Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Should You Be Concerned about New Study Notes?

There is an updated version of the popular NIV Study Bible available now.
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=29555&event=1003NIV16934257355

In the description, it says, "The world's best-selling study Bible now raises the standard even higher! That's because its celebrated study notes have been thoroughly revised. Turn to any page and discover the difference: over 20,000 of the Zondervan NIV Study Bible's Gold Medallion Award-winning study notes -- now meticulously updated and expanded to reflect the most current conservative Bible scholarship. Unmatched in any other study Bible, these notes place at your fingertips a treasury of instant commentary from today's top evangelical scholars."

Umm… I find this more disturbing than exciting. Should someone stop believing what was in the original edition study notes? Weren't they created the "top evangelical scholars" at the time?

This is why the only study bible I recommend for Great Bible Teachers is The Thompson Chain Reference Bible. There is a decades-tested system of cross-referencing and topical referencing -- Scripture is used to help you understand Scripture.

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