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{{Short description|Chinese Catholic bible translation}}
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{{Bible translation infobox | translation_title=Studium Biblicum Version
| image=[[File:CatholicBible.JPG|150px]]
| full_name=思高聖經譯釋本
| abbreviation=
| complete_bible_published=1968
| textual_basis = {{ubl|'''[[Old Testament|OT]]:''' [[Biblia Hebraica (Kittel)|Biblia Hebraica Kittel (3rd ed.)]] with [[Septuagint]] influence.|'''[[Biblical apocrypha|Apocrypha]]:''' [[Septuagint]] (H. B. Swete) and [[Vulgate]] (Mons. L. Grammatica)|'''[[New Testament|NT]]:''' Augustinus Merk. Novum Testamentum: Graece et Latine. (7th ed.)}}
| translation_type =Direct
| reading_level = 
| copyright=  Studium Biblicum O.F.M.
| religious_affiliation=[[Catholic]]
| genesis_1:1-3={{lang|zh-hant|在起初天主創造了天地。大地還是混沌空虛，深淵上還是一團黑暗，天主的神在水面上運行。天主說：「有光！」就有了光。}}
| john_3:16={{lang|zh-hant|天主竟這樣愛了世界，甚至賜下了自己的獨生子，使凡信他的人不至喪亡，反而獲得永生。}}
|}}

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{{Chinese|t=聖經思高本|s=圣经思高本|p=Shèngjīng Sīgāo Běn|j=sing3 ging4 si1 gou1 bun2|l='[[Duns Scotus|(Duns) Scotus]] Version'}}The '''Studium Biblicum Version''' ({{lang-zh|t=思高本|s=思高本|j=si1 gou1 bun2|p=Sīgāo Běn}}) is the predominant [[Chinese language]] [[Bible translations into Chinese|translation of the Bible]] used by Chinese [[Catholics]]. It is considered by many to be ''the'' Chinese Catholic Bible.

The Studium Biblicum Version is considered by many, including some Protestants, to be very faithful to the original manuscripts.

Like many Catholic bibles, this translation includes numerous footnotes. The bible includes several appendices.

The language of the Studium Biblicum Version is [[vernacular Chinese|standard modern written Chinese]], though some of the wordings may appear unnatural in [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] but still used in [[standard Cantonese|Cantonese]], and might be considered unnatural by some precisely because some people do not expect such forms to be written. Standard transliterations are mostly used where they exist. In other cases, a transliteration based on Mandarin is used.

== History ==
The Studium Biblicum Version was translated by the [[Studium Biblicum Franciscanum]] in Hong Kong (a [[bible society]] not affiliated with the [[United Bible Societies]]). Translation originally started in 1935 as a personal effort by a Franciscan Friar, the Blessed [[Gabriele Allegra]]. Translation work was halted due to [[World War II]], and part of the finished translations were lost due to the war. 

The bible society was formed in 1945 when more translators joined the translation work, and the whole bible was completed in 1968. The translation was mostly based on the original [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]], and [[Greek language|Greek]] manuscripts, but occasionally on an unidentified existing translation for “difficult passages”. Postulations by modern scholars were deliberately avoided, but the Greek manuscript edited by the [[Protestant]] scholars [[Kurt Aland|Aland]], Black, [[Bruce M. Metzger|Metzger]], and [[Allen Wikgren]] was used as a reference as an [[ecumenism|ecumenical]] gesture.

==Typography of the Studium Biblicum Version==
Text in the Studium Biblicum Version is typeset vertically from right to left. The typography is generally modern, with a small number of archaisms.

The Studium Biblicum Version uses standard Chinese punctuation. An exception is that the [[proper name mark]] and [[book title mark]] are both typeset on the right side instead of the currently-standard left. Among the old-style typography used are the use of [[Japanese gothic typeface|sans serif type]] for [[emphasis (typography)|emphasis]], mostly for chapter and section headings, and typesetting most punctuation marks as if they were [[ruby character|ruby]].

Verse numbers are typeset on the right-hand side, of the first word of each verse as ruby.

Notes are typeset as [[footnote]]s. Because it is typeset vertically, the footnotes appear on the far left side of the spread, instead of the bottom of the page.

Typesetting the proper name and book title marks on the right causes clashes with verse numbers and most punctuation marks. When clashes occur, the proper name or book title mark that causes the clash are omitted for the character with the clash. This typographic treatment causes parts of some proper names or book titles to be unmarked.

The characters used for Bible names, and consequently for many Bible books, differ from those in Protestant Chinese Bibles such as the standard [[Chinese Union Version]]. For example, "John" is {{zh|s=若望|t=若望|first=t|p=Ruòwàng|labels=no|scase=yes|out=t}} rather than the {{zh|s=约翰|t=約翰|first=t|p=Yuēhàn|labels=no|scase=yes|out=t}} found in Protestant Bibles and secular sources.

==Online versions==
As the Studium Biblicum version is not in the public domain, permission to create online versions of this translation is granted on a case-by-case basis. Online versions include those hosted on the web sites of the Chinese Regional Bishop's Conference and the Wah Yan BibleNet.

==See also==
* [[Gabriele Allegra]]
* [[Chinese Bible Translations]]
* [[Chinese Union Version]]
* [[Pastoral Bible (Chinese)|Pastoral Bible]]
* [[Today's Chinese Version]]

==External links==
* 《聖經：思高聖經學會譯釋》 ''(The Holy Bible: Translated and annotated by the Studium Biblicum O.F.M.),'' 1968. esp. p.&nbsp;III (Preface) and the copyright page. An online copy of the Studium Biblicum version is available at:
** [http://biblenet.wyk.edu.hk/ Wah Yan BibleNet] (with this preface)
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20070716010430/http://www.catholic.org.tw/bible/ Chinese Regional Bishop’s Conference]
** [https://www.ccreadbible.org/Chinese%20Bible/sigao Franciscans in Taiwan]
** http://www.tianzhujiao.org/bible/
* [http://www.sbofmhk.org/ Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Hong Kong] 
* [https://julac-hkbu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/collectionDiscovery?vid=852JULAC_HKBU:HKBU&collectionId=81511703280003409 Studium Biblicum OFM] Preservation for the Documentation of Chinese Christianity by Hong Kong Baptist University Library
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