The New American Bible (NAB), an unhappy translation episcopally imposed upon Catholics for readings at Mass, has prompted earlier comment in this section (see The Public Square, May 2001 and January 2006).(While We're At It) First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life | November 1, 2007| | COPYRIGHT 2007 Institute on Religion and Public Life. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

* The New American Bible (NAB), an unhappy translation episcopally imposed upon Catholics for readings at Mass, has prompted earlier comment in this section (see The Public Square, May 2001 and January 2006). The problem keeps coming back, not least in pastoral counseling. Take the woman who had had it with her husband's lying to her. I mentioned to her Our Lord's admonition to forgive "seventy times seven" (Matt. 18:22). That's the way it reads in every widely used English translation, including the Douay-Rheims, an earlier English translation used by Catholics. It is ...

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