The New American Bible Concise Concordance is a useful word index to all 73 books of the New American Bible. Arranged in alphabetical order, it shows the book, chapter, and verse location of the most prominent words in the NAB and supplies several words of the context in which each word isfound.This volume is the perfect accompaniment for anyone studying the NAB. It provides helpful access to texts most significant to personal and professional Scripture research, regardless of the reader's familiarity with this particular translation.The New American Bible is the standard translation for use in the Catholic Church in the United States. It is the first edition of the Catholic Scriptures in American English to have been translated from the original languages. The NAB is the translation that is publicly proclaimed in the RomanCatholic Mass, and it also appears in the missal.