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The Chronological Study Bible (Bible Nkjv)
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Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 220
EAN: 9780718020682
ISBN: 0718020685
Label: Thomas Nelson
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1728
Publication Date: 2008-10-14
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Studio: Thomas Nelson
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The Chronological Study Bible is the only study Bible that presents the text of the New King James Version in chronological order-the order in which the events actually happened-with notes, articles, and full-color graphics that connect the reader to the history and culture of Bible times and gives the reader a dramatic, "you are there" experience. Features include translators' notes, full-color illustrations of places, artifacts and cultural phenomena, contextual articles that connect Biblical times and world history and culture, daily life notes, time panels and charts that show the flow of Biblical history and in-text and full-color maps.
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Summary: great resource
Comment: I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the Bible in this new format. I have always found it difficult to keep any sort of a biblical time frame straight in my head. For a long time I assumed that the stories happened in the order in which they appeared in the regular bible... the stories in Genesis were first, Exodus second, Leviticus third etc. I was rather disappointed when I found out this wasn't the case! When I was in bible school I remember in vain trying to map out some sort of time line for myself because I kept getting the biblical characters all mixed up! Like I said, I am a tad on the challenged side when it comes to these sorts of things.
The chronological study bible lays it all out for me! I loved it! There is massive amounts of extra information contained in this bible to help us understand the context of the Scriptures. The pages are beautiful to look at with lovely coloured maps and illustrations. The Chronological Study Bible would make a wonderful Christmas gift for the Bible lovers in your life this Christmas!
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Summary: Helps galore!
Comment: From the moment I opened this amazing study tool I was impressed! Some of it's wonderful array of highlights:
Full color maps, photos and illustrations
Historical accounts
Timelines
Transition helps
Cultural highlights
Contextual Helps
Extensive glossary and concordance
Index of cultural and historical topics
Couched in the easy to read New King James version, Publisher Thomas Nelson offers this treasure trove of study helps is a must-have for any theological student, pastor or bible teacher. Whether doing a group study or individual study, the reader holds the key to deeper understanding of passages as well as the bible as a whole. It is very easy to understand and puts into perspective the Word in a way that feels more devotional than textbook.
Did you know that the prophet Amos was a sheepbreeder and the "tender of sycamore fruit"? Seems the fruit of a sycamore is a kind of a fig and that small cuts must be made in each of the young fruits to improve the quality of the mature fruit. It was considered a low status job and made the message that he had to give even more importance. It is notes like this all throughout the book that give this unique tool it's appeal.
With this tool, the reader is easily able to explore many different perspectives and elements of life in the day that the bible was written. I highly reccomend this book as a vital part of any Christian's biblical tool belt!
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Summary: Good study Bible for the history buff
Comment: I recently received a copy of the new NKJV Chronological Study Bible put out by Thomas Nelson publishers. I have an old Reese Chronological Bible which is...well...it's the Bible, chopped up in little bits and pieces, and there aren't very many notes, and so it didn't really help me understand the historical significance of the various Biblical events. Nor did it do anything to help me tie in extra-Biblical events with what was going on in the church. I expected a Bible where Job was put in front of Genesis, and the gospels were chopped up like mincemeat for a holiday pie. I was so very surprised! It's different than I expected, and I mean that in a good way.
The Chronological Study Bible is different. There are images of historical figures (like Josephus, who bears no resemblance at all to Bocephus whom my mind has always strayed to when I read the name) and there are notes on the culture of the times--what exactly was happening in Corinth when Corinthians was written? And there are "time capsules" on some of the pages that give a snapshot of what was going on historically. For example, the one on page 1374 covers A.D.64, and Nero's rule and the great fire in Rome. Putting this information in the context of 1 Timothy helps paint a complete picture, and the explanation of widows on that same page brings home the point that Ecclesiastes has made for millennium. There truly is nothing new under the sun: today's problems plagued the ancients, too.
I look forward to studying out of this Bible for years to come. And much to my own surprise, I've started with Revelation. Which I now know was written during the time of Domitian, who was killed by his close associates and succeeded by Trajan.
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Summary: A Must Buy for Personal Understanding
Comment: Publisher: Thomas Nelson
In a recent book Scot McKnight says that there are five common ways of reading the Bible that are inherently flawed. Extremely briefly (and in my words) they are:
It's a book of rules:
(though I suspect most who read this way are selective about the rules they quote);
It's a book of blessings:
(they only quote the nice parts that we all love to hear);
The ink blot brigade:
(they read into the words what they expect to see - this shows us more about the reader than the text);
The systematic theology approach:
(we need to find out everything the Bible says about a particular topic and put it all together - but lets leave out the bits that don't seem to fit with the rest!); and
One book or set of books is superior to the rest:
so we need to make the others fit our favourite).
He suggests the correct way to read the Bible is to read it as a story. As always, there is more than an element of truth in a statement like this, however the Bible is a very difficult collection of books to read this way.
The Chronological Study Bible makes this task viable and probably more importantly it makes it possible for the ordinary reader.
As a pastor with a teaching ministry this edition cannot replace the necessary commentaries and dictionaries needed to explore the text fully. But the three most important rules for understanding scripture are, in order, "context, context and context", and this Bible makes understanding this almost ridiculously simple. The in text maps, time capsules, time panels, background notes, daily life notes and historical overviews add to the chronological text in such a way that the "story" is much clearer than normal.
If you're looking for a study Bible for everyday personal or small group usage, I highly recommend this. But don't expect to be able to take it to church and find a particular passage in time to follow the reading - because of the chronological nature of the text individual passages can be hard to find!
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Summary: Useful reference tool
Comment: The theory behind this particular edition of the Bible is to offer readers the experience of following the Biblical narrative according to chronological order of those events as opposed to offering the complete text of the books of the Bible in the traditional canonical order. The publisher, Thomas Nelson, believes that this approach satisfies a need felt by modern readers. To use their words, "To understand the Bible, the reader must understand something of the history to which the Bible refers. At the same time, though, that historical background is not readily apparent from the order of the books in the Bible itself." The introduction goes on to explain briefly how the contributors to the Chronological Study Bible went about their re-arrangement of Biblical materials in the interests of helping the modern reader put this material into the proper context as well as the challenges such an attempt faced.
In practical terms, this means that this edition of the Bible is creatively laid out. To offer just one example, the Book of Esther appears between the ninth chapter of I Chronicles (history) and the fourth chapter of Ezra (one of the minor prophets). Such a presentation permits the reader to understand that the attitudes expressed in the two books Ezra and Esther represented the attitudes of two different populations -- one body of Jews that were still in exile, under the control of foreign kings, and a different body of Jews who had in fact been returned. It's important to realize that this is not Bible intended for Biblical scholars but one intended for the lay person who wants a better sense of the historical background of the histories, prophetic writings and literature which make up much of the Christian Scriptures.
There is not a single two-page spread in this beautiful four-color volume that doesn't offer some kind of background tool to the reader. Some are descriptive tidbits pertaining to arts and culture, some are historical time capsules or timelines, some are images (including maps, photos, and recognized masterpieces of art.). On that basis alone, this book seems worth the price.
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