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Nelson's NKJV Study Bible - Large Print
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Product Description
Chosen by pastors and lay leaders alike, Nelson's NKJV Study Bible, is the cornerstone Bible for anyone interested in serious Bible Study. Along with the NKJV, one of the best translations for bible study, Nelson's NKJV Study Bible also includes over 15,000 study notes that help you understand the text and apply the Bible to your life. Features include in-text maps, Quick View charts, a prophetic reference system, and expository study notes. Word studies, keyed to Strong's Concordance, help you access terms in the original languages. In-depth articles on key topics and timelines of each book also allow you to take your study as deep as you want.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1024244 in Books
- Published on: 2005-09-29
- Format: Large Print
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 2448 pages
Customer Reviews
Excellent Study Bible!
After I learned that Nelson was going to come out with a large print edition of the Nelson Study Bible, I eagerly awaited its arrival and purchased the hardback edition from Amazon.com. I own and read just about every study bible out there including the Life Application Study Bible, the NIV Study Bible, the Ryrie Study Bible, the Quest Study Bible, the New Oxford Annotated Bible, the Inductive Study Bible, as well as the Nelson Study Bible (regular print). I also have these bibles in just about every version. Without question, the Nelson Study Bible is the very best.
The large print Nelson Study Bible comes in a 10 point font for easy reading and has all the same features as the regular print edition. This bible has over 15,000 expository study notes, 350 Word Focus Word Studies, 100 In-Depth articles, center-column references, a subect index, a huge concordance (nearly 200 pages!), over 80 maps, 80 Quick View Charts, 8 Full Bible Summary Sections, and much more.
If you're looking for a downside to this bible I can only mention two: (1) this bible is very large and weighs over 5 pounds. It's not one that you will want to carry around with you. (2) As with most study bibles, the margins could be wider for note taking. I do wish the margins were as wide as those in the Inductive Study Bible. Nevertheless, all the other features rates this one 5 stars.
I will mention that I was a little hesitant to order this bible after reading a comment by a previous reviewer (leather-bound edition) stating that the printing ink was inconsistent from one page to the other. He indicated that one page would be readable, but then on the opposite page the ink was so light as to be illegible. But I've skimmed through every page in its 2450 pages and have not seen this problem at all.
Bottom-line is this: if you want an outstanding study bible, in a large print, based on the Byzantine Greek manuscripts . . . this is THE bible for you!
Great Bible -- but poor printing
I have great respect for the editorial team that put together the study notes for this Bible. The study notes and charts are quite good. The Introductions to each book are very good.
Because the original edition of the NKJV Study Bible utilized very small print, I was looking forward to the publication of this large-print edition. In fact, our family now owns two copies of the large-print edition.
Unfortunately, the more we have used them, the more we have noticed how poor the printing is. In both Bibles, many pages have faded print -- almost like the printer was running out of ink. In many cases, one page of the opened Bible is much lighter than the opposite page. In some cases, the print on a page is so light that it appears light gray instead of black.
This is sad, only because this COULD be a great Bible. As it is, I've decided to no longer use it. The poor printing too often detracts from Bible reading.
The Best of the Best
How does one critique the inerrant word of God? Well, you do it with the most detailed blueprint available. Nelson's NKJV Study Bible, large print, is outstanding. The illustrations are abundant and colorful. The mapping is thorough and appropriately assigned to the timelines in question. The word focus is on point and informative. The language is still beautifully couched in Elizabethan English but streamlined to eliminate some of the more archaic usage. The poetic harmony of the NKJV is enhanced by the large script which supports easier, faster reading and absorbtion. And the notes; they are magnificant. How do I know; I have a Matthew Henry; a DAKE; a MacArthur and a Ryrie, all of which are excellent Study Bibles. The notes are good in all but they are over the top in the Nelson. Oh and by the way, I am well aware of the fact that the KJV is the Byzantine Text or Textus Receptus (some call it the majority text) which has received some negative press by those who prefer to hang their hat on Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus; that perhaps editorial license and interpolation was taken by some over zealous scribes some few hundred years ago and that Nestle Aland and Westcott & Hort's Text should be the scriptural searchlight for all future issues. Folks, I have a Life Application Study Bible, NLT and I love it but to all of those of us who love literary masterpeices, I ask you to consider Shakespeare in "dynamic functional equivalence". This Nelson NKJV is a fabulous product that just plain feels good everytime I pick its big old body up. Thanks Nelson!
Ralph Jinks
