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The '''Jerusalem Bible''' was originally published in France as ''La Bible de Jérusalem'' and was released in English in 1966. One of the translators was the famous [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], whose contribution to the work was primarily the [[Book of Jonah]].
The '''Jerusalem Bible''' was originally published in France as ''La Bible de Jérusalem'' and was released in English in 1966.
The translation contains not only the commonly accepted Books of the Bible canon but also the deuterocanonical books commonly known as the [[Apocrypha]]; namely the books of Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, and Ecclesiasticus. Also included are portions of Esther and Daniel that have also been considered deuterocanical (i.e., Esther 1:1a-1r; 3:13a-13g; 4:17a-17z; 5:1a-1f,2a,2b; 8:12a-12v; 10:3a-31 and Daniel 3:24-90; chapters 13, 14).
The translation contains not only the commonly accepted Books of the Bible canon but also the deuterocanonical books commonly known as the [[Apocrypha]]; namely the books of Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, and Ecclesiasticus. Also included are portions of Esther and Daniel that have also been considered deuterocanical (i.e., Esther 1:1a-1r; 3:13a-13g; 4:17a-17z; 5:1a-1f,2a,2b; 8:12a-12v; 10:3a-31 and Daniel 3:24-90; chapters 13, 14).