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Pros & Cons
Pros
Face it. It competes with other leather study bibles that are double the cost. It's construction is phenomenal. Great quality materials—leather-bound; sewn and glued—were used.
The font is serif, similar to times new roman but more readable.
The essays and footnotes are magnificent and deeply enrich my devotional time. The commentary is very insightful, with a lot of cross references.
The esv is a quality translation with the advantage of being open source. Adding makes a practice of is the job of the interpreter not the translator. They offer the complete bible translated from the original aramaic and hebrew. The translators are f... Read More
These are not just meaningless symbols like our own alphabet. Each one is a picture that has a meaning relating to the picture.
Cons
This edition is grossly misrepresented. The miss-cut pages are a deal breaker and it’s going back. The paper feels very fragile.
Highlights
Quality
Quality of the translation used bible study content and workmanship
Im very happy with the overall quality of the book its content and the way it was designed
The paper quality is okay if a reader turns pages with clean and dry hands
Price
The reason for the lower cost cover is to make this very low cost
Packaging/appearance
A review of the experts on the translation panel reveals that the esv will become a timetested translation that stands shoulder... Read More
The bible translations available to us cannot translate the meaning contained in the otiots
An example is that gideons just changed there bible from the nkjv to the esv
Competitiveness
In no time there appeared a host of low cost computers and software for the new ibm personal computers
Apple had a strangle hold on the market
It competes with other leather study bibles that are double the cost
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- This product had a total of 312 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 12 2023.
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Though ive found a couple places where the esv adds interpretation rather than just translating for example it translates 1 john 39 is translated 34no one born of god makes a practice of sinning34 but the literal translation would be 34no one who is born of god sins
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I really wanted this bible and would have kept it but it’s difficult to read
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
With time this will only get harder
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The study text is too small and the pages are very thin
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The reverse text shows through making it very distracting and even harder to read
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The print isn’t dark enough to make reading easier but considering the text already shows through on the page you’re reading it really couldn’t be any darker
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is not 34large print34 this is size 11pt
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