The Jerusalem Bible was translated in the 1960s from original texts using the latest contemporary scholarship. The standard liturgical Bible in the European Catholic churches, we're including a copy here because J.R.R. Tolkien was among the translators, using his knowledge of Hebrew to translate the book of Jonah. The editors originally asked Professor Tolkien to translate other chapters, but his responsibilities to his publishers with the popularity of The Lord of the Rings trilogy required him to decline. SC

ISBN: 9780385011563