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NIV Archaeological Study Bible/Large Print-Choc/Cara
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Item Description...
Overview
A unique study Bible filled with informative articles and full-color photographs that will take you on an illustrated walk through biblical history and culture.
Features: Large Print, Words of Christ in Red, Maps included, Index Included, Comprehensive Concordance included
Ages: 16 & Up
Publishers Description
'Readers who desire a more intimate knowledge of the historical context of the Bible will appreciate the NIV Archaeological Study Bible. Full of informative articles and full-color photographs of places and objects from biblical times, this Bible examines the archaeological record surrounding God's Word and brings the biblical world to life. Readers' personal studies will be enriched as they become more informed about the empires, places, and peoples of the ancient world.Features include: * Four-color interior throughout * Bottom-of-page study notes exploring passages that speak on archaeological and cultural facts * Articles (520) covering five main categories: Archaeological Sites, Cultural and Historical Notes, Ancient Peoples and Lands, the Reliability of the Bible, and Ancient Texts and Artifacts* Approximately 500 4-color photographs interspersed throughout * Detailed book introductions that provide basic, at-a-glance information * Detailed charts on pertinent topics * In-text color maps that assist the reader in placing the action' |
Item Specifications...
Pages 2336
Dimensions: Length: 11.78" Width: 8.44" Height: 2.92"
Weight: 6.8 lbs.
Binding Imitation Leather
Release Date Sep 1, 2008
Publisher Zondervan Publishing
Age 18
ISBN 0310940842
EAN 9780310940845
UPC 025986940843
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Bible Binding: Italian Duo-Tone
Color: Chocolate/Caramel
Point/Type Size: 11.00
Version: NIV
Redlettering: Yes
Concordance: Yes - Built In Concordance
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Availability 5 units.
Availability accurate as of May 26, 2012 09:24.
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 | The Archaeological Study Bible Feb 22, 2010 |
I love this Bible.
While I admit it is larger than I expected it to be, I still love the quality of the material, the beautiful cover, lettering, and over all finish. This is a Bible I am sure will become my future family bible.
The NIV translation I have always admired for it's simplicity, it is helpful when you are studying with new Christians.
A five star book. | | | | Absolutely Amazing! Nov 28, 2009 |
I originally ordered this Bible to be a personal study Bible, as the original version was just gorgeous, but the print was too small. When I received this Bible two things were immediately evident; the first was this was too big to be a 'carry around' personal study Bible, and the second thing was that this Bible is amazing! The beautiful presentation of the archaeological foundations of many of the books, the color photos and maps, the quality of the binding, and even its size, immediately marked this as our new Family Bible. The print is not quite as large as your traditional "Large" print, which is fine, as something "in between" (~11pts.) is just what I wanted.
My boys (ages 10 and 15) both love the abundant facts and real-world feel of the information, and we study and read this Bible far longer than we intended to at the start of our study time! Can you get a better endorsement that that? I am not a Theological scholar, but any Bible that presents itself this beautifully, and holds young people's interest so well seems to me like a pretty positive addition to any family.
An Absolutely Amazing Bible that we will cherish for years and will hand down to future generations. | | |  | Mom liked it Jul 15, 2009 |
| My Mom liked it however it sounded over the phone like maybe I should have gotten her flowers like I usually do. Doh!!! | | |  | Big Mistake Jun 18, 2009 |
I was very disappointed. The final product did not look like the online examples. The big was too large and the type too small. (In a way, it is my fault because I did not read the small print carefully.)
In addition the type face was hard to read against the sepia tone background. Also, it arrived damaged. It had a deep groove in the front cover. When I attempted to return it, I was told I couldn't.
I ordered a Bible cover that was made for the Bible, but I learned it was too small for the large print version. | | |  | Egad! And in Large Print, at That: Superb Study Notes Affixed to the Feeble "New International Version". It Lacks Apocrypha, too Jun 18, 2009 |
It is disconcerting how many publishers release potentially good study (or "annotated") Bibles where the wealth of useful notes are attached to a defective translation, such as the popular but (at best the best that one say for it) mediocre and unreliable New International Version (N.I.V.). A scholarly Bible should take a scholarly translation as its base! The N.I.V. is very nearly an outright paraphrase, so loosely does it translate! The resort to "dynamic equivalency" simply occurs far too often, in passages where a "formally equivalent" rendering would be quite adequately clear, readable, and understandable. One can only encourage Zondervan to arrange to have this good study Bible re-edited to fit a responsible translation such as the New King James Version (N.K.J.V.) or the English Standard Version (E.S.V.).
Atop that, for heaven's sake, why would a Bible making so much of archaeology and biblical antiquities omit the Apocrypha? These deuterocanonical writings of the Old Testament are of inestimable historical importance for the often labelled "inter-testamental" centuries (even if these ancient writings may include, according to many, some errors here and there, which the editors of a study Bible could note) and including them in whole or in part serves as a much needed documentary transition to the New Testament. Including the deuterocanonical writings can provide an appropriate text on which to attach study notes of archaeological relevance! Merely to mention cursorily the Apocrypha, as the "Archaeological Study Bible" at least does, is not sufficient. My advice on this matter would be to include at least those Apocryphal (deuterocanonical) writings which present narratives of incontestably genuine historical matter; the remaining deuterocanonical writings have less direct importance for a project of this sort (although they hold enough interest regarding the development of Jewish religious thought and the impact of Hellenism to justify including them as well). The E.S.V. in 2009 published an edition adding the Apocrypha, and the N.K.J.V. draw on the translations of the deuterocanonical writings which appear in the N.K.J.V.-based "Orthodox Study Bible" (2008), thus avoiding the need for any resort to a Roman Catholic translation. Both of these versions (the N.K.J.V. and the E.S.V.), as already noted, are far superior to the lackluster N.I.V., so either the N.K.J.V. or the E.S.V. would make for a much better choice than the woefully inadequate N.I.V., as a translation on which to base any future edition of the "Archaeological Study Bible" with deuterocanonical writings included.
The "Archaeological Study Bible" certainly fills a need, but it incontroveribly could have done so to better effect, and more definitively, if the defective N.I.V. (New International Version) text had been avoided! As it is, many wise buyers will bypass this publication, unless their interest in archaeology is particularly keen, if they already posess Zondervan's own 1983 guide to the subject, the "New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology", by E. M. Blaiklock and R. K. Harrison (the latter of whom, incidentally, was one of the chief architects of the Old Testament both of the N.I.V. and of what R.K. Harrison himself considered to be the far finer N.K.J.V.). | | | Write your own review about NIV Archaeological Study Bible/Large Print-Choc/Cara
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