ESV Reformation Study Bible

Sunday morning I overheard a pastor friend speaking highly of the Reformation Study Bible and the ESV translation. Then I got home and saw that our blogging pastor friend Adrian Warnock, who seems to be very careful about the use of study Bibles, is buying one for a loved one. (I won't say who, because he asks us not to tell;-)

The Reformation Study Bible is the product of a team of over fifty theologians and scholars for Ligonier Ministries, including names you'll recognize, such as J. I. Packer and James Boice. R. C. Sproul is the general editor. It is published by Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing.

Philip Graham Ryken, the Senior Pastor of the famed, Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia says, "This is the gold standard for study Bibles, and I will be commending it to my congregation."

Here's more information on the ESV translation.

I checked my favorite Christian bookseller, Christianbook.com, and found that they have it at a great price. The ESV Reformation Study Bible Genuine Leather, Black retails for $69.00, but Christianbook.com has it for $52.99. The ESV Reformation Study Bible Hardcover retails at $39.99, but they have it for $29.99. You can have the leatherbound version engraved with your name, a message, or your initials. The leatherbound version will be hitting the market for the first time this week.

Amazon.com will be releasing the leatherbound version for $44.09 in a few days and has the hardback version now for $26.39. Amazon will ship free, but I don't think you can get the leatherbound Bible engraved if you buy it through them.

I've been hanging on to fifty dollars I received as a birthday gift a couple months ago. I think I just figured out how I'm going to spend it.

If you use one of the links above to get your copy, you'll also help me pay the expenses of this web site through advertising fees. In fact, any time you use the search box or links on this site to reach bookselling sites, you contribute to the operation of Wittenberg Gate, and I am most grateful. (And so is the dear breadwinner of the family who pays whatever expenses remain.)

Comments

[Darren]

The ESV is a fine translation, and I haven't treated myself to a solid study Bible in a good 10 years. I'm looking forward to getting this one!

If you buy online, any kind Christian bookstore that does engraving in-house should be willing to engrave it for you for a few bucks.

[Wayne]

It's nice to see the enthusiasm for the ESV Reformation Study Bible. I hope it brings a new level of interest and quality to Bible study for many people.

I am collecting passages in the ESV which can be improved for the next revision of the ESV. As many of you know, most English Bible versions go through a number of revisions, especially one soon after the first publication, when a number of typos or other glitches in the text slipped through the editorial/proofreading process.

I am in contact with the ESV team and happy to forward all revision suggestions to them.

You can visit my new blog to find out details about what is needed. We are *not* looking to change the ESV, only to help catch the things which slipped through the proofreading or editorial process. Click on my name link to get to my blog or copy the address here: http://englishbibles.blogspot.com

[Matthew Kratz]

The Bible lacks maps and lists the titles on the middle top of the page instead of the outside edge.

[Dory]

Matthew, There is no map section in the back as some Bibles have, but there are several maps included within the text and a table of maps in the front so you can find them easily. There are several helpful charts, too.

I finally received in June the Bible I ordered in April. It's beautiful, though, and I am enjoying the translation. According to the Ligonier web site, it is headed for a second printing already.

[Matthew Kratz]

I am glad to see that the newer printings of the ESV do now have the verses listed at the top edges which make finding the passages easier.