Customer Reviews:
 Paperback is hard October 22, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I suggest you spring for the hard cover, as the paperback cover is hard to hold open and read from if it is not placed on something. Also, something with this many pages is readlly hard to keep open to the first or last few pages without that hard back holding it open.
 Best Study Bible October 12, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The New Interpreter's Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version With the Apocrypha
As a retired pastor, I still deeply enjoy the search of scripture and learning even more as I study the passages. This Study Bible is by far the best one I've ever used. Especially, I find very useful the many "Excursi" scattered throughout the edition.
very helpful content, very thin paper September 23, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This bible has been an invaluable resource in studying the originating culture and context of sacred scripture. It brings new insight and deeper understanding to the complex readings. This was recommended reading for a class, but I think it should be required. My sole complaint is the tissue paper on which it is printed. I'm not sure how it will hold up riding around in my backpack. Nevertheless, I would highly recommend it for content and cost.
 Same good scholarship as hardcover, but lower cost and lighter August 27, 2008
8 out of 19 found this review helpful
This new paperback version of the New Interpreter's Study Bible (NRSV) is a wonderful asset for both students (cheaper than the hardcover version, and less weighty to carry around) and professors (same in-depth scholarship in the introductory materials, notes, and especially those excursuses on topics of special interest, distributed throughout the text). The students in my introductory bible courses seem to be much more willing to bring their bibles to class (and to obtain the required study bibles in the first place) now that they're cheaper and easier to tote around.
My only caveat is that (probably in order to keep the same font size and pagination, without the weight becoming too ungainly for paperback binding) the paper stock for the pages is extremely thin (seems even a bit thinner than the hardcover version), which means that you can see the image of some of the printing from the other side of the pages. It doesn't bother me (still very legible and easy to distinguish the sharp printing on the page facing me from the dim shadow of the printing on the reverse side), but for anyone with visual problems it could be distracting.
 Presents a decidedly liberal theological perspective August 15, 2008
26 out of 50 found this review helpful
The Bible commentaries are written from a liberal theological perspective. It is obvious that the authors believe the Bible is just a product of ancient myths and storytelling. They disbelieve miracles and explain away prophecy by assigning late dates to the books. The notes put forth theories that are based upon opinion and conjecture rather than solid textual evidence. More a work of anti-Christian and anti-Jewish propaganda than a balanced, scholarly work. Also, while it is not a bad translation, the NRSV does have some gender-neutrality inserted into it. All in all, I cannot recommend this study Bible. It reads like skeptics and non-believers wrote it. Instead, I would recommend the NIV Study Bible or NKJV Study Bible.
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