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| The ESV Study Bible | 
 enlarge | Publisher: Crossway Bibles
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 466
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 2752
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.1 x 2.2
ISBN: 1433502410
Dewey Decimal Number: 220.5208
EAN: 9781433502415
ASIN: 1433502410
Publication Date: October 15, 2008
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Product Description
The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way--to understand the timeless truth of God's Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish this, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV Bible text. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published--with 2,752 pages of extensive, accessible Bible resources.
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Book Description The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way--to understand the timeless truth of God's Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish this, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV Bible text. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published--with 2,752 pages of extensive, accessible Bible resources. Sample the ESV Study Bible Click on the images below to read the introductions to the books of the Bible as they appear in the ESV Study Bible [pdf]:
And click on these images to see samples of the detailed and authoritative historical illustrations included in the ESV Study Bible:
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 Best Study Bible, not the best book December 1, 2008
The ESV Study Bible is probably the best study Bible that I've ever owned or used. The ongoing outlines, topical notes, and tables listing other relevant items on a particular topic are very helpful. For want of an easy way to describe it, the scholarship is conservative, orthodox, reformed, and evangelical. Great resource.
That being said, the physical form this book takes leaves a little to be desired. The book is the largest personal Bible I've ever seen. Thick and heavy, but I guess that's because of all the info. But the way it's bound, with narrow margins, and a binding that causes the pages to crinkle in the seam, makes it feel crowded and oversized. Larger margins and a good binding would have been nice.
 Best Study Bible yet! November 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have recently purchased this ESV study Bible and found it a very helpful and exciting guide in helping me dig deeper into Gods word. I love the readability of this version and how it is pointed out in notes on every page of different word or phrase interpretations that may be reasonable. I've found the study notes to be helpful and enlightening while doing my personal Bible Study time also. The easy references to scripture other supporting scriptures is also very handy. A very well done work~!
A Helluva Bible November 24, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
First look: As good as I imagined
Here are my first thoughts after opening my splendid, inspired little treasure:
PRINT VERSION
The pages are of the finest quality, super thin paper. Or as the Hebrews would say, thin-thin. Called Primalux and made in France, it is like gossamer, like a zephyr, so handle gently, slowly, and lovingly. My advice is simply to set your printed copy aside for occasional use, because the online version is what this book is all about. I'm not kidding.
The text is very readable, even with significantly more white space between lines than I would have expected. My suspicion is that the length of the book (2,752 pages) is due to a generous amount of white space. The is extremely smart of Crossway. If you can't read a book, you can't use it. It's that simple. You will use this book.
The spine is smyth-sewn (pronounced like blithe), and the book opens beautifully.
It's big, but it's not a Strong's Concordance. Don't worry; I doubt you'll be trucking it around, unless you are a preacher, teacher, or show-off (yeah, you, show-off! :-)).
ONLINE VERSION
The online activiation code is in the brochure in the back of your book. It's a bit hard to scratch off, but be careful you don't scratch too hard -- you might scratch the page and remove the text altogether.
As I said previously, the cross-referencing is amazing.
The notes are very apt and easy to access while reading.
The articles are so well written. They are not like the dusty study Bible essays of old; they are written for a modern reader with a modern lifestyle (fast-paced and no time to waste). The sheer amount of the extra-Biblical material is absolutely staggering. And I fully expect new online features to be added for all of us to enjoy as the years progress (can you imagine a book this large where you can fix typos and translation errors without going to press?).
At first glance, it appears -- thankfully -- that the publishers are very careful about not making emphatic statements when the scholarship on a subject is varied or not in agreement.
Amazing November 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great edition. ESV is my favorite translation. Although I don't agree with everything that is stated in the notes and introductions, I respect how it is stated without bias. The texts explain multiple viewpoints, cultures, alternative interpretations, and translations. This is a great tool! Amongst other things that I have enjoyed, it puts verses into historical context. This edition makes reading the Bible a great experience. (not that it wasn't great before) :)
A Male Study Bible November 24, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
There is a lot to like about the ESV Study Bible. It brings a wealth of mostly sound and up-to-date evangelical scholarship together, often with a distinct conservative and Reformed flavor. Needless to say, this Bible is rather bulky and the font of the study notes is quite small; such is the price of combining a mass of information in one volume.
There is one thing I don't like about this Bible, and it is costing it a star. All the contributors who have written articles or study notes are male. With 95 such contributors, this has to be deliberate. The promotion material states: "The contributors come from 9 countries, representing nearly 20 denominations and more than 50 seminaries, colleges, and universities" - but only one gender. I have only found two women listed among those who have worked on this study Bible (assuming I have correctly assessed gender in all cases), and they deserve to be mentioned by name: Sherah Grose, "Assistant to the Project Director" (and therefore not a threat to male supremacy, I suppose) and Monica Gee, "Bible Production Coordinator", whatever that means.
The study notes to controversial passages like 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2 indicate this Bible takes a clear anti-Egalitarian position. On numerous debatable issues such as a late or early date for the exodus, the meaning of the millennium in Revelation 20, and the overall approach to the book of Revelation, this Bible presents an overview of the main evangelical positions. This is what I expect of a good commentary or study Bible; it should do justice to the spectrum of evangelical opinion. It is very unfortunate that the ESV Study Bible does not do this when it comes to the issue of women in the church.
There can be no doubt: this is a male study Bible.
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