Archive for January 2009

As we’ve drawn your attention to in the past, BibleMap.org integrates Google Maps and the ESV text to create an interactive Bible atlas. We interviewed Tim Kimberly about it back in 2007.
BibleMap.org recently added two major features to enhance the usability. Users are now able to link directly to any location or chapter, allowing bloggers, [...]

People often ask how the ESV Bible differs from other Bible translations. We thought this little chart might be helpful in providing a quick comparison of a few of the main differences between the five leading Bible translations.

Back in Stock February 26th

The remarkable response to the ESV Study Bible has also created a huge challenge – first, for people to obtain copies, and second, for us at Crossway to keep it in stock!
As indicated on our website, the ESV Study Bible is currently out of stock at Crossway.  And although the reprint [...]

OliveTree has made the ESV Study Bible available digitally for the following mobile platforms:  iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry with Media Card, Palm 5.x, Windows Mobile Professional, and Windows Mobile Classic (Pocket PC).
Here are two sample screenshots (from the iPhone and iPod touch):

You can purchase the 45 MB software for $29.95.
For more information, OliveTree recently [...]

The new President of Ghana, John Atta Mills, holds a copy of the ESV Bible as he is sworn in as the country’s new president on January 7, 2009.
One of the key factors in the growth of the ESV over the past few years has been Crossway’s partnership with the British & Foreign Bible Society [...]

Matching our current theme, here is an interesting post on the distribution patterns for a number of ESV reading plans.
The OpenBible.info blog sets the stage:
A perfectly evenly distributed Bible reading plan would have you read about 85 verses each day to get through the Bible in a year. The Bible doesn’t break up into nice, [...]

A few days ago we reminded you of the various reading plans available for the ESV and this new plan found in the back of the Literary Study Bible and ESV Study Bible.
This plan does not attempt to incorporate the introductions or articles of either study Bible.
Eric Schumacher has served those of us reading through [...]

The daily reading plan found in the back of the ESV Study Bible is now available for download.
As Justin Taylor recently cataloged, there are several ways to access the ESV Reading Plans:

web (a new reading each day appears online at the same link)
RSS (subscribe to receive by RSS)
email (subscribe [...]