The Bible remains the primary reference, often lost sight of but never completely erased, of Christian civilization and the complex world that it has largely contributed to shaping.
In its various editions, the translation produced at the end of the 19th century by the Protestant Louis Segond is undoubtedly the most widely read in the entire French-speaking world. The New Segond Bible is the result of a careful revision aimed at making the translation even more faithful to the original texts and even more rigorous in its expression. Anxious to encourage the in-depth study of biblical texts, the revision team sought consistency: the formulations of the French text respect as much as possible the possible correspondences in the original languages.
This edition includes a large number of tools for a serious study of biblical texts:
detailed introductions that open up the meaning of each book of the Bible;
abundant exegetical notes which leave the interpretation of the text open;
numerous references and quotations which make possible a comparison with other ancient texts, in the Bible and outside the Bible;
more than 200 additional documents (archaeological illustrations, geographical maps, historical and thematic tables), in the places where they are most useful for understanding the text;
an index of more than 80 pages, a veritable dictionary of languages and the universe of the Bible;
an essential concordance to easily find more than 13,000 memorable verses of the Bible;
color maps supplemented by satellite photos of the land of the Hebrew Bible.
This wealth of information will never impose an interpretation of the text on the reader; on the other hand, it will help him to knowingly assume responsibility for his own reading.
ISBN: 9782853006170