BIBLE TRANSLATIONS | NAB

0. Introduction

a) Below is one comparison of twenty-three major Bible translations. Listed with each version is the text basis translators used for the Old and New Testaments, what technique they used to translate, and background information about the version.

1. Translation (Date originally published, abbreviation)

a) New American Bible (1970, NAB)

Text basis for O. T. :  Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia with Septuagint and Dead Sea Scrolls influence.

Text basis for Apocrypha:  Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls and some Vulgate influence.

Text basis for N. T. :  Novum Testamentum Graece, 25th edition.

Technique used:  Formal Equivalence

b) The NAB is a Catholic translation that had its beginnings in the Confraternity Bible, which began to be translated from the original languages in 1948. It was specifically translated into English by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine under the liturgical principles and reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965).