About this title: This complete revision of the acclaimed New English Bible/Oxford Study Edition is the first one-volume resource introduce readers to the Bible by giving a complete overview of biblical history and scholarship as well as direct commentary on the text. Its features include 23 indispensable articles on the history, literary background, and cultural influences of the Bible, the complete text of the acclaimed Revised English Bible with the Apocrypha, fully revised and updated page-by-page textual annotations, a special index to people, places, and themes in the Bible, and full color Bible maps ...
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Description: Very good. 1992 Oxford University Press Softcover(Trade PB) Edition. Some wear/creasing to cover/pages, text clean with strong binding. Ships Fast! read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780195290004ISBN:0195290003
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780195290011ISBN:0195290011
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780195290004ISBN:0195290003
Description: New. This is the first one-volume resource to introduce readers to the Bible by providing a complete overview of the world of biblical history and scholarship, plus commentary on the text Indexable 1, 824 pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1992-03-12
ISBN-13:9780195290011ISBN:0195290011
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780195290004ISBN:0195290003
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"ok... so i haven't read this cover to cover wuite yet :)
but i like the translation a lot - and tend to find more clarification in the language here than other translations... although the footnotes aren't especially lengthy, and it's not brimming with maps or graphics (maybe i need a children's edition? visual learner!)
oops....am i allowed to give a bible 4 stars? more graphics and footnotes please :)"
"The Old Testament is a stunning literary achievement and record of the most fascinating and tenacious people on the face of the earth. The New Testament is the story of the beginning of the religion that would change the world.
I'm rating the Oxford Study Bible, not the Bible itself.
The REB translation is very loose at times, almost a paraphrase. On the other hand, it can be more accurate than other "literal" translations like the KJV because the REB translators didn't feel compelled to repeat historical tranlation errors."
"This was a required textbook in a Philosophy class. It's full of maps, translations and historical footnotes. The additional notes add a grounded, historical perspective to theological/religious studies. it's pretty cool as an ancient History text if you're not into the religion thing."
"The New English Bible (released 1970) was a masterpiece of accurate translation and great literary quality - readable but possessed of dignity and poetry. (The Book of Ruth could easily have been mistaken for a minor Thomas Hardy short story.) The Revision issued in 1989 was basically a dumbing-down (and, theologically, watering down) of the earlier version. Having enjoyed the scholarship and wisdom in the (RC) Jerusalem Bible Study edition over the past few years, I was looking forward to learning from the unique insights of this study Bible, too. Unfortunately, although some of the introductory articles have fascinating historical and cultural background information, this was overall a major disappointment for me. The prose is flat and boring, the notes un-insightful and often biased by self-congratulatory skepticism, and the work as a whole seems to reflect the Church of England's move away from any kind of traditional understanding of Christianity and the Bible. But maybe I'm overreacting...."
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