tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19171419532832084072026-05-20T07:59:05.001-04:00Bible ReviewerReviews study Bibles, new translations, large print editions, children's Bibles, commentaries, and other Bible resourcesMary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-85152368044856280582025-10-26T05:19:00.001-04:002025-10-26T05:19:20.767-04:00Reconsidering Bible Stories for Children <!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-69204577318593764572025-03-05T15:40:00.001-05:002025-03-05T15:40:23.147-05:00Jubilee Bible: From the Scriptures of the ReformationOver a decade ago, the publishers
of The
Jubilee Bible sent
me a copy to review, so I was pleasantly surprised to hear from the new
publisher, Ransom Press
International, advising me of the updated version, which they kindly sent me
to examine and review.
The back of the
protective sleeve my copy arrived in states an extraordinary aspect of this
translation: “The Jubilee Bible is the only one weMary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-33453976992952606372024-04-18T05:12:00.002-04:002024-04-18T05:12:43.899-04:00KJV 1611For a while, Bible publishers had a flurry of new editions and some new translations too, but as that activity decreased and personal activities increased, this blog sat idle. Surprisingly, it continued to receive visitors, which made me wonder about Bible websites in general.For example, in searching for online translations, I discovered the Official King James Bible website, which not only Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-41767548187199314362023-02-23T01:14:00.000-05:002023-02-23T01:14:55.652-05:00Spiral Bible: The Books of Poetry<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-9295424214869682802022-04-11T15:19:00.000-04:002022-04-11T15:19:14.975-04:00The Biggest Story Bible Storybook Published
by Crossway,
who kindly sent me a copy to review, TheBiggest Story Bible Storybook is loaded with colorful artwork by
Don Clark and kid-friendly Bible stories retold by Kevin DeYoung.
Immediate
orders might make it in time for Easter, but these timeless stories bless
readers anytime, especially because they show the connection of the biblical
books with Jesus. As the IntroductionMary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-35850599150479129582022-01-08T20:37:00.000-05:002022-01-08T20:37:22.953-05:00The Septuagint: What It Is and Why It Matters. In
this comprehensive paperback resource that Crossway kindly gave me to review, authors
Gregory R. Lanier, PhD, and William A. Ross, PhD, address The Septuagint:
What It Is and Why It Matters. Although the title sounds straightforward
enough, this Greek translation of scripture follows a meandering path.
Until
the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 586, Hebrew scriptures were
Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-5239241533946242322021-12-08T16:13:00.002-05:002021-12-08T16:52:20.159-05:00ESV Concise Study Bible If
you can read fairly small print (7.75-point font), the new ESVConcise Study Bible, which Crossway kindly gave me to review, provides
an excellent, hardback edition to carry to your Bible discussion group as it features
over 12,000 study notes, over a dozen articles on the scriptures and/or
Christian life, and loads of maps within the text to keep you grounded in the biblical
terrain.
&Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-69599931814339746722021-11-06T14:46:00.000-04:002021-11-06T14:46:22.424-04:00Bible people, Bible-based poemsAfter centuries of the King James Version of the Bible and Douay-Rheims
providing the main English editions to choose from, biblical scholars and
interdenominational committees revisited the ancient Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic
texts to provide us with contemporary versions we could more readily
understand.
For quite a while in the 20th and 21st
centuries, Bible publishers regularly released new Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-66056639594393737682021-09-24T14:47:00.001-04:002021-09-24T14:47:44.680-04:00ESV Expository Commentary: Matthew–Luke My first
impression of the ESV Expository Commentary: Matthew–Luke, which
Crossway kindly sent me to review, is undeniable heft! With 1156 pages and a three-inch depth from hardcover front to back, the very weight of this volume illustrates
its own aim toward comprehensiveness.
Using
the highly acclaimed ESV translation (English Standard Version) as the
basis of this massive work,Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-42313129137411388402021-09-09T15:16:00.000-04:002021-09-09T15:16:19.598-04:00The Koren Tanakh: The Torah, The Prophets, and The Writings Last
month we took a look at The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel: Samuel
and before that Exodus, both published by Koren Publishers
Jerusalem, who kindly sent me copies of those exquisitely produced, tabletop
editions to review. This time, however, we have the entire first edition of The
Koren Tanakh – a well-researched translation of the Torah, the Prophets,
and the Writings.
Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-54989567233187236782021-08-14T19:00:00.000-04:002021-08-14T19:00:01.644-04:00The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel: Samuel This fresh
English translation of Samuel has the beauty of a coffee table book with slick,
thick quality paper and ample illustrations of historical and archaeological
significance.
Published by
Koren Publishers Jerusalem, who kindly sent me a copy to review, the book of
Samuel in The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel is a new translation
into English, accompanied by its original Jewish Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-29534394239930891962021-07-08T15:10:00.000-04:002021-07-08T15:10:00.259-04:00100 Best Bible Verses to Overcome Worry & Anxiety Over
two-dozen insightful people contributed to the new devotional book, 100 Best Bible Verses to Overcome
Worry & Anxiety, which Bethany House kindly sent me to review.
With only
a couple of pages per scriptural quotation, each exudes wisdom, comfort, and
spiritual insight to calm fears and disperse worry. The carefully
selected verses from both the Hebrew Bible (aka Old Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-31397565348307104132021-06-30T13:33:00.001-04:002021-06-30T16:09:42.099-04:00Which translation of the Bible do you like best? When a
service person came to our house this week, he saw the books in my little
office and asked, “Do you think you have enough Bibles?” Probably not! But that
started us talking about which translations we prefer and why.
As you
might have guessed by now, I love them all! (Well, almost! I had to decline a
review copy of an edition that omitted “negative” parts!) Although I
use Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-2425334878593457832021-05-26T10:40:00.000-04:002021-05-26T10:40:21.577-04:00Amplified Holy Bible XL Edition The Amplified
Study Bible (large print) , which I reviewed a couple of years ago, sits
on my desk for regular reference in preparing for a Bible talk or group
discussion. But sometimes I just want a reader’s edition to read from my comfy chair.
The
thing is, my eyes object to the smaller fonts in most of the reader-editions I’ve
bought or been given over the years, so my quest of late has Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-50474005671938782732021-04-24T12:52:00.000-04:002021-04-24T12:52:44.208-04:00ESV Journaling Bible Many of us who long to get closer to God are apt to jot down our thoughts,
questions, prayers, poems, or insights as we read the Bible. Almost any
wide-margin Bible gives us room to do that as our written words interact with the
written Word of God.
If we want to read the Bible straight through, as we would any
book or family saga, we might choose a conversational translation or a Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-90591094164601331142021-04-07T11:58:00.001-04:002021-04-07T12:43:28.023-04:00ESV Panorama New Testament The ESV Panorama New Testament,
published by Crossway who kindly sent me a copy to review, presents the NT in a
unique, panoramic view.
With extra-large pages (10.2 x 12.6") inside a hardback cover,
this edition uses a well-spaced 8.5-point font, so each book of the New
Testament requires as few pages as possible.Shorter books take only one or two
pages, which means a whole book often Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-61071410990751590742021-03-27T10:47:00.004-04:002021-03-27T10:48:37.364-04:00The Gift of EasterOn that first Easter Sunday, Jesus the Christ – Jesus our Savior –
overcame death. He left the tomb, somewhat like a newborn chick opening a
shell, newly clothed in light and life.
Those metaphors can help children catch a glimpse of the meaning
of Christ’s resurrection, but soon the Easter eggs will be gone and new clothes
outgrown, while The Word of God remains forever.
God gave His Word to Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-13897020558712883602021-02-14T12:10:00.009-05:002021-02-15T00:45:04.654-05:00The Bible Books of MEActually, all of the “Wisdom Books” in the Bible focus on attempts to understand cause-and-effect and/or seemingly random acts that make
no sense to us. As we strive to be rational and find profitable ways to live,
two “Me” books stand out in particular: Job
and Ecclesiastes.
The “Wisdom Books” of the Bible include both of these books, and yet,
as we read them, neither Job nor Solomon seems too Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-12343513854078544652021-01-29T15:03:00.000-05:002021-01-29T15:03:09.238-05:00The Bible Recap: A One-Year GuidePublished by Bethany House, who kindly sent me a copy for an honest review, The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide by Tara-Leigh Cobble just didn’t speak to
me at first! As the posts on this blog show, I’m really into the Bible and have
been since early childhood. So I don’t identify with those who view God’s
Word as inaccessible or hard to understand. My way has been to look up difficult Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-16607765312175921622021-01-21T05:47:00.001-05:002021-01-21T05:47:20.060-05:00Eco Bible: Volume 1In the Eco
Bible, Volume 1: An Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus,
the lead editors and contributors, Rabbi Yonatan Neril and Rabbi Leo Dee, bring
us an ecological look at the first two books of the Bible. Published by The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, this unique edition includes “quotes from over 100 rabbis and other great
Jewish thinkers commenting on verses from the Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-41803809668894411982021-01-04T10:53:00.000-05:002021-01-04T10:53:54.804-05:00Jesus-Centered Bible The Jesus-Centered Bible, which Group Publishing kindly sent me to review, highlights the biblical references
to Jesus in blue letters, beginning with Genesis and continuing throughout the
Bible, while red letters emphasize the words and names of Christ.
With text
provided by the 2015 updated New Living
Translation (NLT) from Tyndale House, the Jesus-Centered Bible adds
such Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-41626947935271168852020-12-16T13:28:00.001-05:002020-12-16T13:28:53.855-05:00The Passion Translation: NT with Psalms, Proverbs, and Song of SongsA few years ago, BroadStreet Publishing kindly sent me a boxed set
of several books in The Passion
Translation (TPT) to review, but this year I’ve been wanting a single
volume of the New Testament with Psalms to reread, hopefully forever!
Searching online, I found even more than I dreamed in The Passion Translation: NT with Psalms, Proverbs, and Song of Songs, and
so I ordered a copy in Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-83982911972094867552020-11-28T17:22:00.000-05:002020-11-28T17:22:07.632-05:00Provoking Proverbs: Wisdom and the Ten Commandments Published by
Concordia, who kindly sent me a copy to review, Provoking Proverbs by
David Lawrence Coe takes the unique approach of linking biblical wisdom with
the Ten Commandments.
This study
guide, which can be adapted for personal use and/or group discussion, displays
bars and side bars laid out nicely, so readers can readily find what they’re
looking for in a font that’sMary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917141953283208407.post-64917601538055366952020-11-13T14:59:00.000-05:002020-11-13T14:59:20.142-05:00Eyewitness: The Visual Bible Experience In Eyewitness:
The Visual Bible Experience, which Group Publishing kindly sent me to
review, author Jeff White offers a first-person perspective for each of the 39
Bible people represented in this sturdily bound picture book for adults. The size
(11.5 x 8” horizontally), heft (in pounds, not ounces), and colorful illustrations
(120 original works of art by 16 artists from around the Mary Saylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.com0