New American Bible

The first edition of The New American Bible was published on September 30, 1970. Prior to its full publication, several portions of The New American Bible were released; for example, a translation of the Book of Genesis was published in 1952. It was compiled by 51 scholars from 1944 to 1970, overseen by an editorial board headed by Father Stephen J. Hartdegen. It was translated from Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic, rather than from the Latin Vulgate, as previous Catholic translations of the Bible into English had been; it also incorporated then-newly discovered documents such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Masada manuscript. == New Testament revision ==

A revised edition of the New Testament translation of The New American Bible was published in 1986. Protestant biblical scholar Bruce M. Metzger has called the revision "a substantial improvement over the previous edition." == Psalms revision ==

A revised version of the Psalms was published in 1991. == NAB Revised Edition ==

In 1994, work began on a revision of the Old Testament. In September 2008, the Ad Hoc Committee accepted the final book of the Old Testament, namely, Jeremiah. In November of that year, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved the complete Old Testament, including footnotes and introductions, but they would not permit it to be published with the Book of Psalms of 1991, for which permission for liturgical use had been withdrawn in 1994—the 1998 edition of the lectionary for the U.S. used the Grail Psalms instead, which the Holy See approved and which replaced the original NAB Psalter for lectionaries for Mass in the United States. The Psalms were again revised in 2008 and sent to the Bishops Committee on Divine Worship but also rejected in favor of the revised Grail Psalter. A final revision of the NAB Psalter was undertaken using suggestions that the Ad Hoc Committee vetted and to more strictly conform to Liturgiam Authenticam. == Future editions of the NAB ==

In 2012, the USCCB "announced a plan to revise the New Testament of the New American Bible Revised Edition so a single version can be used for individual prayer, catechesis and liturgy." On November 11, 2025, it was announced that the revised translation would be published in 2027 with a new name, The Catholic American Bible (CAB). ==See also==