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Summary: Excellent, smooth easy to read.
Review: Similar in layout to the NIV study bible, with personal pages in the front (ex. marriage, births, special events, ect.) then a biblical chronologic graphic done very well ,but with the excellently updated NASB translation. Study notes are very detailed with alternative translations noted. Great Gives detailed background on GREEK meanings of original writings..for Greek word for love in Jesus' first two questions is different from the word for love in his third question, which is the same word Peter uses in all three questions..." (then goes on to expain the different meanings with silver edges, Burgandy, and Black..you can special order the other colors through Amazon since burgandy is the only color listed. Could note book handy. But there are pages in the back that are blank labled NOTES. I sometimes need to check up meanings of english words in the I highlight with a blue highlighter PENCIL and doesn't go through the page... All in all, a most awesome blessing!
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Summary: Not As Good As NIV Study Bible
Review: The NASB is a more literal translation than the NIV, but my rating is not related to that. Most of the NASB study notes were taken from the NIV Study Bible. Unfortunately, a lot of them were watered down and/or are not sufficient in the NASB.
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Summary: Not As Good As NIV Study Bible
Review: The NASB is a more literal translation than the NIV, but my rating is not related to that. Most of the NASB study notes were taken from the NIV Study Bible. Unfortunately, a lot of them were watered down and/or are not sufficient in the NASB.
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Summary: What could be better?
Review: The NASB study bible is a very effective study tool for the bible student. All in one you get the most accurate and literal translation using the best hebrew and greek manuscripts along with some of the very best study notes that i have ever read in a study bible. I have truly been waiting for over 5 years to see such a great work and it has finally arrived and i am a very happy student of scripture, i only wish i had more room to write my notes but that is what notebooks are for. Get it and enjoy the latest from Zondervan.
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Summary: Excellent, but not ideal.
Review: The NASB Study Bible is simply the NIV Study Bible adapted for those who prefer the translation of the NASB to the NIV. It therefore includes all the strengths of the NIV study Bible: copious notes, cross-references, concordances, and maps, et al. Few would dispute that in a world of competitive Study Bibles, the NIV Study Bible is perhaps the finest produced by evangelicals. Why then am I less enthusiastic about the NASB Study Bible? One simple reason: The NIV Study Bible works because the translators of the NIV produced all the notes. Many of the comments focus on the translation of the NIV itself and provide justification for difficult decisions in translation made by the translators. Adapting the notes for another translation almost seems pointless. Admittedly, Kenneth Boa has admirably adapted the new edition for use with the NASB. Yet doubts remain. Why use notes principally designed for use with another translation? I suppose the obvious answer is that the market lacked a critical study Bible that uses the text of the NASB and that this was the cheapest route. But that raises another question: Must a Study Bible be made available in every translation to cater to everyone's diverse tastes? Bottom line: If you want the NIV Study Bible, I recommend the NIV edition. If you absolutely must have the NASB then this compromise is certainly acceptable, even excellent, but not ideal. The NASB is one of the few translations that actually works well on its own, without an accompanying study notes because the footnotes and additional readings are so extensive.
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Summary: The Best Bible Around!
Review: This Bible is finally a study Bible worth purchasing. It combines the best study Bible notes ever (from the NIV Study Bible) with the best English translation available. Because every word of Scripture is God-breathed, English-speaking Christians who do not know Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek should be grateful for the high translating standards of the Lockman Foundation that went into the NASB translation. Now in a study Bible worth having! Almost all other study Bibles either provide feeble applications or aberrant/dispensational theology. Just too bad the New Geneve Study Bible's notes aren't more copious and don't come with the NASB translation. But this is the best you can get.
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Summary: An excellent study Bible!
Review: This Bible is very well thought out. It is very user friendly, and if you are a novice Christian, or a veteran, you will enjoy reading this Bible. I can't say enough about NASB. It is so much more readable then the King James Version. My favorite attributes of this Bible are the historical references. They give you information on the author, and when the chapters were believed to be written. Whether you want to learn, or teach, I believe that you will find this wonderful Bible a blessing.
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Summary: An excellent study Bible!
Review: This Bible is very well thought out. It is very user friendly, and if you are a novice Christian, or a veteran, you will enjoy reading this Bible. I can't say enough about NASB. It is so much more readable then the King James Version. My favorite attributes of this Bible are the historical references. They give you information on the author, and when the chapters were believed to be written. Whether you want to learn, or teach, I believe that you will find this wonderful Bible a blessing.
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Summary: Zondervan NASB Study Bible
Review: This is the bible for which I've been waiting. I have always been fond of the study tools in the NIV Study Bible, but I have never been satisfied with the NIV translation. The NASB is credited as the most accurate and literal translation. With the 1995 update it's even more readable. The study notes cover historical, archeological, and devotional information. The center-column references are exhaustive. There are very detailed in-text maps and charts that provide supplemental informtation. The book introductions provide extensive information on the background of each book as well as providing a detailed outline. In the back of the bible there are three indexes. There is a subject index, an index to the study notes and the NASB concordance/dictionary. In the front of the bible there is a very detailed chronological timeline. There are also several essays on selected subjects. This is a very useful study tool and by far the most complete study bible in the New American Standard that I've ever seen.
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Summary: Study notes not so helpful...
Review: While I find the NASB text to be, for the most part, superior to most available translations, I was saddened by the study notes. These notes do contain a great deal of doctrinally influenced interpretation, and sometimes qualify the text greatly. The point of the notes often seems not to illuminate with little-known historical contextual information, but rather to explain the text so that it jives smoothly with contemporary American evangelical doctrine. As such it at times is oppressive and detracts from the text. Most distressing, the notes go out of their way to shamelessly read into the text wherever possible a rancorously homophobic sentiment. I am sure that there are some objective and helpful notes included in this study bible, however my encounters with the bad ones have caused me to seriously question the integrity of this aid as any reliable source. NASB is on the whole a good, reliable version--and overall probably the best available. One should just bear in mind that none of the modern translation efforts is completely free of antigay mis-translation of the "clobber passages": Unfortunately this is still a held-over tradition that most conservative, denominationally-funded translation committees are still unwilling to seriously address.
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