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	ESV Thinline Bible, TruTone, Royal Blue, Celtic Cross Design, Red Letter Text Crossway Bibles, 2006 - 1106 pages average customer review:based on 186 reviews view larger image
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Strong (!) Bible Study Resource.

`The English - Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament, English Standard Version' is the third Greek English Interlinear translation I have bought, and I wish I had seen this one first. I was initially reluctant to try it, as it seemed less useful, since it was committed to a particular English translation. My old standby, the Greek - English interlinear translation by Robert Brown and Philip Comfort, published by Tyndale, has a parallel NRSV translation, but that can literally be ignotextlinks">red, as it is simply provided in the margin as a supplement, signposts to familiar ground, while plugging through the Greek and literal English translation. But, in many of my recent attempts to track down the meaning of a Greek word in the various lexicons and theological dictionaries, I found myself mired in the difficulties of dealing with all the various tenses, moods, numbers, voices, genders and cases. So, the word so plainly spelled out in the translation was often impossible to find in my Pitkin or Colin Brown. Here, John Schwandt and his team of translators and editors come to the rescue, with not one but four different resources for tracking down words in other references. The topmost line, unlike the Greek - English interlinear, is the English of the ESV translation. The second line is the corresponding Greek word in Greek script. The third line is a transliteration of the Greek into English characters. The fourth is a series of codes indicating the various parts of speech of the Greek in this context. The last and most important for us amateurs is the Strong's Number of the Greek word. Not only does this give us the means of looking the word up in Strong's concordance and any other reference which includes Strong numbers. Especially useful is the ability to find the word in Thayer's Greek - English Lexicon, which should be enough, with the transliteration, to find the base word in the big theological dictionaries.
A secondary use of this translation is that I suspect it may be more useful as a means of studying New Testament Greek than the more traditional Greek - English presentation. What makes this especially useful is the fact that the ESV translation is very close to being a word for word translation, allowing for some nominal crafting of word order and idioms into conventional English. While the translation is `modern', I believe it is somewhat less `politically correct' than the NRSV, which bends over backward to be gender neutral, even where gender specific words are appropriate in the Greek.
Nothing will eliminate the effort required of a person who does not know Greek to track down many words, but this book may be one of the best tools. And yet, I will keep the Greek - English interlinear handy as well, since the most important lesson I've learned in studying scripture is to never rely on a single source for anything, even the most rudimentary philological information.

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I LOVE IT! this bible is really unique..I love the cover and it is really easy to carry around. It can fit in your jacket pockets, purses/ bags and whatever else you take around. The leather cover keeps in it good condition and prevents it from looking worn. I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a carry everywhere you go bible!

ESV

I bought one of the ESV's for myself back in September of last year. And I loved it so much I bought five of my family members one each for Christmas (all different designs). This is definitely a good buy. I still appreciate the KJV very much, but the ESV is bar far my favorite. Besides that, the book itself is very durable and the print is easy to read. By far one of my favorite purchases from Amazon.

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ESV Bible

A beautiful bible. The text is a reasonable size making it easy and enjoyable to read. I have received many favourable comments from friends eager to know where I bought it. The content of the book, of course, is what is really most important. A truly Spirit inspired and life changing book.

Childrens Bible

I bought 3 Children's Bibles in the English Standard Version by Crossway Bibles for my Grandchildren ages 6-9. I love them and so do the kids. They are real bibles with all the text. This is important to me as most children's bibles I've seen are either just a few bible stories or regular adult bibles with a childish looking cover. Also these bibles are beautifully illustrated. The kids and I get together a couple of times a week for bible study and they really are learning to use their bibles. My ONLY complaint is that I would have liked to have them in a leatherette cover instead of hard cover however this is a small point. I have one more grandaughter too young to read yet and I will be buying another one for her very soon.

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