Comments on: The Oxford Study Bible http://heissufficient.com/2007/12/11/the-oxford-study-bible/ worshiping in a wilderness of words Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:52:25 +0000 By: ElShaddai Edwards http://heissufficient.com/2007/12/11/the-oxford-study-bible/#comment-513 ElShaddai Edwards Wed, 14 May 2008 18:31:26 +0000 http://heissufficient.net/2007/12/11/the-oxford-study-bible/#comment-513 I don't know. Almost everyone who's read it and isn't completely biased toward formal translations has positive things to say. However, it occupies the same general market space as the NIV in terms of a median translation, which has a huge evangelical marketing engine behind it. Plus the NRSV came out at the same time and was sold into the American mainline churches. I think it also goes back to a discussion on Iyov's blog about how Oxford and Cambridge just don't market themselves outside the academic/scholarly/mainline arenas. I don’t know. Almost everyone who’s read it and isn’t completely biased toward formal translations has positive things to say. However, it occupies the same general market space as the NIV in terms of a median translation, which has a huge evangelical marketing engine behind it. Plus the NRSV came out at the same time and was sold into the American mainline churches. I think it also goes back to a discussion on Iyov’s blog about how Oxford and Cambridge just don’t market themselves outside the academic/scholarly/mainline arenas.

]]> By: TCR http://heissufficient.com/2007/12/11/the-oxford-study-bible/#comment-514 TCR Wed, 14 May 2008 16:38:13 +0000 http://heissufficient.net/2007/12/11/the-oxford-study-bible/#comment-514 Elshaddai, this is an excellent review. I noticed one of my former prof as a contributor, Clyde Woods. How come the REB doesn't get more recognition? Elshaddai, this is an excellent review. I noticed one of my former prof as a contributor, Clyde Woods.

How come the REB doesn’t get more recognition?

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