PTL Parallel Bible (Large Print) [Leather Bound]

PTL Ministries (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1983

Absolutely perfect. Brand new, in original box, never handled. Black genuine leather (soft cover), gold gilded edges, King James Version-Living Bible Parallel. NOT LARGE PRINT. Printed in 1984. First Edition printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode in England for PTL.

Product Details

• Leather Bound: 1885 pages
• Publisher: PTL Publishing; First edition (1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912275014
• ISBN-13: 978-0912275017
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #846,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1983 Red PTL Parallel Edition with Living Bible, September 20, 2005

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Pursue Life (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PTL Parallel Bible (Large Print) (Leather Bound)

This is the large print version, 1983, Red, not black, hardbound bible. The large print isn't as large as today's large print; it's like a size 12-14 font - just easily readable by a mid 40's person's eyes. The Living Bible makes the bible very easy to understand, and the King James Version is nice for comparison, study and memorization. I totally recommend this book, although I speak only of the red, large print edition, not the black as in the description. The red has a ribbon marker too. Words of Jesus are NOT in red. Gold gilt edges on the pages and title is stamped in gold also. Book is about 2" thick - a great gift and coffee-table book. Very good for study at a desk, probably not bed-time reading as the hard cover makes it too inflexible. Picture(s) of Ronald Reagan, Tammy Faye & Jim Bakker, Billy Graham, Art Linkletter, Colonel Sanders, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Pat Boone... The 1983 edition was put out in the declared "Year of the Bible" by Ronald Reagan and was also the 10th anniversary of PTL - hence the extra pictures. This is a very feel-good book and I would recommend it to anyone wanting a beautiful book or/and a great bible study. Even without the red-letters, it's still a 5!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1983 PTL PARALLEL BIBLE, December 15, 2008

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Janis J. Chitwood (MARION, INDIANA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PTL Parallel Bible (Large Print) (Leather Bound)

I HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARALLEL BIBLES AND I LOVE THIS PARALLEL BIBLE BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHERS I OWN. THE LIVING VERSION BIBLE IS SO EASY TO UNDERSTAND. WITH BOTH THE LIVING VERSION AND KJV SIDE BY SIDE IS A WIN WIN WAY TO STUDY GOD'S WORD. I JUST ORDERED ANOTHER ONE TODAY FOR MY (JEALOUS) SISTER....LOL.

JANIS J. CHITWOOD

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Received my volume: it's beautiful, an excellent Bible., September 15, 2011

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R. White - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PTL Parallel Bible (Large Print) (Leather Bound)

I am extremely happy with the PTL Parallel Bible that I purchased here through Amazon.

I believe there are a number of different versions being offered from this one page, that is,

while they are all, in fact, PTL Parallel Bibles, with the KJV and Living Bible (a simple paraphrase

version of the Bible making it highly readable to new believers or young folk), they

have different bindings, from a hard-cover that is covered with leather, and then the Leather soft-cover

volume that I received, and the perhaps some simulated leather options. Also, some of the versions

were special anniversary editions containing many photos of Jim and Tammy Bakker, and other known

figures having to do with the Evangelical Christian World including Ronald Reagan and Roy Rogers,

(and maybe Billy Graham?).

My version did NOT come with the photo supplement of the above figures. I happen to be very happy about

that as I, personally, was not looking for the photo version. However, I bought a version for my friend

and had it shipped separately and hers DID have the photos, and she said she is quite pleased with it,

despite having no leaning toward televangelists or celebrities, but simply enjoys it as a visual historical

part of the volume. She loves here version also. I bought both right off this same Amazon spot. Both were

listed as "very good" condition, and each coming from different vendors.

I happen to prefer SUPPLE LEATHER bibles, easy to read in bed, or otherwise. However I have many hard bound

bibles i enjoy as well as paper backs, handy for slipping in a back pack, or back pocket. So I was happy

that my volume was, in fact, the supple leather type. I had a bit of trouble figuring out the terminology on

this and, in fact, did not know, until it arrived, what form or even color (black) mine might be. My friend's

was red (or perhaps maroon or burgandy).

TEXT SIZE: the text size is LARGE print, but NOT "GIANT". i use the maximum strength reading glasses to read anything

and this Bible is very very easy to read, but i can't read without reading glasses anymore. I wanted LARGE or

GIANT and I was happy with the size.

SIZE OF THE BIBLE: the size of the Bible is bigger than a classic home study bible, which I like, but not

unwieldy in any way. it' bigger than my original Open Bible KJV that i bought some 33 years ago. I'll include

photos for comparison if I can, including text size, and also showing text sized compared to a dollar bill and a

quarter as references. i'll also have photos of the Bible with my Open Bible (a classic home Study Bible size)

propped up behind it, and a normal full sized bible one might bring to church (not compact sized, but not a study bible)

along side also, showing text size and volume size.

TRANSLATION OR VERSION: the Living Bible is a paraphrase that is excellent for someone that has difficulty understanding

the thick King James English (i happen to adore the King James English), or for getting a different "interpretation" of

a difficult to comprehend passage of scripture, as long as one simply remembers it is, in fact, a paraphrase. It is as if you are at church, and a pastor is retelling a chapter of the Bible in their own words, as is very common in churches (e.g., the Pastor reads the chapter in KJV or NIV or NAS or whatever, and then retells the chapter in their own vernacular whether that is rap street talk, or young iPod generation talk, or Hawaiian Pidgin dialect, or any manner of speaking. Koine Greek, by the way, was a very street-level people's language period of Greek, not like Classical Greek, so language of the common people is exceedingly appropriate. I doubt if Mark, Matthew, or Moses wanted only literary snobs to comprehend the Bible. On the other hand I enjoy Shakespearean English, personally, and the literary poetic handling of the KJV).

Personal Note on the Living Bible paraphrase. I think it is useful handy and in many cases excellent as a paraphrase. I do think however there are actual translations, including the New Living Translation (made by the same group) and other actual translations that read as easy as the Living Bible paraphrase. Therefore I encourage people to also

explore the People's Parallel Translation version that came after the subject one, but using the NLT instead of the Living Bible in parallel with the KJV. Personally, I'm curious which is the most readable, yet most accurate, of all the more

modern English translations and I've been trying to study this. Since I'm fine with the KJV English, plus I study Biblical Hebrew and hope to start on Aramaic and Greek, I'm comfy with my parallel Hebrew-Aramaic-English and Greek-English parallels that I also use. but i'm interested in the answer to: what is the most readable, yet most accurate, modern English translation?

Blessings everyone and shalom,

rory