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Summary: The entire Bible at an affordable price!
Review: BOOK REVIEW:The "Gift & Award" Bibles are one of the cheapest--maybe even THE cheapest--Bibles out there. These Bibles are bare bones... That is; except for the table of weights and measures, introductions to each book, index of the passages featuring Jesus' ministry, list of key memory verses, list of 150 famous Bible stories, list of Biblical parables, etc.; they really have nothing to offer besides all the books from "Genesis" to "Revelations". What I like about these Bibles are that their pages are thick and don't wrinkle easily; most Bibles have thin pages, and they wrinkle very easily when I try to turn the pages. Another plus about these Bibles are that all the quotes made by Jesus are highlighted in red; they stand out easily from the other text which is black. What people might not like about these Bibles are that their print are extremely small, and a few people have complained about getting headaches when they tried to read the print. I am a very big fan of the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, and I have two copies of the NIV. However, I learned that the NIV leaves out a lot of words from the original Hebrew, Greek, and Armaic texts (i.e. there are words from these texts that weren't translated into English). I learned the King James Version (KJV) is more accurate in translation, and therefore, I'm thinking of getting a copy of the KJV.
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Summary: The entire Bible at an affordable price!
Review: BOOK REVIEW: The "Gift & Award" Bibles are one of the cheapest--maybe even THE cheapest--Bibles out there. These Bibles are bare bones... That is; except for the table of weights and measures, introductions to each book, index of the passages featuring Jesus' ministry, list of key memory verses, list of 150 famous Bible stories, list of Biblical parables, etc.; they really have nothing to offer besides all the books from "Genesis" to "Revelations". What I like about these Bibles are that their pages are thick and don't wrinkle easily; most Bibles have thin pages, and they wrinkle very easily when I try to turn the pages. Another plus about these Bibles are that all the quotes made by Jesus are highlighted in red; they stand out easily from the other text which is black. What people might not like about these Bibles are that their print are extremely small, and a few people have complained about getting headaches when they tried to read the print. I am a very big fan of the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, and I have two copies of the NIV. However, I learned that the NIV leaves out a lot of words from the original Hebrew, Greek, and Armaic texts (i.e. there are words from these texts that weren't translated into English). I learned the King James Version (KJV) is more accurate in translation, and therefore, I'm thinking of getting a copy of the KJV.
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Summary: A Good General Use Bible
Review: Do not buy this version of the Bible. The fonts are way too small. It's almost impossible to read the words.
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Summary: A Good Bible for Reading
Review: The New International Version of the Bible is used by many evangelical groups and conservative protestant denominations. It is very readable but alters classic passages to do this. It is a good Bible for reading, but has limited footnotes, and they are repetative. For study though, I would recommend the New Revised Standard Bible because of its balance of poetic quality of that in the original manuscripts and the meaning of the passages. Overall I give the NIV a four star rating.
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Summary: A Good General Use Bible
Review: This bible is very adequate for general use. The NIV is very easy to read and uses common languages. This is very good except for it alters classic passages and at times doesn't represent the poetic quality of the original texts adequately. It's print is pretty small but easy to get used to. Red lettering of Christ's words is very helpful. This bible tends to translate words favoring the Conservative-Evangelical views. All in all I would recomend this bible for the casual reader. If you want a study bible check out the Concordia Self Study Bible, a Lutheran NIV bible, or the Access Bible which uses the NRSV translation, which tends to be more literal in the tradition of the King James bible. I give the Bible 3 stars.
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Summary: cheap Bible for giving though not the best for study
Review: This printing of the NIV edition is a great beginner's Bible or one to give away to friends, though not the best for serious Bible study or intensive in-line notes. The font is rather small and the paper a bit dusty, though it does the job. Red-letter for Christ's words is helpful, though not an innovative feature. This printing was my very 1st Bible and I'll definetly have fond memories with it though the time has come to pass along the good book, the best book.
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Summary: Best book in the world
Review: When I was at school I was given a Bible authorised version. People said it was beautiful english like shakespeare.I didn't understand shakespeare either. Now to read this Bible NIV in clear english makes such a major difference. At this price buy a dozen and give some away to friends.Its the best book in the world.
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