RamistThomist
Puritanboard Clerk
The Holman Christian Standard translation has issued the apologetics study bible. I picked it up tonight at Lifeway. Here are my initial thoughts
Contributors:
The contributors include mainly broadline Evangelicals. This will mean, necessarily, a weaker theology and apologetic (since the two are necessarily tied together). Included are JP Moreland--who is competent, Ravi Zacharias, Chuck Colson , John Frame (the high point of the study Bible), Walt Kaiser (another good one), etc.
The Articles:
The above notwithstanding, the articles do appear to be useful. The book is premillennial, at least the interpretation of Revelation 20 is.
Binding, etc.
The book is well-done. I got the hardback copy. There are wide margins, another plus. The cover is very nice. The pages are about what you would get from a hardcover.
Translation:
It is the HCSB. Nothing one can do about that. This is independent of the study bible. It isn't a bad translation, to be honest, and if you are comfortable with the NIV, then you shouldn't have any problem with this. On the other hand, I cringed at how Colossians was translated.
The study bible looks like it will be very good.
Contributors:
The contributors include mainly broadline Evangelicals. This will mean, necessarily, a weaker theology and apologetic (since the two are necessarily tied together). Included are JP Moreland--who is competent, Ravi Zacharias, Chuck Colson , John Frame (the high point of the study Bible), Walt Kaiser (another good one), etc.
The Articles:
The above notwithstanding, the articles do appear to be useful. The book is premillennial, at least the interpretation of Revelation 20 is.
Binding, etc.
The book is well-done. I got the hardback copy. There are wide margins, another plus. The cover is very nice. The pages are about what you would get from a hardcover.
Translation:
It is the HCSB. Nothing one can do about that. This is independent of the study bible. It isn't a bad translation, to be honest, and if you are comfortable with the NIV, then you shouldn't have any problem with this. On the other hand, I cringed at how Colossians was translated.
The study bible looks like it will be very good.