Zondervan NIV Study Bible

  Author:    Zondervan
  ISBN:    0310929555
  Sales Rank:    9548
  Published:    2002-10-01
  Publisher:    Zondervan
  # Pages:    2240
  Binding:    Hardcover
  Avg. Rating:    5.0 based on 53 reviews
  Used Offers:    39 from $16.95
  Amazon Price:    $26.39
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Zondervan NIV Study Bible
  
The World’s Best-Selling Study Bible Now Raises the Standard Even Higher

That’s because its celebrated study notes have been thoroughly revised. Turn to any page and discover the difference: over 20,000 of the Zondervan NIV Study Bible’s Gold Medallion Award-winning study notes—now meticulously updated and expanded to reflect the most current conservative Bible scholarship. Unmatched in any other study Bible, these notes place at your fingertips a treasury of instant commentary from today’s top evangelical scholars. Icons highlight notes of special interest in the areas of character study, archaeology, and personal application. Simply put, you won’t find study notes as complete, up-to-date, helpful, and easy to use anywhere else.

And the benefits build from there. Like no other Bible, the Zondervan NIV Study Bible places an entire resource library for Bible study in your hands. Over 6 million people have made it their study Bible of choice. Make it yours as well. It’s one choice you’ll always be glad you made.


SPECIAL FEATURES:
NIV text remains unchanged - the most read, most trusted English-language translation.
Over 20,000 study notes. NIV translators thoroughly revised and expanded the award-winning study notes and added over 800 new notes.
Icons make important information easy to spot.
900 Character Profile icons.
425 Archaeology icons.
Almost 3,000 Personal Application icons.
Introductions and outlines provide valuable background information for each book of the Bible.
In-text maps, charts, diagrams, and illustrations right where you want them—five of which are completely new.
16 pages of full-color maps plus timelines and presentation page.
Words of Christ in red letter.
NIV concordance plus subject and study notes indexes.

Clearer.
Stronger.
Better.

Referred to daily by millions of pastors, students, church leaders, and other Bible readers around the world, the renowned Zondervan NIV Study Bible notes are the crown jewel of the world’s best-selling study Bible. These over-20,000 notes are the handiwork of the same translation team that produced this Bible’s text, the New International Version. The same exacting, conservative scholarship that brought you today’s most read, most trusted Bible translation went into creating the most celebrated, widely used Bible study notes in existence.

Why improve on what’s already outstanding? Because now it can be made even better. In the years since the 1985 publication of the first Zondervan NIV Study Bible edition, ongoing discoveries in archaeology, linguistics, biblical history, and other disciplines have suggested the need to revise the notes. Drawing on the most current scholarship, the world-class team who first created the study notes now present comprehensive revisions and additions that bring the notes thoroughly up to date. With all the changes to the study notes, however, one thing has remained unchanged—the time-tested, trusted text of the NIV itself.

You’ll be pleased with the results. If you found the original notes indispensable in clarifying obscure Bible passages and shedding light on the meaning and significance of Scripture, you’ll love how these revised and expanded notes add even greater depth to your study of God’s Word.



The New International Version (NIV) is today’s most read and most trusted English Bible translation. The goal of the NIV translation team was to produce an accurate translation and one that would have clarity and literary quality and so prove suitable for public and private reading, teaching, preaching, memorizing, and liturgical use. Today the NIV is accepted by more denominations than any other translation and is supported by a library of reference resources that is unmatched by any other translation.

Over the last five years, the editors of the NIV study Bible have painstakingly reviewed, revised, and rewritten the notes of the classic, best-selling NIV Study Bible. Over 80 percent of the notes have been revised and adapted in some way from the 1996 update, and some 30% of the notes in the text have been added, completely rewritten, replaced, or deleted. Over 800 of the more than 20,000 notes in this edition are completely new. This update reflects the most recent scholarship from a conservative academic perspective, and reflects changes to the text suggested and requested over the last 15 years by students and academics who have studied, used, and loved the NIV Study Bible.
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06-02-08 5 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  Excellent value!
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This is the 3rd of these that I have purchased. I got one for myself, 2 for 2 of my daughters, and we are all very happy with them. The type is very easy to read, the intros and footnotes are informative and I find it to be very sturdy, as well, as it gets carried around quite a bit. The price is excellent for a Bible of this quality.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-07-04 18:43:38 EST)
04-17-08 5 1\1
(Hide Review...)  my primary bible
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I've found the NIV to be the easiest translation to read, and at times quite poetic. But more importantly (for poetry I'll hit up the King James) it helps bring the Word to me. ANd the study Bible is a valuable tool.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-06-03 06:02:43 EST)
11-24-05 5 2\2
(Hide Review...)  Beautiful book
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If like me, Elizabethan English is not your cup of tea, you'll find the NIV a rewarding experience. I bought the leather bound edition; and it is just beautifully put together; a classy addition to any serious library.
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11-12-05 5 8\8
(Hide Review...)  Favorite Study Bible
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I own many different study Bibles, from the Scoffield, New Scoffield, Thompson Chain Reference, Dake Bible, NIV Topical Study Bible and several Parallel Bibles. While I use them all, my favorite for study and for Scripture reading is the NIVSB. The language is easy to understand and the study notes are fairly comprehensive. The commentary hails from a conservative evangelical theology.

Book binding quality:
The binding is strong and is durable. I've carried this Bible around a lot, and it has held up with no sign of failure.

Scripture Page layout:
The Scriptures are laid out in the natural paragraph form, rather than the bullet form based on verse numbering. The Scriptures are laid out in two columns, with a column for Scripture cross-references in the middle. The bottom of each page contains commentary listed by corresponding verse. The words of Christ are in red, and contextual sections have headings that correspond to the outline at the beginning of each book.

Introduction to Books:
Each book of the Bible has a discussion of the author, audience and purpose, date and place of writing, characteristics, sources and a short outline of the book.

Commentary:
The notes deal with archaeological, historical, lexical (minimal lexical inputs) and cultural aspects that pertain to conservative hermeneutical exegesis. In disputables, the often do make definitive conclusions, but also at times give different views giving info on what the editors believe is the most probable correct conclusion. It is impossible to put all information on a topic into a study Bible, but the NIVSB does a good job of packing a lot of information in for a significant level of understanding.

Indices:
There are several helpful and easy to use indices at the back of the Bible. An Index of Subjects acts as a topical study help. An Index of Notes acts as an index for the subjects of NIVSB commentaries. There are several map and measurement aids and finally a standard but fairly comprehensive concordance is included.

A note on the NIV translation:
The NIV translation is a controversial translation. It has begun to outsell the long-beloved King James Version (KJV) Bible. I am not here to say one translation is the one to read while another should be shunned. I prefer to study many different versions, hence my use of parallel Bibles. But, please know that many of the negative reviews tend to be based on dislike of the NIV translation. Until Zondervan creates a parallel study Bible, this will remain one of my favorite Bibles.

To find comprehensive information of a topic or passage, I use my Thompson Chain Reference. For seminary study, I use parallel Bibles (Evangelical Parallel NT and NIV/KJV Parallel). For initiation of a study, reading and study away from home, I use the NIVSB. There is a wealth of information in this study Bible.
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09-26-05 3 4\6
(Hide Review...)  A Good Shot
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I was surprised by some of the negative comments about the NIV Study Bible, though my own opinions of it are less than raving about its perfection. While not the best around, I did find it has some definite redeeming features, (apart from the end, of course).

The NIV has a very useful cross-reference system, (for which it is justifiably well-known), that makes pursuing a particular topic or item through the Bible very easy. This makes finding things a breeze. In addition, and contrary to some, the subject index and concordance are pretty good. Yes, they are very basic, but this is a Bible and not a concordance in itself. I did not find anything wrong with them, and they were pretty useful.

There has been some comment about the introductions to each book, and I have found to be reasonably balanced and realistic about the evidence. In some cases, I would personally suggest even later dates for the books than the NIV gives. While the introductions are not perfect, (for more detailed information, see the real evidence out there), they do the job. I don't see how dating books accurately according to evidence is "godless" or in anyway detrimental to the Bible. Anyway, back to the point: the introductions are not detailed, but they are adequate for the task.

I found the translation to be ok in most cases, though in some places, it seems to soften the ideas and teachings of Christ. This is noticeable when it is compared with other versions, which take a more literal translation as a technique. A teaching on marriage and not being married seemed to be softened in the NIV as compared to others. While I have no problem with the "dynamic equivalence" method, (it is not paraphrasing, as some seem to think), the NIV highlights the need to check with a couple of translations, unless you are going at it from the Greek, as well. This is something which makes me cautious to recommend the NIV as a primary study reference.

While limitations of space have a significant effect on how much commentary you get, the NIV could have a little more. Admirable effort at leaving the real thinking to the reader, but in some nasty places there was very little commentary given, and it would have been useful.

Overall, the NIV is not bad, and certainly not worth burning along with the other heretical works. It does a good job, and it has some very good features that make studying it easy, functional and even fun. Apart from the concerns above, it is pretty good.
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05-29-05 1 5\9
(Hide Review...)  There are better study Bibles on the market
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This is a Bible that I would not recommend, for the reason that it has probably the worst subject index I have seen in a study Bible. A lot of the Scripture references that I found were not even close to what the actual verse said, or the Scripture reference wasn't even found in that particular book and chapter. Also, I also found this to be the case in a lot of the study notes as well.

Accuracy is key. This looks like it was just thrown together and published without any careful editing.
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04-20-05 5 7\7
(Hide Review...)  Excellent Bible for personal study
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I'm going to review the book published by Zondervan, and not talk about "The Bible" itself.

If you've made up your mind to read The Bible, this is an excellent book to use. What I liked about it was that it is a widely accepted translation, excellent commentary on most every verse (important to someone like me that did not grow up reading The Bible), and a lot of contextual information (drawings, book introductions, etc).

For the uninitiated, it is a toss-up between this and the Quest Study Bible, also published by Zondervan. The Quest has a slight edge for the lay person as opposed to the serious Bible student -- it has answers to a number of blunt questions that may cross your mind, but which do not classify as Bible Study.

I purchased a leather bound edition of this Bible from an Amazon seller. It was brand new, in unopened packaging, in leather, for far less than the list price of the paperback version. So, shop around the Amazon marketplace sellers before you buy.

The only quibble I have is that Zondervan does not stitch the spine of its Bibles (atleast not the one that I have). No matter how carefully you treat it, a stitched spine always beats a gummed spine. See if you can get an edition with a stitched spine for a few extra dollars. It will be worth it.
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