KJV Study Bible: Red Letter Reference (Leatherette)

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Summary: Christian's View of the Scofield Study Bible
Review: I have been familiar with this work for 25 years. It starts with the logical premise that God's word is to be believed, and where possible, to be taken literally. Where this might cause problems, Dr. Scofield takes you gently through the process of looking at similar passages which throw light on the subject. There is a helpful "Chain-Reference " system, and a very helpful index of subjects. For me, a revelation and a new start to my life!

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Summary: Outstanding -
Review: The book came less than one week and it was shipped withing 24 hours.

The book was in new condition and would love to have another at the same price. Thanks so much for excellent service.

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Summary: Outstanding -
Review: The book came less than one week and it was shipped withing 24 hours.

The book was in new condition and would love to have another at the same price. Thanks so much for excellent service.

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Summary: EXCELLENT BIBLE FOR THE COST
Review: The Scofield "King James Study Bible," published by Barbour, is a reprint of the 1909 Scofield Reference Bible. This edition is a real bargain, if you'd like a Scofield, but aren't interested in a leather binding.

Differences between the 1909 and the 1917 versions are small, but they are there...so if you're looking for a copy in order to participate in a study group, you might want to check with the pastor or group leader. Page for page, the actual Bible text and notes hardly differ, and the pages correspond one-to-one between editions. This 1909 version lacks these features:

It does *not* have the dates in the center column.
It does not have the "Panoramic View of the Bible."
The intro to Paul's letters lacks the section called "The Two Silences."
The intro entitled "The Jewish-Christian Epistles" is shorter.
"Use of the Index" is missing (but relatively unimportant).
The back cover says it includes color maps. This is an error. There are NO maps, color or otherwise, and no illustrations.

It *does* include "Where to Find It" in the New and the Old Testaments, a Calendar for daily reading...AND it's a red-letter Bible. It has the full 259 pages of Scofield's glossary, index, "Righly Dividing the Word" and many other helps, aside from the notes and chain references in the text. Barbour uses nice quality Bible paper and a good strong binding. Scofield virtually invented the "study Bible" as we think of it, and this is a wealth of information, conservative but fascinating for all points of view.

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Summary: Economic Version of Scofield Study Bible
Review: This Bible has the original notes of C. I. Scofield, that eventually went into his series of Scofield Study Bibles. However it costs less and is bound with hardened paper (leatherette). The font is a bit old-fashioned and small, but on the whole it is a good value for your money. The only thing that bugged me is that the references to Bible chapter and verse were in Roman numerals. Makes it somewhat difficult if you're not familiar with the L, X, V system. I'm glad I got this version first and hence decided not to get a more expensive Old or New Scofield Study Bible.

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Summary: Economic Version of Scofield Study Bible
Review: This Bible has the original notes of C. I. Scofield, that eventually went into his series of Scofield Study Bibles. However it costs less and is bound with hardened paper (leatherette). The font is a bit old-fashioned and small, but on the whole it is a good value for your money. The only thing that bugged me is that the references to Bible chapter and verse were in Roman numerals. Makes it somewhat difficult if you're not familiar with the L, X, V system. I'm glad I got this version first and hence decided not to get a more expensive Old or New Scofield Study Bible.

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Summary: The Original Scofield Is The Best You'll Get On The Market
Review: This is THE original 1909 edition. Contains Scofield's "Rightly Dividing The Word Of Truth," a MUST read for gaining a real insight into fundamental scriptural truths and freeing oneself from the bondage of superstitious and fallacious oppressive religious hocus-pocus biblical interpretations.

In no field of human activity has there ever been, nor will there ever be, so much oppression and manipulation as in the field of faith and religion, whereas this is precisely THE field where one should be able to truly emancipate oneself from the bondage of fellow human co-miserants.

All the goods our recent and modern civilization owns, it owes it to the reform and the reformators. With the reform gradually came political freedom, moral and spiritual emancipation, the cultivation of intellectual pursuits and arts, the dawn of economic freedom and the rise of capitalism, the italian renaissance, etc. Forget about the french revolution, which brought nothing but bloodshed and decapitations, the tyranny of collectivism and ... the dictatorship of Napoleon.

The soul and the conscience of man is the heart and the centerpiece (the holiest of holies if you wish) of human achievments.

To come back to the Scofield Reference Bible(s), there are ONLY two legitimate versions, the 1909 version (first publication) and the 1917 version (second, only slightly modified, version). These are the original legacies of C. I. Scofield and were reverently left untouched untill the mid-sixties. The NEW Scofield Bibles are not only awash with new added-on modern theological interpretations, but they also dilute the original work and emasculate it from its original fundamentalist strength. Beware. Avoid them is my only advice.

C. I. Scofield was the first to introduce what is still known as THE (Scofield) Reference Bible, prophesied the re-birth of the State of Israël and the return of Jews to their homeland. Since that time many have tried to follow in his footsteps, sometimes with the attempt to improve on his work, but no one has reached his level of dedication and logic.

Scofield's premise is that the Bible has but ONE Author, not many authors, and that all its books form one big collection of books, all given by the same Author, a collection which complements itself, with some parts throwing more light on other parts of that same collection of books, namely the Bible as a whole. It is on this premise that his, at that time unique, innovative system of chain references was developped.

This is probably THE best Bible you'll ever get on the market (probably only rivalled by the notes of J.N. Darby's annotated english version and his introduction to his french translation).

My advice is get your hands on anything you can that's written by C. I. Scofield, from "Rightly Dividing The Word Of Truth" to "Prophecy Made Plain", up to his "Scofield Bible Correspondance Course," which constituted the building blocks out of which sprang "The Scofield Reference Bible."

You'll be enriched with an Everlasting Treasure and feel like you're being more and more intimately acquainted with an Author you'll long to meet on a daily basis, for evermore. In His Presence, Eternal Life will finally look like a very desirable thing.