ESV The Bible for Life Wide-Margin Reference Bible Hardcover

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With it’s extra-wide margins and
highly readable text, the ESV Wide Margin Reference Bible is great for taking
notes, personal study, and devotional reading. It include these helpful
reference features:

  • Wide Margins (1.25″) for
    note-taking

  • Double-column, paragraph format

  • Introductions to each book

  • Concordance with over 14,500
    references

  • Free ESV Bible Resources CD-ROM
    available

  • Over 80,000 cross-references

  • Full-color Maps

  • Black letter text

  • Table of weights and measures

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Translation Philosophy

The ESV is an “essentially literal” translation that seeks as far
as possible to capture the precise wording of the original text and
the personal style of each Bible writer. As such, its emphasis is on
“word-for-word” correspondence, at the same time taking into account
differences of grammar, syntax, and idiom between current literary
English and the original languages. Thus it seeks to be
transparent to the original text
, letting the reader see as
directly as possible the structure and meaning of the original.

In contrast to the ESV, some Bible versions have followed a
“thought-for-thought” rather than “word-for-word” translation
philosophy, emphasizing “dynamic equivalence” rather than the
“essentially literal” meaning of the original. A
“thought-for-thought” translation is of necessity more inclined to
reflect the interpretive opinions of the translator and the
influences of contemporary culture.

Every translation is at many points a trade-off between literal
precision and readability, between “formal equivalence” in
expression and “functional equivalence” in communication, and the
ESV is no exception. Within this framework we have sought to be
“as literal as possible” while maintaining
clarity of expression and literary excellence.

Therefore, to the extent that plain English permits and the
meaning in each case allows, we have sought to use the same English
word for important recurring words in the original; and, as far as
grammar and syntax allow, we have rendered Old Testament passages
cited in the New in ways that show their correspondence. Thus in
each of these areas, as well as throughout the Bible as a whole, we
have sought to capture the echoes and overtones of meaning
that are so abundantly present in the original texts.

As an essentially literal translation, then, the ESV seeks to
carry over every possible nuance of meaning in the original words of
Scripture into our own language. As such, it is ideally suited for
in-depth study of the Bible. Indeed, with its emphasis on literary
excellence, the ESV is equally suited for public reading and
preaching, for private reading and reflection, for both academic and
devotional study, and for Scripture memorization.

Product Details:

  • ISBN: 1581348223

  • ISBN-13: 9781581348224

  • Format: Hardcover

  • Pages: 1344

  • Size: 6 x 9 x 1.5 inches

  • Published: May 2, 2007

  • Red Letter: No

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