Review
by adustyframe ~ November 19th, 2008
I was given the opportunity to review Thomas Nelson’s new Chronological Study Bible. I have enjoyed looking through it and planning how I will use it for studying!
At first I was confused because I thought that Chronological meant they arranged the books of the Bible by the dates they were written.That is not the case! They arranged the books, and even some passages by the dates of the time period being narrated.
The study Bible is divided into 9 Epochs of time. Book order has been rearranged and some passages were moved to follow a chronological outline.
The beginning of this BIble has an extensive explanation of their decisions and an admission that scholars have differing viewpoints on the order of some of the events.
Included throught the Bible on the pages are the following:
*Maps
*Archeological Information
*Timelines
*Background and historical information
*Beliefs & customs of the time period
*Photos
*Science & Technology
*Footnotes
The pages are full of usual information and I believe this Bible would be a great help in my studies.
The copy I received is a hardcover with a dust jacket and reminds me of a big textbook. The paper is not the typical thin Bible paper but it’s not quite thick textbook paper. (That’s probably not important, but if you were going to buy it online you wouldn’t be able to tell what type of paper it is so I’m including it!)
In the back of this Bible there is a topical index, a glossary, a concordance, and an index of Scripture passages. There are also maps and blank pages for notes.
I was glad to see the index so that I could locate passages I wanted to look up. Since it’s not in typical order, finding things wouldn’t be as easy without this index. The index is arranged by the book order in a regular Bible so it is easy to use.
The Chronological Study Bible is the NKJV version. I only use the KJV, but I think this would be fine to use for studying.
This won’t be your “carry to church” Bible, I think that would be confusing. But it will be good for studying a certain book of the Bible or a certain time period.
You can see it here on Amazon.
