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Summary: A Baptist Bible College Student
Review: I have a rather large collection of Bibles. I reccomend this Bible for everyone who asks my opinion. I have had other Bibles in the past including Thompson Chain which is a great study Bible. I have had a Ryrie for years. I love the font. A personal Bible should be like a map that is used daily. Different Bibles just dont read the same as "your own," you know. After I wore out my first Ryrie, I had a Scofield given to me. I just haven't found it as easy to read and to navigate as the Ryrie. As a preacher the Ryrie really helps me to read from the pulpit. I can find my favorite passages quickly and easily. Ephesians 2:8-9. I hope that you get a Ryrie!
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Summary: A Baptist Bible College Student
Review: I have a rather large collection of Bibles. I reccomend this Bible for everyone who asks my opinion. I have had other Bibles in the past including Thompson Chain which is a great study Bible. I have had a Ryrie for years. I love the font. A personal Bible should be like a map that is used daily. Different Bibles just dont read the same as "your own," you know. After I wore out my first Ryrie, I had a Scofield given to me. I just haven't found it as easy to read and to navigate as the Ryrie. As a preacher the Ryrie really helps me to read from the pulpit. I can find my favorite passages quickly and easily. Ephesians 2:8-9. I hope that you get a Ryrie!
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Summary: Good Study Tool--Too many notes.
Review: I have owned a number of study bibles in the past (Dakes, Nelson, Thompson, etc.). I have not been completely satisfied with any of them. In my search, I have determined the following criteria, which have to be balanced in selection of a bible. Of course, your needs may vary.The Ryrie Study Bible meets most of my needs. However, there are way too many notes that are unnecessary and only serve to add bulk. It appears that Dr. Ryrie had a goal to increase the number of notes from his previous version.The construction is average. The leather quality is typical of the leather found on most bibles, and the same can be said of the paper quality. The binding is also typical. You can find Cambridge's bibles that offer overall superior construction with impressive leathers and paper. Cambridge's best personal bible retails for [$] that uses goatskin leather and leather lining. Holman's top of the line KJV reference bible ([$]) also has similar quality as compared to the Cambridge. Primarily a KJV reader, self-pronouncing text and a dictionary are features that are very beneficial to me. Ryrie does not provide these features. On the positive side, this bible has easy-to-read text, excellent subtitles, exceptional cross-references, a very useful topical section, functional concordance, great diagrams, and informative book introductions.
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Summary: Good Study Tool--Too many notes.
Review: Ryerie has put together an awesome Study Bible. It has maps in the text that show where in the world the events are happening. Verse notws that clear up trouble pasages. In the back, you have your own little handbook of theology. This is a must for everyone.
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Summary: Excellent, well Constructed Study Bible
Review: The Ryrie Study Bible Expanded Edition in the King James Version is one of the best study Bibles available today. The Expanded Edition of 1995 offers a superior font as compared to the old Ryrie, with many additional notes, plus in-text maps and charts. I don't find Ryrie to be 'as' Dispensational as the Scofield Bible. The Ryrie also has a brief Topical Bible in the back, and excellent doctrinal perspectives as well. The genuine leather Bible, as Moody Press told me years ago, is bound by the folks who are the binders for the Sultan of Brunei. I do know where the Bible originates, and they make ONLY excellent Bibles, which have sewn signatures and quality bindings. Yes, this Bible is expensive, but well worth it. Please avoid the Bonded Leather editions. They are garbage.
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Summary: Take It To The Deep Side
Review: This is an excellent Bible. It has a plethora of great study helps, layouts, and maps. If you need a quality Bible that will last through some extensive studying and still come out in good shape, this is it. I would recommend a version without the index tabs. They tend to get in the way when you want to quickly flip to a book you are familiar with. Plus the pages crease and fold a little around the tabs as time goes by. Another small disappointment is that there is no index for all of the charts and commentaries scattered throughout the Bible. I have made my own and attached it into the back. Be careful of some of Ryrie's comments also, they tend to be from a theological perspective and not always from the anointing. I call this library piece my 'mac daddy'.
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Summary: Take It To The Deep Side
Review: This is an excellent Bible. It has a plethora of great study helps, layouts, and maps. If you need a quality Bible that will last through some extensive studying and still come out in good shape, this is it. I would recommend a version without the index tabs. They tend to get in the way when you want to quickly flip to a book you are familiar with. Plus the pages crease and fold a little around the tabs as time goes by. Another small disappointment is that there is no index for all of the charts and commentaries scattered throughout the Bible. I have made my own and attached it into the back. Be careful of some of Ryrie's comments also, they tend to be from a theological perspective and not always from the anointing. I call this library piece my 'mac daddy'.
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