Get yours here for hardcover, or here for leatherbound (brown or black). They officially release tomorrow.
The hype on this new study Bible has been unmatched and after an initial flip through I can confirm that it is warranted. A good study Bible can greatly aid your Bible reading. I would greatly encourage you to get one.
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Cool...what does ESV stand for?
You're a nerd. I love you.
English Standard Version
z
weaver is right...anyone who takes a picture not only with his book, but the box it came in, deserves to get called out. If only this tome contained the confessions and catechisms...then it would be perfect ;)
You are the man, Z!
Look at Z thinking he's pretty cool. It doesn't come out until tomorrow, but he's got his already ... and he wants us to know about it!
"The ESV Study Bible Has Arrived"
... and Z's hair has continued to depart!
:)
That's a shiny and a big melon, bro!!
And a cheesy smile.
But I think I'll probably order the ESV study bible anyway. Thanks for the tip.
How did you get yours already? I pre-ordered a couple months ago. I wonder if mine will arrive today! I hope so! Fed Ex? UPS?
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THE B-I-B-L-E. YES, THAT IS THE BOOK FOR Z.
Yep - I got a hold of my ESVSB last Thursday and the hype is well deserved. Excellent notes and cross references, and I really like the sections on ethics in the back.
About three and a half years ago, when I first came to an understanding of Reformed theology (most importantly, God's absolute sovereignty over all things, including his sovereignty in salvation), I stopped reading the NIV translation and began reading the ESV almost exclusively. I did so because I wanted a more "word-for-word" translation, as opposed to the NIV's "dynamic equivalency." I also did so because of the overwhelming acclaim among Reformed Christians for the ESV.
After over three years of reading the ESV though, I am seriously rethinking things. I never gave the NASB a chance; almost as soon as I embraced Protestant Reformational Christianity, I switched from the NIV to the ESV.
However, as I am reading more and more of the NASB, I am finding that it reads more clearly, understandably, and (contrary to what I used to hear from some friends) more smoothly than the ESV. The ESV's phrasing is inconsistent and jarring. Some passages read virtually like contemporary English (without the slang!). Other passages read as if they are from a British novel or film of the 1930s or '40s. I can't imagine giving the ESV to a person who is beginning to read the Bible.
I'm sure that the ESVSB is very helpful-- I may even buy a copy eventually. As for a translation though, I'm departing from most of the Reformed crowd to go with the NASB! (Mark Dever preaches from the NIV, and John MacArthur uses the NKJV, so I'm not the only one who is deciding to resist the ESV stampede!) :-)
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