An “essentially literal” translation, the ESV Bible combines “word-for-word” accuracy with readability, literary excellence, and depth of meaning. Timeless, trustworthy, and relevant, the ESV has become the fastest-growing Bible translation.Here's a short video of John MacArthur explaining the product. I watched this video at Shepherd's Conference in March, and particularly surprised to hear his glowing compliments of the ESV translation.
The ESV MacArthur Study Bible is an essential resource for growing Christians. It can transform your personal time in God’s Word by clarifying difficult passages, bringing unseen cultural and historical details to life, and helping you understand and apply biblical truth. It features:
2,144 pp. Hardcover.
- Complete ESV Bible text
- Nearly 25,000 explanatory notes from Dr. John MacArthur
- Bible text in 8.7 point type, 7.6 point study notes
- More than 140 two-color maps, charts, timelines, and illustrations
- Complete introductions to each Bible book
- Concise articles on How We Got the Bible and Introduction to the Bible
- 80,000 cross-references
- An extensive concordance
- A section of full-color maps
- Bible reading plans
Size: 6.625 x 9.1875 inches
The ESV MacArthur Study Bible is now available through Amazon for only $29.69 and free Super Saver Shipping.
2. Biblia.com Bible study online. Today also marks the release of an amazing free Bible study tool online called biblia.com. Many of us have grown familiar with the great website biblegateway.com, but here we have a program even more robust, which links users directly to any books they own in Logos Bible Software.Here's a screenshot:
The Logos Blog announcement explains,
Biblia.com offers thousands of resources for searching and reading online. Everyone can use a small collection of books (including more than a dozen bible translations). A free account allows access to dozens more free books. And Logos 4 users can access their library online, complete with synchronization of “last read” position between Logos 4, the iPhone/iPad, and Biblia.com! (The list of books available online is subject to publisher permission, as with availability through mobile applications.)Go over to biblia.com and see for yourself.
In the future, everyone will be able to purchase content at Biblia.com and use it wherever they choose: online, on mobile devices, in Logos Bible Software 4, etc.
We are so blessed to live in an age with so many Bible study resources at our fingertips. May we use these tools not simply to grow in head knowledge, but to grow in holiness and intimacy with our Lord.
I've been pleasantly impressed with the ESV as well. Since seminary, I've used the NRSV as my default "study" Bible, but the ESV may replace it. (Partly this is because there are so few study Bibles based on the NSRV and most of those are ecumenical versions that include the Apocrypha. There are lots of ESV study Bibles coming out. I like "The Reformation Study Bible," whose editor is R.C. Sproul and has nice blurbs from Albert Mohler and J.I. Packer. I don't know how it compares to MacArthur's.
ReplyDelete(For years, I've prefered the NLT as my "reading" -- as distinct from "study" -- Bible. Increasingly, however, I'm finding the CEV more enjoyable for general reading. Partly this may just be the things you see with a fresh translation, but part of it may be the translation itself.)
Yes, I like the RSB a lot too. Next to the MacArthur and ESV Study Bibles, I probably refer to it the most. It doesn't have quite as many notes as the MSB or ESVSB (about 20k versus 25k), and comes from a more strictly covenantal perspective I would differ from. But that is one of the things I find valuable about it. It gives a somewhat different perspective, while still being strongly evangelical. Between these three study bibles, I usually find at least two of them have a helpful comment on a verse I'm studying.
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