What is your favorite study Bible?

[Sam]

Originally Posted by SeekingOne

The Complete Jewish Bible and the Student Bible (NIV)

I used the CJB for my main Bible for about 10 years. It got to the place where it became unusable and I had to get a new Bible. This time I went with a Thompson real leather KJV. I've used Thompson before for several years and also I've used a Scofield loose leaf until it became unusable. Can't find the Scofield loose leaf style any more. I like Thompson because it does give some margin space to write notes and cross references in. I've always been big on underlining, marking, and writing notes in my Bible.

For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? Jer 23:18

[Mirth1981]

I heard a preacher say across the pulpit recently that all other versions of the Bible besides the King James Version have altered important points, which can potentially lead people astray in doctrinal teaching.

I've heard statements like this all of my Christian life, so I've always bought KJV Bibles.

I'm going to buy an ESV Bible soon.

[Raven]

Biblos.com, Complete Jewish Bible, Rotherham's Emphasized Bible, and Bible Soft with all its accompanying tools and helps.

[Revelationist]

1599 Geneva Bible, this is the Bible that the Pilgrims brought to the New World. This is the Bible that prompted King James to have his Bible written because it was to hard. It's also known as the Breeches Bible.

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by Mirth1981

I heard a preacher say across the pulpit recently that all other versions of the Bible besides the King James Version have altered important points, which can potentially lead people astray in doctrinal teaching.

I've heard statements like this all of my Christian life, so I've always bought KJV Bibles.

I'm going to buy an ESV Bible soon.

The difference between the KJV (besides the archaic language) and other modern translations is the underlying Greek text that is used.

http://www.esv.org/translation/manuscripts

For the most part the ESV uses the Nestle-Arland text and the KJV uses the Received text.

I usually study from the KJV because I prefer a literal translation and familiarity. But when I'm looking at other translations to help me understand something, I go to the NASV and the ESV. The ESV "sounds" more like the KJV . The NASV, though it is suppose to be the most literal, is stilted in its prose.

[Jeffrey]

FYI "literal" doesn't always mean the most accurate when we are talking about translating archaic languages. This is why thought-for-thought and even paraphrases have been popular.

KJV against NIV is all about the TR (more in quantity) vs. Dead Sea Scroll texts (oldest known manuscripts).

My problems with KJV is that it is technically a foreign language in itself. No one speaks Middle English anymore, and this has caused some major misunderstanding of certain Texts. If you like KJV because of Text usage and a more rigid word-for-word, I recommend ESV.

However, more and more, I approach the Text as a Story with a message, more than a script with secret code, so I enjoy reading in NIV, NLT and sometimes ESV when I'm combing over a Text.

To get a good thought-for-thought, paraphrase, The Message seems to capture the bottom-line in texts. Certainly not a replacement for one's own study, but beautiful nevertheless.

[Jeffrey]

It's not a "Bible Study" it's a story, but it's an example of what I prefer:
http://www.somacommunities.org/blogs/story-of-god/

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey

FYI "literal" doesn't always mean the most accurate when we are talking about translating archaic languages. This is why thought-for-thought and even paraphrases have been popular.

KJV against NIV is all about the TR (more in quantity) vs. Dead Sea Scroll texts (oldest known manuscripts).

My problems with KJV is that it is technically a foreign language in itself. No one speaks Middle English anymore, and this has caused some major misunderstanding of certain Texts. If you like KJV because of Text usage and a more rigid word-for-word, I recommend ESV.

However, more and more, I approach the Text as a Story with a message, more than a script with secret code, so I enjoy reading in NIV, NLT and sometimes ESV when I'm combing over a Text.

To get a good thought-for-thought, paraphrase, The Message seems to capture the bottom-line in texts. Certainly not a replacement for one's own study, but beautiful nevertheless.

The problem with paraphrasing is that the translators theological bias can easily enter the translation (not that that doesn't happen with word for word translations).

[Sam]

The Pentecostal Publishing House offers a Thompson Chain Bible with an insert bound into the Bible which contains "32 pages of power-packed Oneness doctrine, two-day Bible study, and excerpts from Handbook of Basic Doctrines by David K. Bernard."


you can see some information on it at
http://sales.pentecostalpublishing.c...507&ptc=PPH123

[Sam]

Two which I have recommended and have given away are:

1. The Spirit Filled Life Bible
This is published by Thomas Nelson and is NKJV.
The General Editor is Jack Hayford
The notes and articles come from a "broadly representative team from more than twenty denominations and independent fellowships... to produce a study Bible integrating the Pentecostal-Charismatic viewpoint."

2. Life In the Spirit Study Bible
This used to be called Full Life Study Bible
It is published by Zondervan
This is available in KJV or NIV
This is also presented from a Pentecostal viewpoint