Holy Bible: English Stanard Version, Trutone Tan Imitation Leather

Rating:
Summary: . . . Rating of the version, not the Bible
Review: I have mutual acquaintances with Kent Hughes, and John Piper, two contributers to this translation. Lane Dennis, Translation execitive producer and president of Crossway books is my uncle. . . so what?

Slight personal/hermeneutical interpretation tributaries the efficacy of this translation in efforts to create continuity between New Testament passages from Greek to English.

In Additon, The NASB is preferred by N.T. Wright, recently appointed Anglican Bishop of Westminster, and the undisputed premier New Testament Scholar in the world. This is the *second best translation to english in the world.

Rating:
Summary: . . . Rating of the version, not the Bible
Review: I have mutual acquaintances with Kent Hughes, and John Piper, two contributers to this translation. Lane Dennis, Translation execitive producer and president of Crossway books is my uncle. . . so what?

Slight personal/hermeneutical interpretation tributaries the efficacy of this translation in efforts to create continuity between New Testament passages from Greek to English.

In Additon, The NASB is preferred by N.T. Wright, recently appointed Anglican Bishop of Westminster, and the undisputed premier New Testament Scholar in the world. This is the *second best translation to english in the world.

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful Bible
Review: I love this bible. The leather is buttery soft, small enough for my shirt pocket and it has a large concordance normally not found in bibles this size.

As far as the translation is concerned I have found that it is the best option for all purposes. It can be read casually or studied diligently with equal enjoyment and edification. I have tried all of the translations including NASB, NIV and the NKJV, and have found this bible to be the best balance of readability and formal equivalence. You can trust this translation because (in my experience) it is not unnecessarily interpretive yet extremely readable. You can also trust it because it remains true to the original text without being so literal that it renders the text unintelligible.

For all around use in personal devotions and serious study I would recommend the ESV, and especially this beautiful little gem of a bible wrapped in buttery leather.