Read Online NIV Study Bible Hardcover Red Letter Edition Zondervan 0025986438920 Books

Product details Hardcover 2560 pages Publisher Zondervan; First Thus edition (October 29, 2011) Language English ISBN-10 0310438926

NIV Study Bible Hardcover Red Letter Edition Zondervan 0025986438920 Books Reviews

• First, let's deal with a few of the other reviewers' complaints. Some of them are just not legitimate.
  
  This is a STUDY Bible, all right? Study Bibles are too big and heavy to carry to church. They're for study, at home. If you want a Bible for church, buy a slimline or pew Bible, but don't complain about how big and heavy this is. Read the weight before you buy and the number of pages.
  
  Now for the margins. The side margins are a half inch and the top and bottom about 3/8 inch in the large print version. If you think these are two narrow (as some reviewers seem to), it's because this is a large print Bible and they're trying to make it thinner. Wider margins would have required more pages.
  
  Now for the darkness and size of the type. Bibles are printed on thinner paper so they aren't as heavy or as thick as they could be. There's a compromise between the thickness of the paper and show-through. With thinner paper, printers have to decrease the density or darkness of the type, so it doesn't show through to the other side. The type in this Bible is easily readable. There's nothing wrong with it at all. And, the large print is fine for my 62 year old bifocal eyes.
  
  So much for answering others' complaints. The footnotes in this version are helpful and clear. They provide some much-needed explanation and practical application of the text. The only complaint I have is when there's excessive references to other verses or other footnotes. Too much back-and-forth is laziness on the part of editors.
  
  That said, if you love to read and STUDY your Bible, you'll enjoy this one as much as I'm enjoying it. What we want more than anything is to understand what we're reading and be able to apply it to our life. This Bible gets high marks on both counts, thanks to the informative articles and good footnotes.
  
  Five stars because the NIV Study Bible will definitely help you in your desire to get closer to God.
• Excellent study bible, especially for beginners. Lots of detail, maps and charts.
• Just received today. It's very nice, very detailed. The leather cover is very nice. Also has a leather second page, or dust cover. The pages are great, not too thin, not too thick. Just right. Plus all the pictures and extra details are great to have. Being this is my first study bible and being new to reading the Bible all together, it's nice to have that extra information. I'm very glad I spent the extra money on this. Great quality.
• NIV Study Bible, Hardcover, Red Letter - Zondervan -- I am 71 years old and have bought many bibles through the years as well as study aids, such as concordances, study maps, Matthew Henry's Commentary, different versions of the Bible and many more. However, time & many moves has destroyed many of those. I had decided that my last small, handy Bible needed to be replaced. After reading about this Bible (NIV has always been my personal favorite version), I decided to try it. Wow! If I had this Study Bible when I was younger, it would have saved me a lot to time (at the library) & money. Of course, we are always looking for more aids in our quest for learning about God, His Word, and the peoples of the Biblical times. This bible has introductions to each book, some pictures to go with each book, charts, maps, a concordance, footnotes & more. Many of these are right in that particular books, for instance Luke has a chart of the resurrection appearances of Christ, p. 1754, Chapter 24. No turning to back of Bible to find this. Nice! The pluses for this Bible go on and on. The only drawback (for me at my age) is the weight a little over 4 pounds. It appears the publishers have done everything they can to reduce the weight, such as thin - but not too thin - pages. This weight would not have bothered me in my younger days. I highly recommend this hardbound (not leather) Bible! You get an added benefit. You will develop stronger muscles in your arms. )
• Where do I begin....I absolutely LOVE this bible. I bought it as a replacement to my older Women's NIV study bible, and I could not be happier. I bought the actual hard copy of the book, not the electronic copy (because when it comes to reading the bible I want the physical book). The colorful pages, maps, etc. are just an added bonus to the nice quality of this bible.