The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version

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Carol Newsom is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology, Emory University. By mid-May, I've finished the essays and reference materials in the back of the volume, and they are a model of scholarly compression and clear communication; very helpful. In addition, section introductions have been expanded and the book introductions present their information in a standard format so that students can find what they need to know.This timely edition maintains and extends the excellence the Annotated's users have come to expect, bringing still more insights, information, and perspectives to bear upon the understanding of the biblical text. Generations of users attest to its status as the best one-volume Bible reference tool for any home, library, or classroom.

There are a number of essays at the beginning and end of the book, color maps, timelines, and all sorts of other information. One criticism I've read a couple of times is that it possesses a liberal, even secular theological bias and is thus unacceptable for Bible-believing Christians.The 1973 edition of The New Oxford Annotated Bible (NOAB), based on the Revised Standard Version (RSV) text.

My, how this grizzled old atheist's heart did leap when he checked - for the umpteenth time - to see if that useless "print replica" version of the New Oxford Annotated Bible (NOAB) had been superseded by one that has actually been formatted for Kindle. What I didn't like: The text itself was definitely more challenging than the NIV (though probably less than the King James). Genesis and Numbers are a huge yawn fest, I'm not even sure what the lengthy genealogies and census information had to do with the fisherman because everybody dies in the end anyway.

Over-all, I found these essays critical in understanding what I was reading from both a historical and literary perspective.

As a major bonus, this Bible comes complete with the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonicals - including books that do not appear in the Catholic Bible but do appear in the Greek and Russian Orthodox Bibles. General essays on history, translation matters, different canons in use today, and issues of daily life in biblical times inform the reader of important aspects of biblical study.I wouldn't be too far off in claiming that the number of printed Bibles which contain this set of books probably doesn't number into the double digits, which I find disappointing. However, others point out that this Bible is standard for those studying at seminary, and of course the book was largely written by Protestants, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Jews.