La Bible Catholique Crampon

Catholic translation of the canon by Augustine Crampon, 1923 version. Offline app.

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Augustin Crampon studied theology and biblical exegesis under the direction of the orientalist Arthur Le Hir (1811-1868) and then gave this teaching himself at the seminary of the diocese of Amiens in Saint-Riquier. He devoted himself first to the translation of the Gospels, starting from the Greek text, and taking into account the style specific to each evangelist; this work was published in 1864. A "popular" edition with lightened and clearer notes appeared in 1865.

Having become a canon of the cathedral of Amiens, Auguste Crampon continued his work on the whole of the biblical text. His work was interrupted by his death in 1894, when the first of six volumes, the Pentateuch, was in press. Taken up at the request of the publisher by Jesuit fathers and professors of Saint-Sulpice, the "Crampon translation", completed and revised, appeared in a bilingual edition, the Latin text of the Vulgate appearing opposite the French text, in 1904 in seven volumes. A one-volume version, only in French, with lightened notes, was published in parallel by Desclée in Tournai in 1905. A new slightly revised one-volume edition appeared in 1923.