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 [...]
According to Amazon.com and Christianbook.com, the English Standard Version (ESV) with Apocrypha edition will be published by Oxford University Press on February 1, 2009:
The English Standard Version Bible captures as far as possible the precise wording of the original biblical text and the personal style of each Bible writer, while taking into account differences of [...]
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I’m frequently asked what resources are available for the Revised English Bible, especially if it’s available electronically (sadly, as far as I know, it is only available as an optional module for the Mac-only Accordance Bible software program; none of the Windows software titles appear to support it).
However, thanks to Andrew Dunning, my attention was [...]
When I wrote my original notes on the Oxford Study Bible, I was looking at the current hardback version, and had been previously acquainted with the paperback. Those are both excellent editions and I recommend them both, depending on your taste in bindings.
However, like Esteban before me, I’ve now managed to acquire a black genuine [...]
I find it interesting that, in all the breaking hullabaloo† about the recently announced new Bible translation project, no one has picked up on the angle that this project “is sponsored by the Christian Resources Development Corp, a subsidiary funded by the United Methodist Publishing House for ecumenical partnerships in curriculum, music, and Bibles.”
That’s right, [...]
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In a previous post, I maligned the publishers of the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) for not having produced a properly sized reference Bible edition. By that, I meant full size pages, e.g. 6″x9″ or larger, a non-thinline sewn binding, wide margins for notes, approximately 1-3 references per verse that point to other scriptural uses [...]
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If you have any interest in the HCSB translation (and if you read my previous post, you know that I do), run don’t walk to Will Lee’s blog, Anwoth, where he’s just posted the transcript of a lengthy interview with Dr. Ed Blum, General Editor of the HCSB:
I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Ed [...]
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