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Bible Beat CR January 2011 Print Email
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Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:31 PM America/New_York

SanctuaryNLTTyndale House Publishers’ Sanctuary NLT is a New Living Translation devotional Bible designed to help women set aside the distractions of life and focus on God, His Word and His desires for their lives. The daily devotions were chosen to offer a place of safety, encouragement and growth. Monday?s devotional includes a heartfelt prayer. Tuesday through Friday feature devotionals from the writings of Corrie ten Boom, Teresa of Avila, Elisabeth Elliot, Anne Graham Lotz and others. Each weekend features a hymn and the story behind it. The LeatherLike, espresso/vintage floral fabric edition releases this month and retails for $49.99.

 

Hendrickson Publishers is releasing more Bibles in its value-price program, including the Large Print Thinline Reference Bible, KJV. The Flexisoft edition features large, 10-point type and comes in violet/lilac and slate/blue. Special features include a presentation page, end-of-verse cross-references, gilded edges, sewn binding, words of Christ in red, a 76-page concordance, full-color maps and ribbon marker. Value pricing is available to U.S. retail stores, with this Bible tagged with a $24.95/$19.97 sticker.

 

FourGospelsThe Four Holy Gospels is a specially designed and produced edition of the four Gospels in the English Standard Version (ESV). The ESV text is highlighted by newly commissioned original paintings by acclaimed artist Makoto Fujimura representing the four Gospel writers, illuminated initial letters and other embellishments in a genuine-leather collector’s edition artist. Printed in full color throughout on high-quality art paper and housed in a permanent slipcase, The Four Holy Gospels features a highly readable 13.25-point type in a double-column, paragraph format. It retails for $349.99. 

The HCSB UltraThin Bible offers a reduced trim size for increased portability. The Holman Bible Publishers edition comes in dark brown/brown and black/pearl gray Duotone simulated leather each for $24.99 retail and in black calfskin genuine leather for $119.99, with all three releasing this month. Features include an introduction to the Holman Christian Standard Bible translation; an eight-page, four-color map section; words of Christ in red; plan of salvation; and ribbon marker in a two-piece, die-cut gift box. 

 

The ESV Study Bible, Personal Size from Crossway includes nearly all of the features found in the ESV Study Bible but in a smaller size. The more compact edition retains all of the original’s 25,000 study notes, 240 full-color maps and illustrations, charts, timelines, introductions and more. Some of the extensive articles have been moved online for free access. The personal size Bible comes in black letter text and is available this month in a number of editions, including hardcover for $44.99; TruTone olive/Celtic design for $64.99; and black genuine leather for $84.99.

Barbour-KJVStudyBibleBarbour Publishing is releasing its The KJV Study Bible, which aims to bring the King James Version into “21st-century context,” this month. Marking the 400th anniversary of the King James, the Bible offers more than 5,000 brand-new notes from the “Simplified Bible Commentary Series,” book introductions, full-color maps, dictionary/concordance of key names and terms, words of Christ in red. The bonded leather Bible retails for $29.99.

 

Each of Tyndale’s FaithHope and Love purse-sized New Testaments features devotional content in the front—30 days on the topic of faith, hope or love. Each has interior colors with endsheets and ribbons to match. The Faith Devotional New Testament includes Psalms and Proverbs, and verses on faith are highlighted throughout. The hardcover New Testament editions in the “NLT Vintage Gift Collection” retail for $12.99 each.