ESV Study Bible [Archive] - TUMI.org Forums

Andrew Lee

02-10-2009, 11:46 AM

I'm sure that others also know about this version of the Bible, but I thought I'd post about it anyway in case anyone's looking for a good study bible.

The ESV has recently released their ESV Study Bible (http://esvstudybible.org). As you know, it is the version that TUMI uses in our curriculum, but the ESV Study Bible is packed full of charts, maps, information and notes throughout the Bible.

I find one of the most useful advantages of the ESV Study Bible is that with purchase, you can open up a free online account on their website. With this account you will get the full content of the print version online as well as more resources. You can also type your own private notes next to the Scriptures which are saved on your own free account. And finally, you can listen to Scripture audibly online.

The only negative with this bible is that it's big and bulky. But if you don't mind that, it is a great study Bible to delve deeper in to the Word.

Hank Voss

04-01-2009, 03:15 PM

Christianity Today has said that 2008 was the year of the Study Bible. Zondervan came out with their 30th anniversary update of the NIV Study Bible, Tyndale published an updated Study Bible for the Living Translation that was ten years in the making, and the ESV study Bible that Andrew has posted on came out.

I agree with Andrew that the ESV is an amazing resource. But all three are key resources to have in our satellite libraries. Helping our students to get an excellent study Bible has to be at the top of our priorities. No other resource will be as helpful on a daily basis as this.

If one is forced to choose just one, then I would suggest the ESV Study Bible for your TUMI students. Each book has a ten or so page introduction, there are 100 pages of helpful theology notes in the back, and more study notes then any other study Bible that has ever been published (at least that is what the publisher claims). I am wearing my ESV t-shirt as I write this (they gave me a free one), so I may be biased, as no other publishing company has given me a free t-shirt yet, but I really do think I like the ESV study Bible the best.

J.I. Packer's opinion has always weighed heavily with me, and since we use several of his texts in the Capstone curriculum at TUMI, I thought his comments on the ESV study Bible are especially helpful:

“I was privileged to act as General Editor of the English Standard Version, and now that I look back on what we did in producing that version, I find myself suspecting very strongly that this was the most important thing that I have ever done for the Kingdom, and that the product of our labors is perhaps the biggest milestone in Bible translation in certainly the last half century at least, and perhaps more. And now, as Theological Editor of the ESV Study Bible, I believe that the work we have done together on this project has set an altogether new standard in study Bibles.”
J. I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, Canada

You can read more about the ESV, at: www.esvstudybible.org

For those who have resources, I would suggest putting a new study Bible (starting with the ESV) on your Christmas list for the next couple of years, and then reading through it using TUMI's "chronological through the Bible in a year" plan. This is a great way to get familiar with a number of Study Bible's, and also to learn a ton about the Bible.

I would be curious as to what others think of the ESV, and what other Study Bibles are being used?