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Title: Nelson Study Bible The Most Comprehensive Study Bible Available by Thomas Nelson Publishers ISBN: 0840714475 Publisher: Nelson Bibles Pub. Date: 18 March, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent work
Comment: I'm not a Christian but decided to purchase a bible to get this classic work under my belt. I wanted a study version though so I could get through the tougher parts without being baffled at the language or meanings. I purchased the Nelson version after reading many positive reviews and feel I made a great choice! Understandably, you need to be careful with study bibles in case you begin to adopt the editors' slant on things, but from what I can tell the Nelson team has done a fine job of retaining the integrity of the NKJV translation in their commentaries.
I'm still on the Old Testament (2 Kings right now) and I've throughly enjoyed most every single chapter so far. Thanks to the well-written and not-too-long commentaries on many verses it's easy to comprehend the significance of the passages and understand some of the ancient practices prevalent at the time.
Great maps in-text and at the back, helpful tables of dates and events, thorough cross-referencing, definitions of especially meaningful words in the Hebrew context, as well as in-text discussions of major concepts make this a definitive study bible for any NKJV reader and also as a reference work.
Rating: 5
Summary: Pleasantly Surprised!
Comment: I was using an NRSV Life Application Bible, which I was pleased with, but wanted something with more depth to the comments. I looked over several study Bibles (Ryrie, New Oxford, NIV Study...), and felt the Nelson was the best by far. Cross refs. are relevant, and the on page comments are the best I've seen - they go into great depth and deal with the heart of the matter. The 200 page concordance is also a plus, as are other features. I wasn't sure about the NKJV (only choice), but took a closer look and am very pleased.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very well-done
Comment: This study Bible is actually the new and improved version of the now discontinued "Open Study Bible." Therefore, my review will be in two parts--the first for those that already own the "Open," and the second for everyone else.
The "Nelson" doesn't have much more than the "Open." The main differences are in layout and extra colorized feature pages. Also, I happen to prefer the "Open" with its dictionary at the beginning of the book, as it makes a nice buffer between Genesis and the cover. It greatly reduces wear in the spine in the first couple of books. The full color pages in the "Nelson" that I just mentioned make thumbing through the Bible a little difficult, as your page flipping becomes hindered by passing a glossy thick page every fow hundred pages. They just make the book overall open and lay awkwardly. The "Open's" layout is simpler and better, I think, and leaves much more Bible text per page. It's not cluttered with hundred of magazine-article like topic headings. In short, it's not worth the money to switch to the Nelson.
Now, if you have neither, I suppose the best idea is to get a "Nelson." For one, the "Open" is discontinued, so I guess you'd have no other choice in most cases, depending on which edition you're interested in, although there are still a few "Opens" for sale on Amazon. Overall, the "Nelson" is very full and informing. It makes a great secondary Bible, and if you don't mind many pages containing only a few paragraphs of Bible text, a great primary Bible.
Doctrinally, the "Nelson" is fairly middle of the road. Pretty much any Christian would find this Bible usefull and non-threatening to their personal beliefs.
Of all of the major study Bibles, the Nelson is quite the best choice for anyone.
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Title: Nelson's Quick Reference Chapter-by-chapter Bible Commentary : Nelson's Quick Reference Series by Warren W. Wiersbe ISBN: 0785282351 Publisher: Nelson Reference Pub. Date: 22 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: With Main Concordance, Appendix to the Main Concordance, Topical Index to the Bible, Dictionar by James Strong, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Thomas Nelson ISBN: 078526096X Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.97 |
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Title: The Macarthur Study Bible by John MacArthur ISBN: 0849912229 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: 05 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Nelson Study Bible by Thomas Nelson Publishers ISBN: 0785207082 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.97 |
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Title: Nelson Study Bible by Thomas Nelson Publishers ISBN: 0785257543 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $54.97 |
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