NRSV Harper Study Bible [Hardcover]

Harold Lindsrl (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 7, 1991

Features of the NRSV Study Bible: - Full text of the NRSV Old and New Testaments, including footnotes. - Study Notes provide historical and theological insights on every page. - Book Outlines are located within the NRSV text. - Book Introductions present background information on each book of the Bible. - Cross-Reference System directs you to related Scripture passages. - Maps and Charts enable you to visualize Bible history. - Complete NRSV Concordance.

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Features of the NRSV Study Bible: - Full text of the NRSV Old and New Testaments, including footnotes. - Study Notes provide historical and theological insights on every page. - Book Outlines are located within the NRSV text. - Book Introductions present background information on each book of the Bible. - Cross-Reference System directs you to related Scripture passages. - Maps and Charts enable you to visualize Bible history. - Complete NRSV Concordance.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 2112 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; Expanded edition (September 7, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310902037
• ISBN-13: 978-0310902034
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Study Bible, August 1, 2000

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W. Clay Knick (Winchester, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NRSV Harper Study Bible (Hardcover)

The first study Bible I owned was the _Harper Study Bible_ in the RSV. That was almost 25 years ago and I still have it! I have a leather one too, the first one I bought was a hardback. This edition is quite good. Lindsell expanded some of the notes and it uses the NRSV text, a very, very good translation of the Bible. The font is a nice size and it reads across the page with excellent cross references in the margins. I use this Bible every time I study for sermons and Bible studies. Any person interested in studying the Bible in depth should consider adding this Bible to their study shelf.

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Study Bible!, March 11, 2002

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tulip (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NRSV Harper Study Bible (Hardcover)

I bought this study bible after researching a lot. My first study bible was Oxford New Annotated Bible, which I found it to be very eye-friendly format. But it seemed to me ONAB was too seminary textbook-like and I wanted something more personal, devotional, yet useful study bible for ordinary people. So, here it is. Originally, I thought of getting a NIV Study Bible, but center column cross-reference was distracting on my eyes. Although it seems that everybody chooses NIV nowadays, after careful comparison, I decided I liked NRSV better. I know many people talks about genter inclusive language, but as a Japanese who doesn't have that problem in Japanese, it is simply a problem in English style. But as a return, English translations are much smoother than Japanese ones. So, my rating on this Harper Study Bible is 9 star instead of 5, I wanted to give 10 star, but rather smaller font and not-so-excellent-paper makes the printing part "needs-improvement". For the content, the annotations and comments provide easy-to-understand-yet-thorough-informaiton. It is purely faith oriented, not science or scholatic, which bible is all about. They are objective enough, it's not preachy or self-help book like Life Application Bible. I agree that Life Application Bible is excellent, but it doesn't give me the feel of "God's words". This Harper Study Bible needs much more respect and I guess, more review and advertisement by Zondervan and scholars. If Zondervan makes a larger print format and improve paper quality, I have nothing to ask. I'm just so content with this study bible.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Study Bible, June 30, 2003

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Brian Wallace (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NRSV Harper Study Bible (Hardcover)

This is perhaps one of the best bibles I've purchased. Many study bibles are just overwhelming with the number of notes, and while that is nice for serious study, the volume of notes can render them useless. Where the Harper Bible excells is in the number, clarity, and depth of the notes as well as the introductions. The introductions give you exactly that, an introduction, not an extended essay. If you're looking for in-depth discussion of scripture, a commentary is a better tool than a study bible since its more complete. Also, the notes and introductions are written from a solidly evangelical perspective. Perhaps the best feature of this bible is the concordance, along with character profiles. Rather than just list every place the name Timothy appears in the bible, there is an outlined biography with scripture references in the corcordance for the major bible characters.

The Harper Study Bible also utilizes the NRSV translation, which despite most evangelical's dislike for it, is very similar to the new English Standard Version. The NRSV's essentially literal style makes it ideal for a study bible.

If I had to make one complaint about this bible it would be the paper quality - its rather thin. At the same time, the size of this bible makes it ideal for carrying around, as it fits in the medium size bible cases.

I highly recommend the Harper Study Bible!