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Summary: Oxford NIV Scofield Study Bible
Review: In taking my Bible study very serious, I like to have at my disposal, a Bible that translates well for everyday language. That is why I highly rcommend the Oxford NIV Scofield Study Bible. The NIV version is a translation that is not so high on language that the average reader could not understand it. Instead, its a translation that's readable and because it has been revised and written by scholars and also theologians from all denominations, you have a broad array of language form and appliability to study and meditate on.
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Summary: The Very Best!
Review: It took twenty six years, but my first copy is literally worn out, and another is the only acceptable replacement. One of my requests on returning from military combat was a good study bible. I was presented with twelve different ones by members of my church. My elderly pastor was responsible for the Scofield. It quickly became both my everyday and study source, and still is. I truly believe it was inspired by God for my use.
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Summary: Reliable resource
Review: Just like his correspondence course administered by the Moody Bible Institute, Scofield, in this Bible, has proven to be a reliable source of bibilical interpretation and reference that is faithful to the fundamentals of Christianity. Because of the early writing date, he is refreshingly unhindered by today's liberal apostasy.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: Scofield's study notes were one of the few that late great J.Vernon McGee esteemed. I decided to check it out a few years ago, and I found out why. Though they were specifically tailored to the KJV trans of the bible (and it shows occasionally) the extras still work great with any translation of the of the bible, and the NIV is no exception.
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Summary: Just a Minute...Where's my Scofield
Review: The old Scofield Reference Bible, now called the Scofield Study Bible, is the Bible that really helped open the Scriptures to me. Scholarly in it's presentation and dispensational in its theology, it is, I suppose, the greatest study Bible ever published. I probably have every english translation of the Bible (although these new translations I consider interpretations) and several study Bibles and some are quite good...the NIV Study Bible, for example. But none come close to the old Scofield. I don't know, when you use it over the course of many years, it is 2nd nature to turn right where you need to go. I can't recommend it enough. AND IT IS NOT JUST FOR PREACHERS! I think one of reasons the visible church is in the mess it is in today, other than God said it would be so (the leaven is doing exactly what Christ said it would do), is that so many believers, and church members, are having their preachers and teachers interpret the Bible for them instead of digging into the meat and potatos of God's Word for themselves. It is because of this ignorance of the Word of God that all this junk theology has spilled over from the cults into the visible church. 'Ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth', 2Tim.3:7. Anyone who has a working knowledge of all 66 books of the Bible knows EXACTLY what is happening. Yes, the old Scofield is a wonderful tool to help with God's Word. The only drawback of the model 391 large print is that it has no maps. Please note that this is not an endorsement for the New Scofield Bible. The 1967 edition of that Bible actually changed words in the text, some without even so much as a footnote (Someone told me that this has been changed, but I don't know for sure). Also, Dr.Scofield had basically NOTHING to do with the notes in that Bible, for he had departed this earth decades earlier. The reader is not told which notes are Scofield's and which are not. It all had to do with the expiration of the copyright. As they say, follow the money trail. And sadly, that applies to these modern translations of today (the serpent's FIRST attack was an attack on the Word of God..."Hath God said". Nothing's changed). The old Scofield uses the KJV text and it is a very reliable translation. Yes, it has its problems (Rom.3:2 for example. 'Oracles' is an unfortunate translation of the word 'ta logia'. The NIV is far superior with 'the very words of God'). But the reader should understand that the KJV is just a translation. I don't have a problem with that. It's these new translations that remove entire sections from the text....that I have a problem with. The old Scofield can start you on your journey of real Bible study.
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Summary: Very Good Work
Review: The Old Scofield Study Bible (KJV) is one of a kind. Let me be honest right from the start by saying that God's Word does not make any sense unless it is understood with a dispensational perspective. Anything less than that, and your stuck with a Bible that contradicts itself all over the place. All a believer has to do is allow God's Word to interpret itself, instead of listening to the so-called scholars of higher Christian education. They are the main reason for the Laodicean apostasy we find ourselves in today. Scofield did a good job at letting God's Book speak for itself. I have discovered by experience that most of the study bibles out there on the market today are filled with nothing but the authors private interpretation of the scriptures. What's so difficult about just believing what God's Word says, and not adding your own thoughts to it. The Scofield Study Bible does have it's weaknesses on certain passages, but overall it surpasses any other study bible currently out there. With all due respect, people that haven't discovered this have never really searched and studied the Book "with their hearts" well enough to make any worthwhile comment on the subject. Given the choice, I choose to listen and trust God's Word, and not the liberal Christian scholars. Ahhh, there's nothing like a King James Bible to clear up a college education.
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Summary: To much Scofield and no meat !!
Review: The only reason I gave it 2 stars is becuase Scofield gave it an honest try but, comes up short. Spirtually speaking you will starve to death reading this Bible if your hungry for the truth.The best thing I have to say about it is his headlines are accrurate (most of the time) but, you will be just as hungry whem you are finshed reading, as you were when you started.Scofield follows the traditions of man to the tilt. So if you into traditions this could be for you. However I do not recommend this Bible, I recommend The Companion Bible by E W Bullinger, whereby traditions of men and Church "systems" are not followed and, you are fed meat instead of milk. Sincerly,Your Friend and Brother, In Christ Jesus.
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Summary: SCOFIELD BIBLE: KJV ENHANCED AND POLITICALLY CORRECT
Review: The Scofield study bible has useful, and in some ways unique features, which enhance the King James or Authorised version of the bible. Scofield had a problem in that at the time of writing he knew that the KJV was not the best text available. New Hebrew and Greek biblical documents had been discovered since 1611, and textual criticism had advanced greatly. However, Scofield manages to preserve the universally recognised beauty of the Authorized whilst enhancing the textual accuracy at vital points with in-line glosses (word or phrase substitutions), with the original King James text moved to the margin. These glosses are indicated by a pair of vertical line | like this |. A good example of this is found in John chapter 1, verse 12: the phrase 'sons of God' is rendered as 'children of God'. This had the double virtue of being a more accurate translation of the Greek 'tekna theou', and is also gender-neutral - politically correct before his time! An Old Testament example would be Ex. 20 v.13, the well known 'Thou shalt not kill'. Here 'kill' is footnoted, and there is a one sentence explanation that, while there are several Hebrew words for 'kill', this instance means 'murder' as it has our modern legal sense of unlawful premeditated killing.Other features include doctrinal summaries in the form of extended footnotes on the great themes of scripture, such as the section in John's gospel on grace. I think these are best described as conceptually rich and information dense. The coherence of the Old to New Testament sweep is such that several sermons or bible studies could be culled from any one of these summaries. Their usefulness in personal study is immense and sometimes saves the cost of a specialist reference book. The chain reference system enables one to follow a very extensive line of thought from the first bible occurrence of a word or concept through to the last. There are useful organised expositions of Judaistic culture, worldview, and thought habits. An excellent example of this would be the handling of the Hebraic habits of naming and word play (I don't call them 'puns'). One of the most potent of these is his analysis of the Names of God, from Elohim to 'Alpha and Omega'. Having said all I have to say in a laudatory vein, I have to add that sometimes Scofield's conciseness is too clipped for his own good. He gives cut-and-dried answers to things which would be better handled as 'maybe this, or maybe that', and this is guaranteed to irritate the true scholar at times. He can also make comments which are so text-critically controversial that he would be better off passing over them in silence, an example of this would be the four line footnote on the 'woman taken in adultery' in John chapter 8. But buy it and not regret it is my only advice.
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Summary: A Handy Version of the Old Scofield
Review: The small-sized version of Oxford's Old Scofield bible is a perfect blend of portability and scholarship. This is C.I. Scofield's 1917 version, which uses the KJV text along with Scofield's study aids--cross references, explanations, and introductions to each book. It also has two indexes (one for names, one for subjects) and a concordance as well as an index to the Scofield elements.
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Summary: Great Study Tool
Review: This study Bible is a great tool for those who take the Bible as the inspired and inerrant word of God. The study notes are from a Dispensational (pretribulational premillennialism) perspective. Like the original Scofeild Study Bible of 1909, the notes are written from a literal-historical-grammatical hermeneutic, but have been revised (the revision was first published in 1967) to reflecte an up-to-date view of Dispensational theology (which is sympathetic to Scofield's views). The revision team was comprised of the best of the best of theologians. It was chaired by Dr. E. Schuyler English, and the committee members were Dr. Frank E. Gaebelein (Headmaster Emeritus of The Stony Brook School), Dr. William Culbertson (President of Moody Bible Institute), Dr. Charles Feinberg (Dean of Talbot Theological Seminary), Dr. Allan A. MacRae (President of Biblical Theological Seminary), Dr. Clarence Mason Jr. (Dean of Philadelphis College of the Bible), Dr. Wibur M. Smith (Editor of Peloubet's Select Notes), and Dr. John F. Walvoord (President of Dallas Theological Seminary). The only other study Bible to compare this to (theologicaly speaking) would be the Ryrie Study Bible (which is also top notch).
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