Zondervan NASB Wide Margin Bible [Leather Bound]

Zondervan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2002

The Bible for Note Takers You can tell when someone has learned not to just read their Bible, but to use it. The margins are full of handwritten notes. Verses are underlined. Personal cross-references abound. Bible-users do more than study God's Word---they interact with it. If that's you, the Zondervan NASB Wide Margin Bible is what you've been looking for. No more cramped quarters. You'll find plenty of space to write down the things God shows you in the Scriptures. The Zondervan NASB Wide Margin Bible features: - Extra-wide margins for note-taking. - Larger print for easy reading. - Single-column format to facilitate reading. - New American Standard Bible, Updated. (The most literal is now more readable.) - 16-page color map set. - Index of color maps. - NASB concordance.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The Bible for Note Takers

You can tell when someone has learned not to just read their Bible, but to use it. The margins are full of handwritten notes. Verses are underlined. Personal cross-references abound. Bible-users do more than study God’s Word—they interact with it. If that’s you, the Zondervan NASB Wide Margin Bible is what you’ve been looking for.

No more cramped quarters. You’ll find plenty of space to write down the things God shows you in the Scriptures. The Zondervan NASB Wide Margin Bible features: · Extra-wide margins for note-taking. · Larger print for easy reading. · Single-column format to facilitate reading. · New American Standard Bible, Updated. (The most literal is now more readable.) · 16-page color map set. · Index of color maps. · NASB concordance.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Leather Bound: 1760 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310921864
• ISBN-13: 978-0310921868
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,892,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OK, September 12, 2005

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K. Fuller (Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zondervan NASB Wide Margin Bible (Leather Bound)

The Lockman Foundation (owners of the NASB translation) also have a wide margin edition, but I like the page layout of this one better because the Lockman Foundation's one has a lot of cross references in the margin that add visual noise to the page. But it is a matter of preference and certainly they are very, very nice in other respects.

The best place to find every NASB Bible in print, along with a good description, by visiting the web site of the Lockman Foundation. Do a google on "Lockman Foundation" and you will find it.

My leather bound edition looks well made.



HOWEVER, for those reviewers whose Bibles are not doing well, I would like to point out that Zondervan's web site says they have a lifetime guarantee on leather Bibles and a limited time guarantee on hardback Bibles. Do a google search on "zondervan bible guarantee" (without quotes) and you should find it.

The Font Point Size is 8.8, which is comfortable to read.

The reason for the four-star review is the page opacity. If you look closely at page (n), you can not only see the mirror image of the page (n+1) but also the page after that (n+2). I think this won't bother most people but is does bother me.

Hope this helps.
UPDATE: I like this edition much better:
The New Inductive Study Bible (International Inductive Study Series) (Hardcover)The New Inductive Study Bible (International Inductive Study Series)

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for group Bible study!, February 21, 2008

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Louise Eberhart "Sonshine Primitives" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zondervan NASB Wide Margin Bible (Hardcover)

At the age of 60, I think I must have every version of the Bible produced since the 1960's. The majority of them have been gathering dust for years. I have had only 2 Bibles since 1986 that have been heavily used. One is a very small print KJV and the other is a NIV that I used after the KJV started falling apart at the seams.

Many of the Bibles I own are "study Bibles". Although I enjoy "reading" them, I must admit that when I use a study Bible, I find myself relying on the notes more than I should. I don't really "study" when using a study Bible but tend to rely on the author's interpretation of Scripture.

I recently started to attend a church where they use the NASB almost exclusively. I had a NASB Study Bible that I began using but again, I found myself reading the notes more than the Word. Since I DO write in my Bible (I always have and I write a lot), I went looking for a wide margin Bible. Due to lack of free space in most Bibles, I end up either writing over the text or writing so small that I can't read what I wrote.

After a lot of research, I decided on Zondervan's NASB Wide Margin Bible. It is bonded leather which I have found will last for years of constant use before it falls apart. I can usually get 10 years out of a bonded leather Bible before I have to replace it. It's color is burgandy which is OK although I wish they made more black Bibles like they used to. The print is easy to read, even for my old eyes.

I like how each verse is separate, starting on it's own line. It makes finding a particular verse much easier than trying to pick it out of a block of text. There is OVER 1 1/2" of space on the outside margins in which to write notes and there are no distracting side notes or references except for a few on the bottom of the page. If you are looking for a cross reference Bible, this one is NOT for you. This may not be a good Bible for personal Bible Study but for group study, I think it is perfect. And, if you like myself have a Pastor who is an expository teacher, the lack of cross references is no big deal and you DO have a lot of room in which to write YOUR OWN references. I think you will learn much quicker having to write it down yourself. If you do use a study Bible, just remember that you are reading somebody else's interpretation of the Scriptures which might not necessarily be the correct one.

I really can't think of many negatives about this Bible. I DO wish the paper was a bit thicker as you can faintly see the print on the next page. But personally, that doesn't bother me at all. I don't use highliters in my Bible so I don't know if they will bleed through or not. I have tried "dry markers" but I don't think they are dark enough to be much good.

The Zondervan NASB Wide Margin Bible is reasonably priced and I am really enjoying using it.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Notetaker's Bible, October 24, 2003

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sherebiah (Santa Ana, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zondervan NASB Wide Margin Bible (Hardcover)

Make sure and buy an XL Bible cover for this wonderful edition of the NASB. While I still refer to my cross reference Bible, this edition by Zondervan allows me all the "elbow room" I could ever want, germinating notes fit for a good Bible study. Also, this is one of the few Bibles that have not printed Jesus' words in distracting red ink! A must for pastors who still like to preach and teach the word, and not predigested, prepackaged "sermons".