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The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, New Revised Standard Version

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I really like it. I think it's about the best study Bible there is. It doesn't go into specialty, really, but that's kind of the beauty of it. It isn't offensive to any denomination at all (unless you're a legalist, I guess). The notes are great, the articles are great, and it's just an all-around wonderful endeavor from Oxford, like its RSV predecessor. (Speaking of that, I think the reason Oxford did this new Bible is because of the NRSV translation that came out fairly recently. It's great, and definitely warranted an update of the Oxford Annotated. Glad to have both! :-)

BTW--buy this.

I purchased this Bible for an intro New Testament class. This is an excellent scholarly bible. There are explanations about each book's orgins, compostion, orgins, and purpose. The marginal work cited notes shows not only scriptural links, but different verses that are found in other New Testament ancient copies. Overall an excellent bible for a scholar or in-depth scriptual reviews. The only minor defect is that this Bible may be overwhelming for beginning Biblical studies. My opinion is that the Quest, NIV bible is an excellent companion to the Oxford Annoated NRSV bible.

This study Bible incorporates modern gifts of biblical interpretation to include historical criticism and many literary techniques. It has an appendix that helps the lay person learn about the origins of the Bible and explains the different inspired forms of literature that are used. Each book is introduced with the latest in biblical scholarship. As you read, you can explore text-referenced annotations at the bottom of each page. These contain explanations as well as references to other texts. There is a good concordance and excellent series of maps.
This is the Bible we introduce with our 6th through 8th grade students and that I recommend to any adult. They all learn to handle it, just fine. You will, too. May your reading lead you to a greater understanding and faith in our Lord and Savior.

Deseo aclarar que mi opinión sobre esta Biblia se refiere a la misma en cuanto a su pretensión de ser una Biblia de estudio, y no un juicio a la traducción NRVSV de las escrituras. En este sentido, considero que "The New Oxford Annotated Bible..." no es una buena Biblia de estudio; a mí, desde luego, me ha defraudado bastante. Ciertamente, esta Biblia reune los elementos necesarios para ser una buena Biblia de estudio: Artículos generales, introducciones a cada bloque de libros y a cada uno de los libros de la Biblia, notas de las secciones y de versículos de dichos libros, mapas, indices a las notas, etc. Y todo ello, además, ha sido realizado por reputados especialistas. Sin embargo, tiene un problema: la información y los datos que estos instrumentos nos proporcionan son insuficientes y demasiados generales en su perspectiva para lo que debería de proporcionarnos una buena Biblia de estudio: Los artículos generales (exceptuando los que aparecen al final de la Biblia) son eso, demasiado generales y breves; lo mismo vale para las introducciones a cada bloque de escritos y a cada libro de la Biblia: en general, cortas, breves y demasiado básicas; las notas también son tan breves que a veces no explicitan bien el sentido del texto que, se supone, nos tienen que ayudar a entender y, al final, suelen resultar escasas y pobres; por fortuna, algo mas interesante resultan las notas de crítica textual, referidas a las diferentes lecturas que algunos versículos pueden recibir en distintos manuscritos.

Personalmente, esta Biblia me sabe a poco y cada vez que la consulto, siempre me deja con la sensación de ser demasiado pobre. Exceptuando los mapas,los artículos de la sección final, titulada "General Articles and Reference Materials", las notas de crítica textual y alguna que otra introducción como la dedicada a al bloque general de los escritos apócrifos/deuterocanónicos, el resto no es gran cosa. Si buscas una buena Biblia de estudio, busca en otra parte.

Wow! All i have to say is Allelulia, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Yahweh/Elohim/God rocks! I mean, those first five books, You know the Torah/Pentateuch were really good, with those four authors, wow! I guess P got a little monotonous and repetitive, but You help redundance and tautology sometimes. One of my favorite chapters was the Book of Ruth. And then the sequel, that New Testament, incredible, much more triumphant than The Empire Strikes Back. Then they had the Apocrypha which sort of comes before but isn't, kinda like those Anakin Skywalker movies coming out in 2000 or so, which makes me think of Revelations/Apocalypse. You know that so many stories and movies actually derived their plots and themes from that chapter, even Steven King. Yeah, it came as a real shock to me too! Well, if You don't like the Bible, or it's complement, the Book of Mormon, You can always examine the Qur'an which is a bit of a diversion from the first chapter. The authors wrote other books too i understand, including among others the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Dhammapada, several sutras, the Tao Te Ching, and some book purportedly written by Chuang Tzu. I believe the copyright is being fought over currently, but anyway.... It's a real gripping story that just won't let You go until the very end. So pick up a copy