Archive for May 2006

We’ve talked about the new ESV Journaling Bible, Daily Reading Bible, and God’s Story editions coming out later this year. But Crossway has a few more editions that introduce new covers on existing editions.
Classic Reference
Two new Classic Reference Editions are coming out this summer: a Brown/Cordovan Portfolio Design and a Charcoal Celtic Cross Design.
These two [...]

Robert at Unto the Breach shares the following story about his son reading the Bible out loud:
One of the coolest things in the world is when our 6-year old son reads Scripture out loud. This evening after dinner he read for us from Acts. He has a kid’s Bible but it is the same ESV [...]

The ESV is available in Olive Tree’s newest product for your PDA, iLumina MOBILE. It has the ESV text, the Life Application Bible Study Notes, commentaries, articles, videos, maps, and more. See the iLumina MOBILE site or the ESV iLumina page for more details.
Here’s the press release:
Olive Tree Bible Software Releases iLumina MOBILE ESV
SPOKANE, WA [...]

Do you have a cell phone or PDA that can browse the web? Now you can search and browse the ESV text in a mobile-friendly format. Start at http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/.

“Elegant in every way, the ESV is certain to take its place as one of the finest translations in the grand tradition of the English Bible. Scholars will appreciate the care and nuance of the translation, pastors will appreciate the cadence and rhythm of the text, and all who read it will appreciate the craftsmanship [...]

Jason shares a Microsoft Word plugin he wrote that uses the ESV Web Service to insert a passage into a Word document.
The plugin is a Word template (.dot) and macro that adds a toolbar to Word:

Let’s go through each of the buttons.
Show Passage
This button pops up a window containing the text of the highlighted verse [...]

The ESV Online Edition now offers reading plans in iCal format, suitable for importing into Google Calendar or other applications.
Follow the above link for directions on how to add the reading plans to Google Calendar and to customize the start time to fit your schedule. We think it works, but feel free to email webmaster@gnpcb.org [...]

Crossway has joined with Youth for Christ to publish a special version of the ESV. Here’s Crossway’s description:
In partnership with Youth for Christ, Crossway has created a Bible using the 3Story model. 3Story is the outreach vision and strategy of Youth for Christ using the idea that “I have a story, others have a story, [...]

Andrea at Dear Void shares the insight she gained from a footnote in Robert Alter’s The Five Books of Moses.
Concerning Exodus 9:3, she quotes Alter:
the hand of the Lord is about to be against your livestock.
The Hebrew verb here has a spine-tingling effect for which there is no obvious English equivalent. The verb “to be” [...]

Emailer Larry sends along a link to a review of a UK edition of the ESV from 2003. The review provides a good, short overview of the ESV and its translation philosophy.