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Nova Vulgata
Nova Vulgata 1986 cover
Nova Vulgata 1986 cover
Other namesNeo-Vulgate, New Latin Vulgate, New Vulgate
LanguageLatin
Complete Bible
published		1979 (2nd revised edition in 1986)
Textual basisVulgate
Religious affiliationCatholic Church
WebsiteNova Vulgata- Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio (vatican.va)
Genesis 1:1–3

1 In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram.
2 Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebrae super faciem abyssi, et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas.

3 Dixitque Deus: “Fiat lux”. Et facta est lux.[1]
John 3:16
Sic enim dilexit Deus mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret, ut omnis, qui credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam aeternam.
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TheNova Vulgata(complete title:Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio,transl. The New Vulgate Edition of the Holy Bible;abr.NV), also called theNeo-Vulgate,is theCatholic Church's officialLatintranslation of the original-language texts of theBiblepublished by theHoly See.It was completed in 1979, and waspromulgatedthe same year byJohn Paul IIinScripturarum thesaurus.A second, revised edition was published in 1986. It is the official Latin text of the Bible of theCatholic Church.TheNova Vulgatais also called theNew Latin Vulgate[2]or theNew Vulgate.[3]

Before theNova Vulgata,theClementine Vulgatewas the standard Bible of the Catholic Church.[4]

TheNova Vulgatais not acritical editionof the historicalVulgate.Rather, it is a text intended to accord with modern critical editions of the Hebrew and Greek Bible texts, and to produce a style somewhat nearer to Classical Latin.[5]

History

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Elaboration of the text

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TheSecond Vatican CouncilinSacrosanctum Conciliummandated a revision of theLatin Psalter,to bring it in line with modern textual and linguistic studies while preserving or refining its Christian Latin style. In 1965,Pope Paul VIappointed a commission to revise the rest of the Vulgate following the same principles. The Commission published its work in eight annotated sections and invited criticism from Catholic scholars as the sections were published. TheLatin Psalterwas published in 1969, the New Testament was completed by 1971, and the entireNova Vulgatawas published as a single-volume edition for the first time in 1979.[6]

The foundational text of most of the Old Testament isthe critical editioncommissioned byPope Pius Xand produced by the monks of theBenedictine Abbey of St. Jerome.[6]The foundational text of the Books of Tobit and Judith is from manuscripts of theVetus Latina,rather than the Vulgate. The New Testament was based on the 1969 edition of theStuttgart Vulgate,and hence on theOxford Vulgate.All of these base texts were revised to accord with the modern critical editions in Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic.[7]A number of changes were also made where modern scholars felt that Jerome had failed to grasp the meaning of the original languages, or had rendered it obscurely.[8]

First publication

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The NV was first published in differentfasciclesbetween 1969 and 1977.[9]

Promulgation and publication

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In 1979, after decades of preparation, theNova Vulgatawas published, and was made the official Latin version of the Bible of the Catholic Church in theapostolic constitutionScripturarum thesaurus,promulgatedbyPope John Paul IIon April 25, 1979.[10][11]TheNVwas published the same year.[9]

A second edition, published in 1986, added a Preface to the reader,[8]an Introduction to the principles used in producing theNova Vulgata,[7]and an appendix containing three historical documents from theCouncil of Trentand theClementine Vulgate.[12]

Liturgiam authenticam

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Main article:Liturgiam authenticam

In 2001, theCongregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacramentsreleased the instructionLiturgiam authenticam.This text stated theNova Vulgatawas "the point of reference as regards thedelineation of the canonical text".Concerning the translation ofliturgical texts,the instruction states:

Furthermore, in the preparation of these translations for liturgical use, theNova VulgataEditio,promulgated by the Apostolic See, is normally to be consulted as an auxiliary tool, in a manner described elsewhere in this Instruction, in order to maintain the tradition of interpretation that is proper to the Latin Liturgy. [...] [I]t is advantageous to be guided by theNova Vulgatawherever there is a need to choose, from among various possibilities [of translation], that one which is most suited for expressing the manner in which a text has traditionally been read and received within theLatin liturgical tradition.[13]

This recommendation is qualified, however: the instruction specifies that translations should not be made from theNova Vulgata,but rather "must be made directly from the original texts, namely the Latin, as regards thetexts of ecclesiastical composition,or the Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek, as the case may be, as regards the texts ofSacred Scripture".The instruction does not recommend translation of the Bible, or of the liturgy, based solely upon the LatinNova Vulgata;theNVmust instead simply be used as an "auxiliary tool".[14]

When translating theTetragrammaton,Liturgiam authenticamsays that "[i]n accordance with immemorial tradition, which indeed is already evident in the above-mentionedSeptuagintversion, the name of almighty God expressed by the Hebrew tetragrammaton and rendered inLatinby the wordDominus,is to be rendered into any given vernacular by a word equivalent in meaning. "[15]

Textual characteristics

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Most of the approximately 2,000 changes made by theNova Vulgatato theStuttgart Vulgatetext of Jerome's version of the Gospels are minor and stylistic in nature.[16][17]

In addition, in theNew TestamenttheNova Vulgataintroduced corrections to align the Latin with the Greek text in order to represent Jerome's text, as well as its Greek base, accurately. This alignment had not been achieved earlier, either in theedition of 1590or in the1592 editionof the Vulgate.[17]

TheNVcontains only theBiblical canon of the Catholic Church,and not otherpseudepigraphicalbooks "often associated with the Vulgate tradition."[9]

Use of theNova Vulgata

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William Griffin used theNova Vulgatafor his Latin-to-English translation of the Books ofTobit,Judith,1and2 Maccabees,Baruch,Wisdom,Sirach,and theadditions to Estherandto Danielfor the Catholic/Ecumenical Edition ofThe MessageBible.[2]

TheNova Vulgataprovides the Latin text ofKurtandBarbara Aland's bilingualNovum Testamentum Graece et Latine;[16]the latter was first released in 1984.[18]Also, since the Alands' 1984 revision of theNovum Testamentum Latine,theNovum Testamentum Latinehas also used theNova Vulgataas its reference text.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"NOVA VULGATA- Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio".vatican.va.Archivedfrom the original on 24 May 2023.Retrieved4 March2024.
  2. ^ab"Catholics get 'The Message' in new edition of Bible".National Catholic Reporter.26 July 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 17 January 2020.Retrieved17 January2020.Griffin said he used the Catholic-approved New Latin Vulgate as the basis for his translations. The Latin was no problem for him, he said, but finding English expressions that were both faithful to the Latin meaning and suitable for a contemporary audience was a challenge.
  3. ^"To members of the Pontifical Commission for the New Vulgate (April 27, 1979) | John Paul II".vatican.va.Archivedfrom the original on 14 October 2020.Retrieved13 October2020.
  4. ^Houghton, H. A. G. (2016).The Latin New Testament: A Guide to Its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts.Oxford University Press. p. 132.ISBN9780198744733.The standard Bible of the Roman Catholic Church until 1979 was the Clementine Vulgate, prepared for Pope Clement VIII in 1592.
  5. ^Stramare, Tarcisio (1981). "Die Neo-Vulgata. Zur Gestaltung des Textes".Biblische Zeitschrift.25(1): 67–81.doi:10.30965/25890468-02501005.S2CID244689083.
  6. ^abClifford, Richard J. (April 2001). "The Authority of the Nova Vulgata: A Note on a Recent Roman Document".Catholic Biblical Quarterly.63(2): 197–202.JSTOR43724418.
  7. ^ab"Praenotanda (Bibliorum Sacrorum nova vulgata editio)".vatican.va(in Latin).Archivedfrom the original on 21 March 2020.Retrieved4 June2015.
  8. ^ab"Praefatio ad Lectorem (Bibliorum Sacrorum nova vulgata editio)".vatican.va(in Latin).Archivedfrom the original on 11 August 2022.Retrieved4 June2015.
  9. ^abcFitzmyer, Joseph A. (1990) [1961]."Chapter VI - Ancient Versions".An Introductory Bibliography for the Study of Scripture(3rd ed.). EditricePontifico Istituto Biblico.p. 52.ISBN978-88-7653-592-5.Archivedfrom the original on 5 December 2021.Retrieved3 December2021.
  10. ^"Scripturarum Thesarurus, Apostolic Constitution, 25 April 1979, John Paul II".Vatican: The Holy See.Archivedfrom the original on 2 March 2013.Retrieved19 December2013.
  11. ^Houghton, H. A. G. (2016).The Latin New Testament: A Guide to Its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts.Oxford University Press. pp. 132–133.ISBN978-0-19-874473-3.
  12. ^"Appendix".vatican.va(in Latin).Archivedfrom the original on 21 March 2020.Retrieved4 June2015.
  13. ^"Liturgiam authenticam".vatican.va.Archivedfrom the original on 18 January 2012.Retrieved4 June2015.
  14. ^Estévez, Jorge A. Medina(November–December 2001)."Translations and the Consultation of the Nova Vulgata of the Latin Church".Notitiae.37.Archivedfrom the original on 22 September 2019.Retrieved24 September2019– via bible-researcher.
  15. ^"Modern Catholic Views on the Use of the Tetragrammaton".bible-researcher.Archivedfrom the original on 1 April 2023.Retrieved25 August2019.
  16. ^abcHoughton, H. A. G. (2016)."Editions and Resources".The Latin New Testament: A Guide to Its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts.Oxford University Press. p. 133.ISBN9780198744733.There are approximately 2,000 differences between theNova Vulgataand the critical text of Jerome's revision of the Gospels in the Stuttgart Vulgate, most of which are very minor. Following the appearance of theNova Vulgata,Nestle'sNovum Testamentum Latinewas revised by Kurt and Barbara Aland: the Clementine text was replaced with theNova Vulgataand anapparatusadded showing differences from eleven other editions, including theStuttgart,Oxford,Sixtine,andClementineVulgates; the first edition of 1984 was followed by a second edition in 1992. TheNova Vulgatais also the Latin text in the Alands' bilingual edition,Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine.
  17. ^abAland, Kurt;Aland, Barbara(1995). "The Latin versions".The Text of the New Testament.Translated by F. Rhodes, Erroll (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids:William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.pp.190.ISBN978-0-8028-4098-1.
  18. ^Schlosser, Jacques (1985)."Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine (Nestle-Aland), 1984".Revue des Sciences Religieuses.59(1): 65.Archivedfrom the original on 24 May 2022.Retrieved22 January2020.

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