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63 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best Value In A Study Bible, May 1, 2005
This review is from: The Old Scofieldï¿1/2 Study Bible, KJV, Standard Edition (Genuine Leather, Burgundy) (Leather Bound)
The Old Scofield Study Bible is an excellant value. First the construction: The Berkshire leather cover is durable, pleasant to the touch, and very attractive. At 1616 pages long, it's not so big that it's cumbersome to carry around. The page layout, and print are attractive and easy to read. The paper quality is better than average, though I prefer the paper in the Cambridge and Thompson Bibles. This Scofield is published by Oxford. They use a KJV text with the old time spellings: saviour, privily, and etc. If you compare the Oxford Scofield KJV with the Cambridge KJV Bibles you will find that while the Cambridge updates the spelling in a few places, in the Oxford Scofield it is updated in only a very few places. This would be very important to someone who wants to be sure he has a "genuine King James Bible." The only places that I found where the spelling was changed my Scofield was the use of "inquire" in place of "enquire" in Genesis 24:57, and the use of the lower case "s" in place of the upper case "S" in Matthew 4:1. The only downside to this edition is that Scofield can go off on a tangent with some of his notes, although I did find them helpful more often than not. The other strong point of the Old Scofield KJV is that the concordance is among the best that I've seen in a medium priced study Bible. I've got about six daily use Bibles including some by Cambridge and Thompson Chain, (see my other reviews) yet this is one of my favorites. Amazingly enough, the Scofield was the most inexpensive. All in all, the Old Scofield Study Bible is worth every penny, and deserves your consideration if you are shopping for a nice KJV study Bible.
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52 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
buy it, March 31, 2003
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This review is from: The Old Scofieldï¿1/2 Study Bible, KJV, Standard Edition (Genuine Leather, Burgundy) (Leather Bound)
If your looking for a good quality Bible with solid and reliable study notes this is the Bible for you. I would avoid the "New" Scofield for reasons below: The first and most weighty reason why the New Scofield Bible is not a Scofield Bible at all is shamefully simple. Dr. C.I. Scofield did not edit it. Dr. Scofield died in 1921! A book which claims on its title page that a dead man (Dr. Scofield) is one of its editors. The text of the New Scofield Bible is NOT a King James Bible and it is NOT a Scofield Bible. See also pocket size.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE best study Bible., November 21, 2005
This review is from: The Old Scofieldï¿1/2 Study Bible, KJV, Standard Edition (Genuine Leather, Burgundy) (Leather Bound)
A friend at my Church turned me on to the Old Scofield Study Bible. I have had it for a couple months now, and I absolutely love it! It really unlocks the Scriptures, and transforms mediocre bible study habits into Spirit-filled absorption of the Word of Truth! It has even turned me back to using the KJV (I was reading the NIV before...). One thing that I don't buy in the notes is the support of the events that allegedly occured between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 (the Gap Theory). The Scriptures used to support this position are questionable for this application. Of course, no notes added to a study Bible are ever going to be infallible. Only Scripture can make that claim. Overall, this is the best study Bible available for serious study of God's Word. Just make sure that you get the OLD Scofield Study Bible (Not the New politically correct one).
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