Few months back I got a new Bible. It is the The Literary Study Bible. I thought about reviewing it but figured that would be worthless since I’m no expert. However I found a seminary grad student who reviewed it and points out many things I like about it also.
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there’s a place for more dynamic “thought for thought” translations and paraphrases as well (Eugene Peterson’s The Message), but the precise, “word-for-word” approach represented by the ESV is foundational–a wise place to start reading, and a good place to return for clarification.
“seeks to be transparent to the original text, letting the reader see as directly as possible the structure and meaning of the original”
..”helping the reader to recapture the essence of the Bible in a very fundamental sense–as literature, as a long story arc, as a composite of letters and history and poetry and wisdom sayings, all the genres working together, all with an intended trajectory: forward-moving, written with deliberate intent.”
…The Literary Study Bible attempts to answer basic “plot” questions at regular intervals (typically at the beginning of chapters).
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