The Dake Annotated Reference Bible - Standard (Bonded Leather, Burgundy) [M6750RS]

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Summary: A plethora of study data, but beware of dragons
Review: "Comprehensive" is the first word that comes to mind while skimming the pages of this Bible -- some pages have more footnotes than Scripture. There was obviously a lot of time and thought put into this work. Where that time and thought leads, however, is something of a grey area.

I certainly will not stand here and deny the grievances that have already been aired in these reviews and elsewhere: Dake's commentaries are full of opinion, and his opinion is of course not God's. Among the truth there are a good number of questionable half-truths and outright wrong teachings -- a rather confusing dissertation on the Trinity that I can only discern as being a tritheistic view, tales of Pre-Adamic Earth and Re-Creation, and several other key issues. Some of these incorrect dissertations are recognizable as the foundation for modern TBN "Charismatic" wackoism (and the primary wackos do like to quote Dake in their preaching), although many of these modern doctrines have mutated into things even more bizarre than what Dake has written.

So you ask me, "Why four stars?" Simply put, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. The 500,000-plus footnotes and cross-references within this work are a fountain, and exploring them will certainly get you digging deeper into the Word of God to realize the Truth contained therein. I myself sift through about six different Bibles in my daily study; Dake merely serves as the diving board. Read one of Dake's notes, ask yourself "was he right or wrong", and then set out to answer that question in the light of Scripture.

Any study bible is filled with the opinions of men. I am suspicious of anyone using any one source exclusively. But that does not make Dake's text a bad place to begin mining for the Truth. As with any study of God's Word, be prayerful for the discernment that the Holy Spirit offers you, and you will not be led astray.

Rating:
Summary: A plethora of study data, but beware of dragons
Review: "Comprehensive" is the first word that comes to mind while skimming the pages of this Bible -- some pages have more footnotes than Scripture. There was obviously a lot of time and thought put into this work. Where that time and thought leads, however, is something of a grey area.

I certainly will not stand here and deny the grievances that have already been aired in these reviews and elsewhere: Dake's commentaries are full of opinion, and his opinion is of course not God's. Among the truth there are a good number of questionable half-truths and outright wrong teachings -- a rather confusing dissertation on the Trinity that I can only discern as being a tritheistic view, tales of Pre-Adamic Earth and Re-Creation, and several other key issues. Some of these incorrect dissertations are recognizable as the foundation for modern TBN "Charismatic" wackoism (and the primary wackos do like to quote Dake in their preaching), although many of these modern doctrines have mutated into things even more bizarre than what Dake has written.

So you ask me, "Why four stars?" Simply put, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. The 500,000-plus footnotes and cross-references within this work are a fountain, and exploring them will certainly get you digging deeper into the Word of God to realize the Truth contained therein. I myself sift through about six different Bibles in my daily study; Dake merely serves as the diving board. Read one of Dake's notes, ask yourself "was he right or wrong", and then set out to answer that question in the light of Scripture.

Any study bible is filled with the opinions of men. I am suspicious of anyone using any one source exclusively. But that does not make Dake's text a bad place to begin mining for the Truth. As with any study of God's Word, be prayerful for the discernment that the Holy Spirit offers you, and you will not be led astray.

Rating:
Summary: A plethora of study data, but beware of dragons
Review: "Comprehensive" is the first word that comes to mind while skimming the pages of this Bible -- some pages have more footnotes than Scripture. There was obviously a lot of time and thought put into this work. Where that time and thought leads, however, is something of a grey area.

I certainly will not stand here and deny the grievances that have already been aired in these reviews and elsewhere: Dake's commentaries are full of opinion, and his opinion is of course not God's. Among the truth there are a good number of questionable half-truths and outright wrong teachings -- a rather confusing dissertation on the Trinity that I can only discern as being a tritheistic view, tales of Pre-Adamic Earth and Re-Creation, and several other key issues. Some of these incorrect dissertations are recognizable as the foundation for modern TBN "Charismatic" wackoism (and the primary wackos do like to quote Dake in their preaching), although many of these modern doctrines have mutated into things even more bizarre than what Dake has written.

So you ask me, "Why four stars?" Simply put, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. The 500,000-plus footnotes and cross-references within this work are a fountain, and exploring them will certainly get you digging deeper into the Word of God to realize the Truth contained therein. I myself sift through about six different Bibles in my daily study; Dake merely serves as the diving board. Read one of Dake's notes, ask yourself "was he right or wrong", and then set out to answer that question in the light of Scripture.

Any study bible is filled with the opinions of men. I am suspicious of anyone using any one source exclusively. But that does not make Dake's text a bad place to begin mining for the Truth. As with any study of God's Word, be prayerful for the discernment that the Holy Spirit offers you, and you will not be led astray.

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Summary: Dake's Study Bible
Review: A very good study Bible BUT.... you should know what you are getting into. Mr. Dake is a charasmatic and many of his doctrinal views reflect this stand.

The Dake Study Bible ennumerates EVERYTHING! While very enlightening at times, it can also be distracting and trivial at others. Overall, his commentary, historical analysis and observations are VERY GOOD. Be aware, however, that, in his numerous marginal notes, Mr. Dake has MORE TO SAY THAN GOD DOES!

Also, Mr. Dake is DEATH on God's Sabath, Holy Days, Laws, and the Identity of modern-day Israel.

The bottom line is that the Dake Study Bible is a fine-print Bible immersed in an ocean of even finer-print commentary. Due to his copious marginal notes and semingly endless subheads, when Mr. Dake is right, he is REALLY right! and when he is wrong, he is REALLY wrong!

With these cautions in mind, I would hartily recomend the Dake Study for intermediate to advanced Bible students.

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Summary: DAKES ANNOTATED REF BIBLE
Review: ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL REFERENCE BIBLE !! IF YOU'RE NO LONGER SATISFIED WITH WATERED DOWN TEACHING, GRAB HOLD TO THIS BOOK AND EAT THE SOLID FOOD IT PROVIDES IN EVERY WORD.
EAT AND BE FULL !!
GOD BLESS,
ANNETTE

Rating:
Summary: DAKES ANNOTATED REF BIBLE
Review: ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL REFERENCE BIBLE !! IF YOU'RE NO LONGER SATISFIED WITH WATERED DOWN TEACHING, GRAB HOLD TO THIS BOOK AND EAT THE SOLID FOOD IT PROVIDES IN EVERY WORD.
EAT AND BE FULL !!
GOD BLESS,
ANNETTE

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Summary: A serious bible for the serious bible learner
Review: Being a Christian in Indonesia, the biggest muslim country in the world, I found Dake's Bible (in addition to Scofield's) as "a good and perfect gift from above" for the 20th century (today is Dec 30, 2000). I understand that one has to prayerfully ponders and evaluates the doctrines, but I always cherish every single page of this Bible. It strengthens my Christian conviction and make the Bible an awesome ANSWER to all problems. My only hope is that the NIV version will one day be published. English is not my mother tongue and sometimes I struggle to understand the KJV.

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Summary: Makes You Want To Dig Deeper..Deeper...Deeper into the Word
Review: Dake is not right about everything, he's human like me, you and John Wesley. But he claims to have spent 100,000 hours studying God's Word, so he is certainly a Bible EXPERT! Expect to have your mind blown, time and time again, by his commentary, (notice, I didn't say His commentary). I'd also be reading God's Plan For Man by Dake, along with your Dake Bible. A lot of those questions you've had will be answered, I guarantee it. You won't agree with him always, but it'll be a blast conversing with Dake, Finney, Wesley, Sojourner Truth and all the rest of the saints during the Millenium and beyond!

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Summary: Good stuff. Influential on modern Christian Musicians.
Review: Dake's teaching on the bible has had a large impact on the contemporary Christian music. His music has even influenced such "secular" artists Bono of the musical group U2. Many people have found parallel's between Bono's lyrics and Rev. Dake's teaching on the curse of Ham.

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Summary: Great
Review: Dakes Annotated Reference Bible came quickly and in great shape. Even though it was used the book looks like new. GREAT JOB.