Crossway’s ESV Study Bible is the subject of our review this week.
Today I shall focus on two issues: quality of binding and introductory material.
The ESV Study Bible that I received was quite good in quality. It was in a nice box, quite unlike most Bible boxes. This box seemed to be made for the purpose of storage as well as shipping and stocking in stores. The Bible I received was one of the Tru-Tone bindings. The cover was nicely done and stitched at most of the pressure points so that the Bible would stay together longer than most Bibles. That is an impressive thing to me, and I am usually poorly impressed by the binding of most Bibles.
Another impressive thing is the introductory material. Whether one opens the Bible to read the introduction to the Old Testament, or the introduction to a particular book of the Bible, this material is great. It is quite comprehensive, covering many of the major controversies surrounding the matter at hand, treating them fairly, and then introducing the material by giving us pertinent background information as well as literary information concerning what one will read soon. This is done in a scholarly, but easy to read manner.
Again, to this point I am well impressed with the ESV Study Bible.
(This copy of the ESV Study Bible provided for review by Crossway Publishers.)
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