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Average Rating:  out of 36 Reviews
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Price: $49.99
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Sale: $31.49
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Manufacturer: Crossway Bibles
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EAN (European Article Number): 9781433502415
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Crossway Bibles
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Dewey Decimal Number: 220.5208
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Publication Date: 2008-10-15
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Reading Level: 2752
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Description: Book Description The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way--to understand the timeless truth of God's Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish this, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV Bible text. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published--with 2,752 pages of extensive, accessible Bible resources. Sample the ESV Study Bible Click on the images below to read the introductions to the books of the Bible as they appear in the ESV Study Bible [pdf]:
And click on these images to see samples of the detailed and authoritative historical illustrations included in the ESV Study Bible:
Golgotha
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Herod's Temple | 
Temple Complex | 
Temple Mount |
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: Try the TruTone - Value for Money |
Date: 2008-11-23 |
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Details: Many others have reviewed the ESV Study Bible, so I will keep my review brief, as the other reviews have covered so many aspects of the Bible that I hardly need to add my effort. I have given the ESV Study Bible 5 stars. It is a fantastic product from Crossway. The ESV translation needs little comment. It is a word-for-word translation and I never thought I would prefer any translation over the NASB but I do. The ESV has clarity, beauty and is easy for memorisation. The page layout is excellent. I do not find the text too small - though I do need my reading glasses. There is no red letter text. I'm not sure if that was mentioned by any other reviewer. I bought two - the TruTone Black and the Calfskin Leather. One reviewer was disappointed in the Calfskin Leather product but I was not. The leather is supple and the product appears sturdy and well made. There are two ribbon markers on this product. However, for those looking for value for money, please consider the TruTone version. It is excellent. Looks beautiful; the leatherlike cover has a gentle polished effect, which adds to its appearance. The interior of both versions is identical and the workmanship on the TruTone appears as professional as that on the Calfskin Leather version. Many TruTone Bibles fall short of their leather cousins but in this case Crossway has produced a TruTone Bible which looks, feels, reads and is made in a way which I believe makes it a viable alternative to the Genuine Leather or Calfskin Leather versions - at a much lower cost. I was thrilled when I unwrapped my TruTone Bible - and if you are looking to buy an ESV Study Bible which will last, looks great and yet you may not want to pay the higher price for the Leather versions - this is the one! |
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Review Summary: The Small Print |
Date: 2008-11-22 |
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Details: The ESV Study Bible contains a wealth of helpful information--perhaps too much! The notes are from an evangelical perspective and are generally even-handed. I especially appreciate the charts and colored maps that are interspersed throughout the text. For me personally, the main drawback of the ESV Study Bible is that the print size is too small for easy reading. (The print in The Reformation Study Bible [same translation] is easier on the eyes.) Much of the information in "Articles and Resources" could be published in a supplementary volume. Even though the current edition of the ESV Study Bible is somewhat hefty, I would prefer an even larger volume with larger print. I use the ESV Study Bible for reading at home--not for taking to church. |
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Review Summary: ESV Study Bible - All I had hoped for! |
Date: 2008-11-22 |
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Details: I'd been long anticipating the release of the ESV Study Bible. I've used the NKJV Geneva Study Bible for years, and the transition has been smooth. All the features are fabulous, as promised.I highly recommend this Bible.
One thing for those of us with dimming eyesight - the print in this particular edition is much smaller than I had expected - notes are challenging to read even with bifocals, the actual text is better, but still seems 'small' |
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Review Summary: More Than You Wanted to Know |
Date: 2008-11-19 |
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Details: Let me first say that I am a layman who uses study Bibles to help me in personal study and in carrying out Bible teaching responsibilities. I have been using the English Standard Version Study Bible (ESVSB) for a little over two weeks now and it is already an invaluable tool. My frame of reference is the Life Application Bible which I had been using for more than ten years. Now there is nothing wrong with the Life Application Bible. It is still an excellent study tool, particularly the introductions to the books of the Bible. But the ESVSB simply contains so much more valuable material. Let me illustrate. The introduction to the book of Isaiah in the Life Application Bible runs to two pages, discussing themes, an outline and a timeline, authorships and dates. The same material in the ESVSB runs to seven pages, drilling down into much more detail. The same thing is true for the book of Romans in the New Testament, where the Life Application Bible provides two pages of introduction and the ESVSB provides six pages.
There are basically three things one can get from a good study Bible.
1) Notes on the Bible passages.
2) Introductions and supplemental material about each book.
3) Introductions and supplemental material about the Bible as a whole and its themes.
In all three areas, the ESVSB seems to excel from my short exposure to it. I have already commented on the introductions to the books.
I am currently leading a study of the book of Daniel and was in the middle of the complicated last three chapters, 10 - 12 when I received this study Bible. It was immediately a great aid to me, both in terms of explaining the various interpretations of Daniel 11 and providing voluminous supplemental material. Daniel 10 - 12 is of great interest because of its prophetic words about the future and end times. It is foundational in studying prophetic future and in the study of eschatology. The notes on the chapter explain rather fully not only the dispensational view, for whom this chapter has great significance, but they explore alternate perspectives as well. Particularly good are the notes about the near term inter-testamental period in which this material was first fulfilled. There is a well researched and documented exposition of the Persian, Greek, and Hasmonian empires complete with lists of rulers that help to explain the cryptic comments about the various Kings of the North and South in Daniel 11.
As far as the summary sections and comments, I have already used the articles on the background of the New Testament and the intertestamental period and have found them extremely helpful.
Many study Bibles seem to have a specific perspective and theological point of view. The one perhaps most similar to the ESV Study Bible is the ESV Reformation Study Bible edited by R. C. Sproul. In fact, many of the contributors to the ESV Reformation Study Bible also contributed to the ESV Study Bible. The major difference seems to be (and I have not personally seen the ESV Reformation Study Bible) the desire to emphasize Reformed tradition particularly, possibly at the expense of other points of view. Other study Bibles offer the views of a single author, such as the MacArthur Study Bible or the Ryrie Study Bible, both espousing a dispensational perspective with varying degrees of intensity. The ESVSB seems to offer a strong evangelical perspective with a Reformed position mixed with full explanations of dispensational theology.
The ESVSB major editorial tasks were carried out by Wayne Grudem and J. I. Packer, two well known names in the world of evangelical scholarship. They also contributed study notes or articles for some of the specific books of the Bible. Other article contributors were well known evangelical writers, John Piper, Mark Dever and R. Kent Hughes. There are extensive articles on a wide range of subjects from the Intertestemental Period to God's Plan of Salvation. There is an interesting series of articles relating the Bible to Judiasm, Islam, other world religions and cults.
All in all, the ESV Study Bible gives you perhaps more than you wanted to know and much that is useful for anyone seeking to more fully and accurately understand what the Bible is saying and how it relates to our worldview. I could not recommend it more highly. |
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Review Summary: Not What I Thought |
Date: 2008-11-18 |
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Details: This Bible was not what I thought. So far I had purchased both the "Spirit of the Reformation" and the "Reformation Study Bible". The former was far better except for the NIV translation. The notes were superb and the scholarship shined through. So I thought this would be better and give me what I needed. Here is what I didn't like because reviews of what others did like can tell you what is good about it:
1. It is huge - Don't plan on lugging this thing around a lot.
2. The notes are very partial and often vague. I found myself looking in the notes and very often not seeing what the SOTR Bible had to offer. If you are not reformed and are just wanting "basic" notes on the text then you may be pleased.
3. I also found some dating issues a problem. The date they chose for Revelation is the late date. Not everyone agrees with this and they pretty much just blew the "early date" view off without any real reason why they chose the one they did.
4. The sections in the back seem like a waste of space. There is a lot of reading to do back there. Topics are covered from Bible Study to Salvation and it is very shallow and not what I thought was a good way to end the book.
5. It is definitely not preteristic (if that is your view).
6. It hides its contributors. What I mean is a buyer ought to be able to look at the authors and expect to find their personality and beliefs in the writings. Not with this Bible. It is very general and you almost see no expression between books and writers.
In summary, this is just an okay Bible and not near what it was made out to be. If you are going to get a study Bible try the SOTB (for Reformed believers), The Apologetics Study Bible (for apologetics) or the Archaeological Study Bible (for notes, maps and charts). Each of these far exceed the ESV Study Bible in their area of interest. |
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