Any Christian have any opinion on this?
2007-06-18 08:00:29 · 12 answers · asked by helper725 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you are looking for a software program there are a few. Logos is an awesome program but it also costs $700. Anyways. There a few study Bibles that I like and use often. I am a Pastor so I collect Bibles like they are Baseball cards or something.
The NIV Study Bible is good and I like the commentary's at the Bottom. I also like the NKJ Spirit filled life Study Bible for Students. It has a lot of helps in it. But I also like the New Living Translation and they have a study Bible that has the same commentaries and things like the NIV study Bible. I like this version because sometimes it is easier to understand. The NASB is the most literal word for word and is great for that but sometimes maybe confusing to some readers because of the wording.
2007-06-18 08:10:05 · answer #1 · answered by The 2 points guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Scofield King James Authorized Version Holy Bible
2007-06-18 08:21:25 · answer #2 · answered by PETER G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The New Interpreter's Study Bible.
2007-06-18 08:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by Stranger In The Night 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I like the New International Version Study Bible, but there are many good ones out there.
2007-06-18 08:03:47 · answer #4 · answered by Paulie D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asimov's Guide to the Bible: The Old and New Testaments by Isaac Asimov (Author)
Isaac Asimov thinks big; readers of his science fiction works are familiar with his grasp and mastery of scale and how the individual stories unfold within the epic work. In Asimov's Guide to the Bible he utilizes this skill to pare down and untangle the many intertwined threads of biblical history and mythology. He views this guide as a way to illuminate the world of the Bible by incorporating the secular aspects of history, biography, and geography into a deeper understanding. Asimov's Guide to the Bible is not a book to be read in continuum but an indispensable companion to any journey through the Bible. Situating the writers of the various books of the Bible in time and space, Asimov gives its writings context and also explains how that context has morphed with time. While some of his conclusions and "qualified speculations" may challenge certain traditional assumptions (for example, there is no reference in the gospels to Mary Magdalene as a prostitute; rather, she was a madwoman whom Jesus cured by casting out seven demons), his aim is not to tear it apart but to flush out some of its mysteries, give it a context that the average Bible reader can understand, and therefore make it more real
Book Description
In Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Isaac Asimov explores the historical, geographical, and biographical aspects of the events described in the Old and New Testaments. Asimov's attempts to illuminate the Bible's many obscure, mysterious passages prove absorbing reading for anyone interested in religion and history.
2007-06-18 08:10:08 · answer #5 · answered by hairypotto 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There really is no such thing as "best." There are different translations.
I have in my study library approximately 13 different Bible translations. It is good to make comparisons and having many different ones helps one to grasp the real sense of the scriptures.
Our Bible Society encourages us to have many different ones. So I have done just that.
Hannah J Paul
2007-06-18 08:09:15 · answer #6 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Expositors Bible, jsm.org
2007-06-18 08:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholic or Protestant?
NAB (Catholic) and NIV (Protestant) are both written at the 6th grade level. So they're both easy to understand.
Of all the different versions of the NAB out there, the St. Joseph's NAB has the best footnotes. According to several Jesuits I know.
2007-06-18 08:05:12 · answer #8 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best one will be the one you read, understand and apply to your daily life.
I love the New Century Version, New Living Translation and New King James.
Happy reading!
2007-06-18 08:09:56 · answer #9 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like my Dake's study Bible...............full of original Greek and Hebrew words and good background on the culture of the day......
2007-06-18 08:06:11 · answer #10 · answered by fanofchan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋