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Adventure Bible, Revised, NIV
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Product Description
In this revised edition of The NIV Adventure Bible, kids 8-12 will discover the treasure of God’s Word. Filled with great adventures and exciting features, The NIV Adventure Bible opens a fresh new encounter with Scripture for kids, especially at a time when they are trying to develop their own ideas and opinions independent of their parents.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #55658 in Books
- Published on: 2000-08-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 1472 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
In this revised edition of The NIV Adventure Bible, kids 8-12 will discover the treasure of God’s Word. Filled with great adventures and exciting features, The NIV Adventure Bible opens a fresh new encounter with Scripture for kids, especially at a time when they are trying to develop their own ideas and opinions independent of their parents. Designed to spark curiosity, look for these in-text features: ? "Life in Bible Times" helps kids understand what it was like to live in Bible times. For visual stimulation, each box includes a color picture. ? "People in Bible Times" helps readers to sort out Zechariah from Zephaniah, Jehoshaphat from Joash. ? "Words to Treasure" highlights popular Bible verses for kids to memorize. ? "Did You Know?" points out many of the interesting facts and figures found in the Bible. ? "Let’s Live It!" suggests activities, such as acting out a story or drawing a cartoon to reinforce the Bible lessons. ? Dictionary/concordance for those tricky words. In addition to these great features, check out the Book Introductions for basic facts about each book of the Bible (who wrote it, where it took place, and why it was written), and full-color pages throughout with more interesting information about the Bible and what it means to be a Christian. With all these great components, no wonder The NIV Adventure Bible is one of America’s best-selling classics—2-million in print—now updated and improved for ages 8-12!
About the Author
Lawrence O. Richards has served as an editor and writer at Scripture Press Publications; as an educator who has taught at colleges and seminaries as diverse as Wheaton, Princeton, and Talbot; and as a full-time author and speaker. Dr. Richards is the author of some 200 works. His publications with Zondervan include Children's Ministry, Christian Education, Church Leadership, and the New International Encyclopedia of Bible Words (Zondervan Understand the Bible Reference series). His specialty Bibles include the best-selling Adventure Bible for children, and The Teen Study Bible, done with his wife, Sue. Dr. Richards and his wife live in Hudson, Florida.
Customer Reviews
Great for family devotions
My 11 year old son has this Bible and we use it to do our family devotions. There are 'Lets Live It' sections that point out a specific Bible passage and then ask some questions to solidify our understanding and make the Bible relevent to our lives today.
Other attractive qualities include "did you know?",with definitions of difficult terms, "words to remember" and "Bible times" all geared to increase undrestanding of God's word. There are also brightly colored pages with the ten commandments, 12 disciples and other important information. There are also maps in the back.
I would recommend it for anyone from 8-15 and parents like it too.
Entices Kids to Read It
I bought this bible for my 10-year-old nephew, who doesn't like to read and is always put off by thick books with few pictures. Because this bible is geared for young people and also has a provocative title, my nephew is more likely to open it up, or at least sit with me while we read it together. I like the approach this bible takes in presenting scripture as an "adventure" and it seems to attract my nephew as well. And, not insignificantly, this version is priced right too. I bought him the paperback edition thinking that I will get him a nice leather-bound bible when he is older and more prepared to take care of a finely bound copy. All in all, a very good bible for a young person.
The Best-Selling English-Language Bible for Children
The Adventure Bible is the best-selling English-language Bible for children--and with good reason, for it offers a host of sidebar and special page annotations specifically designed to appeal to children between the ages of eight and twelve. These highlights include "Life In Bible Times," "People In Bible Times," "Words to Treasure" (popular verses), "Did You Know?" and "Let's Live It!" (suggested activities.) These not only amplify the text, but create a colorful layout that make the pages more attractive to children.
Even so, the designation of THE ADVENTURE BIBLE as "a kid's Bible" is a little misleading; this is not a collection of Bible stories, but a full translation of the Protestant-recognized texts from Genesis to Revelations. Both language and content can be quite complex, and quite frankly I am no great fan of the NIV translation itself, which I find questionable in certain aspects. Whatever the case, it will be an unusual child indeed who can tackle this material on his or her own; parental assistance will be indispensible.
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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