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Bible Beat CR February 2011 Print Email
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Thursday, 20 January 2011 11:24 AM America/New_York

NKJVCheckbookThomas Nelson’s “Classic Series” of Bibles expands with the Checkbook Bible, NKJV in fleshtone beige with gilded-silver   page edging. Its checkbook size makes it easy to carry. Features include translation and textual footnotes, in-text chapter headings and the words of Christ in red for the $29.99 Leathersoft New King James Bible edition releasing this month. TheCheckbook Bible is also available in the King James Version and also releases this month.

 

Crossway’s ESV Compact Bible in TruTone, purple paisley design comes in a double-column, paragraph format and readable 6.4-point black-letter type. The English Standard Version (ESV) edition features a presentation page, Smyth-sewn binding, a concordance with nearly 6,000 entries, ribbon marker, introductions to each Bible book and a free ESV Bible resources software offer. Releasing Feb. 28, it has a lifetime quality guarantee and retails for $24.99.

 

MessagePurpleSwirlCompact in size, The Message//REMIX 2.0 from NavPress is available Feb. 11 in a purple swirl, leather-look design. It features a numbering system unique to The Message and in-depth book introductions on the history, key words and phrases, and the theme of each book. It also includes a guide by Eugene H. Peterson on how to use a reading Bible in contemporary language for youth to understand. It retails for $36.99.

 

KJVGiftThinlineEspressoThe KJV Gift Bible, Thinline Edition releases Feb. 15 in espresso, blue and lilac from Hendrickson Publishers. The Flexisoft leather edition retails for $14.95. Features of this King James edition include a presentation page, key Bible promises and an 18-page Study Helps section with a harmony of the gospels, miracles and parables of the Old and New Testaments, prophecies of Christ’s Passion, Scofield setting, full-color maps, words of Christ in red, a ribbon marker and a printed window on the packaging to show the color of the cover.

Thomas Nelson releases the Gift Bible, KJV and the Gift Bible, NKJV in cornflower blue this month. With a Leathersoft binding, it has gilded-silver page edging. The Gift Bible comes with a presentation page, ribbon marker, words of Christ in red, dictionary-concordance and full-color maps. Releasing Feb. 15, each retails for $19.99.

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The ESV Thinline Bible in TruTone, chocolate/blue with paisley band from Crossway includes a presentation page, a concordance with more than 12,000 references, full-color maps and a free ESV Bible resources software offer. Releasing Feb. 28, the English Standard Version Bible comes in a double-column format and retails for $29.99.