Iyov has written recently about the Geneva Bible [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], so I thought he might take interest in this eBay listing for what purports to be a genuine leather First Edition 1560 Geneva Bible.
Certainly with a “Buy It Now” price of $19,500 USD, one might expect it to be authentic? Though that [...]
Crossway has published an excerpt from Ezekiel from the upcoming ESV Study Bible, including notes from the opening section that I previously looked at for the NLT Study Bible.
Be sure to check out the PDF link to read the introductory material from the ESV - as with all of these new study Bibles, there is [...]
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Jeff at Scripture Zealot has a good post up today on using the word “propitiation” as a shibboleth of sorts in selecting a Bible translation. He likes what he reads in the NLT for Romans 3:25 –
For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God’s anger against us.
– but [...]
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Coming up on two weeks ago, a package from Tyndale arrived just as we were finishing up packing for a weekend away with friends in northern Minnesota. Needless to say, my planned reading was left on the shelf (sorry Greg Boyd!) and the new NLT Study Bible (NLTSB) went with me. I had planned to [...]
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I had a few minutes to stop by our local Christian bookstore and noticed that they’d completely rearranged the Bible section. Frankly, I was very much taken aback by the new layout (in a good way):
No surprise, the biggest layout was taken by the NIV, with 4 display units along the back wall, which is [...]
No, I’m not talking about Joyce Meyer. In the comments to Rick Mansfield’s missive on the rising fortunes of the NLT translation, there was an interesting side discussion about the Amplified Bible, which is seemingly unique in its effort to catch the range of functional meanings of a passage through the use of multiple renderings [...]
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Kevin O’Brien has written a thoughtful article on the business of Bible publishing, especially related to the market opportunity of “niche” Bibles. He describes the various factors of “can we?” vs. “should we?” when it comes to making publishing decisions.
I’m far too familiar with Kevin’s dilemnas, having spent almost 10 years in the software publishing [...]
First, a huge “thank you” to the team at Tyndale for providing me with a review copy of the NLT Study Bible (NLTSB) to look at and post about. The package arrived Friday afternoon just as we were finishing up packing for a weekend away with friends in northern Minnesota. Needless to say, my planned [...]
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Sean Harrison has written a short post on the NLT Study Bible blog about “How is the NLT Study Bible Different?” In it, he makes statements that are music to my ears:
Basically, the NLT Study Bible focuses on the meaning and message of the text as understood in and through the original historical context. [...] [...]
With a mighty swipe, I’ve managed to replace several reference texts on my Bible bookshelf with a single volume. How’s that? With the addition of an edition that’s been out of print for a while, but still shows up at a reasonable price from time to time through online vendors like Amazon.
I’m speaking of course [...]
