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Line 1: − 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). − − According to the Editor's Foreward to the Reader's Edition, the translation's purpose was to meet two needs of the Catholic Church: the need to keep abreast of the times and the need to deepen theological thought.<ref>The Jerusalem Bible: Reader's Edition (© 1968, Doubleday)</ref> − − A unique feature of the translation is the use of the Divine Name, presented as [[Yahweh]] whenever the Tetragrammaton occurred in the original Hebrew manuscripts. − − == Reference == − <references/> − − − [[Category:Bible Versions]]
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