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Summary: Phenomenal. Makes bible reading enjoyable and enriching.
Review: At 28 I have tried to read the bible many times during my life -- I've tried KJV and Living Bible and even NIV -- but simply reading verse after verse without ever really understanding what it meant or how it was applicable in my life, I ended up giving up. And then I'd try again months or years later, and give up again. I'm going through a challenging time in my life right now and decided that perhaps this is God's way of bringing me closer to him -- so I set out to buy a bible using something that wasn't available the last time I thought about bible reading... Amazon.com. After reading about the umpteen different bibles available I finally settled on the NIV Quest Study Bible in leather binding. I made the right decision. This is the first time that I read and understand what I'm reading. The explanations and questions and answers it offers are invaluable to me in my journey to become a better Christian by reading the bible. I am using the two-week "bible highlights" study plans it offers right now, and I actually look forward to my daily 20 minute bible reading sessions! This bible is going to be the gift I give to all my loved ones from now on. I highly recommend it. It could very well change your life -- it is already changing mine. God bless.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I am not at all familiar with religion in any sense, but have been feeling curious lately. I received the Quest Study Bible as a gift and was pleasantly surprised. I have never read the Bible and this version is very easy to follow and its side notes help you to better understand. I am so impressed with this Bible. I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't know a whole lot about the Bible and are wanting to become more familiar with it. In the back of this Bible, suggestions for readings are given for if you are feeling hopeless, lazy, angry, etc. This is a really neat Bible! I highly recommend to everyone!
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I am not at all familiar with religion in any sense, but have been feeling curious lately. I received the Quest Study Bible as a gift and was pleasantly surprised. I have never read the Bible and this version is very easy to follow and its side notes help you to better understand. I am so impressed with this Bible. I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't know a whole lot about the Bible and are wanting to become more familiar with it. In the back of this Bible, suggestions for readings are given for if you are feeling hopeless, lazy, angry, etc. This is a really neat Bible! I highly recommend to everyone!
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Summary: Easy to Read, Answers a lot of questions along the way
Review: I got the earlier version of the Quest study bible 10 years ago when it first came out. At that point, I hadn't read through the bible yet but I would get frustrated when I couldn't understand what I was reading. Since I got this bible I have made my way through the bible three times. The questions and answer style along the side are very user friendly. I would highly recommend this bible!
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Summary: Easy to Read, Answers a lot of questions along the way
Review: I got the earlier version of the Quest study bible 10 years ago when it first came out. At that point, I hadn't read through the bible yet but I would get frustrated when I couldn't understand what I was reading. Since I got this bible I have made my way through the bible three times. The questions and answer style along the side are very user friendly. I would highly recommend this bible!
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Summary: Answers where you need them!!
Review: The revised edition of the Quest Study Bible is truly helpful to anyone who wants to understand the bible! This Bible contains 7,000 succinct notes right where you need them along side the text. The 350 articles are well written and are located near the relevant scriptures to which they refer. Each book of the Bible is introduced and there is a detailed index at the back as well as a concordance. This is not a scholarly Bible but it is designed to answers the questions most of us ask rather than to speculate on questions the average person would not even dream of! The Quest format is simple, inviting and easy to follow. This Bible is similar in format to a textbook and helps us learn many important lessons for living a faith based life. I can't recommend it too highly!!
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Summary: Answers where you need them!!
Review: The revised edition of the Quest Study Bible is truly helpful to anyone who wants to understand the bible! This Bible contains 7,000 succinct notes right where you need them along side the text. The 350 articles are well written and are located near the relevant scriptures to which they refer. Each book of the Bible is introduced and there is a detailed index at the back as well as a concordance. This is not a scholarly Bible but it is designed to answers the questions most of us ask rather than to speculate on questions the average person would not even dream of! The Quest format is simple, inviting and easy to follow. This Bible is similar in format to a textbook and helps us learn many important lessons for living a faith based life. I can't recommend it too highly!!
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Summary: Best Bible for young Christians
Review: This newly updated version of the Quest Study Bible is the version I would suggest to anyone who wants to understand the Bible but has a minimum of Bible knowledge. Based on the New International Version it has over 7,000 sidebar notes written in a clear, comprehensible style. As a result it is easy to understand the background of the different passages. In addition to the sidebar notes it has almost 350 articles including many brand new ones since the last edition. Multiple timelines, charts, maps, book introductions, a dictionary, a concordance, and a reading plan add even more benefit to this book. If you are into Hebrew and Greek word studies or other really detailed, in-depth studies then this book is probably not what you are looking for. On the other hand, this is one of the best versions available for the young Christian or anyone else wanting to gain a good, meaningful understanding of the Bible. Probably the best way to explain how this Bible works is to give an example or two. If you open it to Joshua 18 the sidebars have the following questions and the answers to them: "What was the purpose of the Tent of Meeting", "What were these seven tribes waiting for", "Why cast lots to divide the land", "Was this an advantageous placement for Benjamin". An example from the New Testament might be Acts 17 where it has the following questions: "What did the Epicureans believe", "What did the Stoics believe", "Why did the philosophers call Paul a babbler", "What was the Areopagus" and others. This is also an excellent resource for Sunday School teachers because it poses and answers all the most common (and many unusual) questions that people are likely to have. This is simply the best version available for young Christians seeking to gain an understanding of the Bible, but it is also recommended for teachers and anyone else dealing with young Christians.
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Summary: Best Bible for young Christians
Review: This newly updated version of the Quest Study Bible is the version I would suggest to anyone who wants to understand the Bible but has a minimum of Bible knowledge. Based on the New International Version it has over 7,000 sidebar notes written in a clear, comprehensible style. As a result it is easy to understand the background of the different passages. In addition to the sidebar notes it has almost 350 articles including many brand new ones since the last edition. Multiple timelines, charts, maps, book introductions, a dictionary, a concordance, and a reading plan add even more benefit to this book. If you are into Hebrew and Greek word studies or other really detailed, in-depth studies then this book is probably not what you are looking for. On the other hand, this is one of the best versions available for the young Christian or anyone else wanting to gain a good, meaningful understanding of the Bible. Probably the best way to explain how this Bible works is to give an example or two. If you open it to Joshua 18 the sidebars have the following questions and the answers to them: "What was the purpose of the Tent of Meeting", "What were these seven tribes waiting for", "Why cast lots to divide the land", "Was this an advantageous placement for Benjamin". An example from the New Testament might be Acts 17 where it has the following questions: "What did the Epicureans believe", "What did the Stoics believe", "Why did the philosophers call Paul a babbler", "What was the Areopagus" and others. This is also an excellent resource for Sunday School teachers because it poses and answers all the most common (and many unusual) questions that people are likely to have. This is simply the best version available for young Christians seeking to gain an understanding of the Bible, but it is also recommended for teachers and anyone else dealing with young Christians.
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