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The Discipleship Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version Including Apocrypha | 
 enlarge | Creators: Bruce C. Birch, Brian K. Blount, Thomas G. Long, Gail R. O'day, W. Sibley Towner
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 13309
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 2198
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 8.5 x 1.9
ISBN: 0664223710
Dewey Decimal Number: 220.520434
EAN: 9780664223717
ASIN: 0664223710
Publication Date: June 2, 2008
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FANTASTIC!! June 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am glad to be the first reviewer of this study Bible. I have New Interpreters, HarperCollins, Oxford, Zondervan NIV, Spiritual Formation and other study Bibles; but this one is now my personal favorite. It lacks the academic technicality of New Interpreters and HarperCollins, which is a plus for nonscholars. There is no serious focus on documentary sources nor on historical criticism. Questions of historicity ( Were the patriarchs real people? Did Moses lead Hebrews out of Egypt?) and authorship are left up to the reader with only minimal guidance. The annotations deal with the final form of the Biblical text, and focus on theology and life-application. The commentators are obviously left-leaning thinkers as they comment frequently on socio-political, economic and ecological issues. Issues of personal piety and response to Scripture are not left out, however. And there is little in these annotations that would offend any reasonably open-minded conservative. As far as I can tell so far, the commentators have avoided abortion and capital punishment, and deal very diplomatically with homosexuality. However, these commentators are very concerned about exclusion, religious snobbery, global warming, poverty, etc. This book is published by WJK Press; in other words, the Presbyterian Church USA. I totally recommend that you read this regardless of your social or political views. I have many conservative or fundamentalist study Bibles and commentaries, so give this one a shot, regardless of where you stand.
I would also like to comment on the physical attributes of the book: very light weight, unlike most study Bibles, and almost personal size.
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