RSV translation was prepared by the Catholic Biblical Association of Great Britain, this second edition was revised according to Liturgiam Authenticam, 2001. Translated from the original tongues being the version set forth A.D. 1611, Old and New Testaments revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901 (Apocrypha rev. A.D. 1894), compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946, 1952, and 1965 (Apocrypha revised A.D. 1957 and 1966)"--Title page. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:
"Each book of the Bible is color-coded with a thumb index, indicating where it belongs within the [Great adventure Catholic] Bible timeline. Twelve timeline charts provide a visual overview of the Bible, including: important characters, key events, geography, major covenants, world rulers, and contemporary events in secular history. Twelve articles give a summary and explanation of each period of salvation history. Seven articles introduce and explain the major covenants of salvation history ... Seventy key event call-outs provide a brief description of the milestones in the biblical narrative."--Publisher's website.
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