Archive for May 2005

Crossway just published its “Truth” edition of the ESV. This paperback Bible is designed especially for non-Christians and new Christians; it drives readers to the ultimate truth of God’s Word. It has the following features:

The Truth About Truth introduction to the Bible
How to Read the Bible
Favorite Bible passages
Topical index of key verses
Plan of salvation
Verses to […]

If you want to submit questions to blogger Adrian Warnock for the ESV Translation Oversight Committee, please send them to him by today.
Update: Adrian has posted the questions on his blog. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions, and to Adrian for being willing to coordinate them.

In case you don’t know, the ESV is available in a few parallel editions:

The Evangelical Parallel New Testament. Includes the ESV, HCSB, Message, NLT, and TNIV. (Oxford, 2003)
The Essential Evangelical Parallel Bible. Includes the ESV, NKJV, Message, and NLT. (Oxford, 2004)

A couple more non-English parallel editions are in the works. We’ll keep you updated when […]

Bryce from The Lion Rampant asks an excellent question about how Crossway decides which editions to publish. The answer requires a look into the economics of Bible publishing.
The What
All editions of the ESV come from a family of settings. A “setting” (short for “typesetting”) is how the text appears on the page. For example, compare […]

As we mentioned last week, the ESV Translation Oversight Committee (TOC) is meeting the first week in June 2005, and we want to give blog readers a special treat.
We’ve asked blogger Adrian Warnock to submit a list of questions to the TOC for them to answer during their meeting. Over on his blog he’s taking […]

Pastor Scott at the Faith Untamed blog talks about why he switched to the ESV:
The church group I’m affiliated with is largely a King James Only group. All of the pastors of our affliate churches in my region use the KJV and I’m the only one who made the move to change. Why did I […]

Back in March 2005, Peter Bogert discussed why he uses the ESV. His post was one that helped convince us to start blogging, and we wanted to be sure to link to it. Peter says in part:
I believe that the words of Scripture are important. The discussion between formal equivalence and dynamic equivalence is not […]

J. Mark Bertrand recently published an extensive review of the binding of the ESV Thinline Cordovan Calfskin edition (which sells for $149.99). He calls it “the best manufacturer ‘premium’ binding I have ever handled.”
We asked Dallas Richards, Crossway’s Director of Production Services and the person responsible for the production of all Crossway’s Bibles, to respond:
Mark […]

Blogger Jake Davis has written a long endorsement of the ESV:
The ESV, I think, sets a new precedent in Bible translation. It is the Bible I recommend to friends, it is the Bible I use for my own personal devotion time and study, it is the Bible I write from, it is the Bible I […]

As we mentioned on Monday, the ESV’s Verse of the Day RSS feed now includes a podcast of Marquis Laughlin reading the verse when it’s from the New Testament. For example, listen to today’s verse.
The audio is in MP3 format, perfect for playing on your iPod (or cell phone or computer or TiVo or…).
Those of […]