Study Bibles

Introducing the NLT Study Bible. The product of over 40 Bible scholars and seven years' work, it is the most comprehensive study Bible ever created. The notes focus on bringing out the full meaning of the text, allowing the reader to understand the Bible more deeply than ever.

Feature details:

• 25,900 study notes (over 820,000 words)
• Maps, charts, & illustrations
• Ten section introductions provide an overview of the literature and history of each section of the Bible, showing how the books are related to each other and to the rest of Scripture
• Theme articles and person profiles (406 total) highlight recurring ideas and describe the lives of those who inhabit the pages of scripture
• 100 Greek and 100 Hebrew word studies
• 100 quotations from modern and ancient writers
• Words of Christ in red
• 9-point text
• Recommended further reading at the end of each book and section introduction

The Zondervan NIV Study Bible is the #1 bestselling study Bible in the bestselling NIV translation. And now it includes for 2008 a 25% revision to the over 20,000 in-text study notes and a library of study resources at your fingertips. This edition also includes a 130-page topical index for more in-depth study. Excellent for home school use.

For 2008, the NIV Study Bible’s 20,000-plus study notes and other features have been updated and improved. Unmatched in any other study Bible, these notes have been crafted to reflect the most current conservative Bible scholarship. Other study features 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.

• Trusted NIV translation
• Concordance
• Themefinders™ track 12 important topics through the Scripture
• Book introductions with note-taking space
• Extensive bottom-of-page notes
• 45 in-text maps and charts
• Easy-to-use detailed cross-reference system
• More than 80 key issue articles
• Commentary from a Pentecostal/Charismatic perspective
• Subject index for topical studies
• Glossary of practical definitions of terms and concepts

In just a few weeks "The Fire Bible: Student Edition" has eternally altered my devotional journey and life purpose. The title itself shouts to the reader—"this is truth on fire!". Every page of this study Bible lifts the reader to a new spiritual level and creates a hunger to know and be used by God. Undoubtedly, this is an instrument that will ignite and impact an entire generation to walk in the Spirit!

—Rev. Lillian E. Sparks, author, internationally known speaker, pastor, hospice chaplain, and former national director of the Assemblies of God Women's Ministries

1990 Gold Medallion Award winner!
The Life Application Study Bible is today's #1 selling study Bible because it helps people see how the Scriptures are relevant to today's issues. This edition of the Life Application Study Bible lets you enjoy the best-selling Life Application features with the time-honored King James Version.

• Thousands of Life Application notes help explain God's Word and challenge readers to apply the truth of Scripture to life
• Personality profiles highlight over 100 important Bible
• Book introductions provide vital statistics, overview, and timeline to help readers understand the message of each book
• 200 thumbnail maps highlight important Bible places and events
• 260 charts help explain difficult concepts and relationships
• Cross-references
• Harmony of the Gospels built right into the text of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
• Dictionary/concordance
• Words of Christ in red letter
• Daily reading plan
• Leather and imitation leather editions include gilt page edges and ribbon marker
• Additional features:
  • Presentation Page
  • Family records section
  • Single Column Format
  • Side-column cross references
  • Index to Notes
  • Index to Charts
  • Index to Maps
  • Index to Personality Profiles
  • Dictionary/Concordance
  • Scripture Text: 8 Point
  • Notes: 8 Point
  • 16 pages of color maps & diagrams
  • King James Version
  • Gilt page edges
  • Ribbon marker
  • 6 3/4" x 9 1/2" x 2"
  • Hardcover

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 notesnow 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:

• Over 20,000 study notes
• Icons make important information easy to spot
• 900 character profile icons
• 425 archaeology icons
• Nearly 3,000 personal application icons
• Book Introductions and outlines
• In-text maps, charts, diagrams, and illustrations
• 16 pages of full color maps
• Timelines
• Presentation page
• Words of Christ in red
• NIV concordance
• Subject and study notes indexes
• 8 Point Text
• 7 Point Notes
• Gold gilded page edges
• 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/2"
• Black Bonded Leather

• Old Testament newly translated from the Greek text of the Septuagint, including the Deuterocanon
• New Testament from the New King James Version
• Commentary drawn from the early Church Christians
• Easy-to-Locate liturgical readings
• Book Introductions and Outlines
• Subject Index
• Full-color Icons
• Full-color Maps

Document your legacy of faith with the Legacy Study Bible. Best-selling author and "Bible Answer Man" Hank Hanegraaff has created the perfect tool to build and pass along your spiritual legacy.

• Four-color legacy presentation section
• Book introductions written by Hank in his LEGACY acronym (Location, Essence, Genre, Author, Context, Years) format
• Informative and educational acronym articles written by Hank include:
  • LIGHTS-How to understand the Bible
  • MAPS-Demonstrating how the Bible is divinely inspired and preserved
  • MEALS-How to grow in the faith
  • DOCTRINE-Essential Christian doctrine
  • FEAT-Apologetic on Christ's resurrection
• Legacy Reading Program
• Timelines and charts
• Extensive concordance
• Four-color maps
• Ribbon Marker
• Gold gilded page edges
• 7^" x 9^3/16" x 1^5/8"
• Black bonded leather
• Words of Christ in red
• 1664 Pages

The acclaimed The NKJV Study Bible is the most complete study system for pastors, teachers or Bible students who desire accurate study in God’s Word. It is now better than ever, including more features to make it the best all-purpose study Bible available. Using the trusted New King James Version, The NKJV Study Bible, Second Edition has "the mind of a scholar and the heart of a pastor." Nelson’s skilled team of scholars has produced THE study system to reach for when accurate, beneficial study in God’s Word is the goal.

New Features include:

• Christ in the Scriptures: A new segment in each book’s introduction, Christ in the Scriptures traces the Christ-centered salvation theme present throughout the Bible.
• Bible Time Notes: These notes—found throughout the study Bible—provide facts of secular history, culture, and archaeology during biblical times, giving the reader an historical context for the scriptures.
• How to Use Bible Study Tools: A new article on using various reference tools such as dictionaries, concordances, and commentaries is included, empowering readers who are looking for additional resources in their study.
• CD-ROM: A Libronix CD-ROM of the entire contents of the study Bible has been included at no extra charge.

Updated Features include:

• Cross references: More scriptural cross-references—found in the center portion of each page—are included in this new edition.
• Commentary Footnotes: The page-by-page commentary on which readers rely has been revised and updated to include the latest in biblical scholarship and insight.
• Index and Concordance: The comprehensive index contains listings from all the study Bible’s features—in alphabetical order—of the study Bible. Also included is a 195-page concordance.

• Amplified Bible text
• "Life Points" correlate Scripture to your personal experience
• "Everyday Life" articles feature Meyer's insightful commentary on specific passages
• "Putting the Word to Work" questions
• Book introductions
• Bonded Leather (Burgundy)
• Ribbon marker, Gilded edges

An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture, The NIV Archaeological Study Bible sheds new light on the Bible. From the beginnings of Genesis to the end of Revelation, this new study Bible is filled with informative articles and full-color photographs of places and objects that will open your eyes to the historical context of the stories you read and the people you meet in Scripture. From kings and empires to weapons of war to clay pots used for carrying water, the archaeological record surrounding God's Word will help contextualize and inform your personal study.

• 4-color interior throughout
• Bottom of page study notes highlight and add further explanation to passages that speak onarchaeological or cultural facts included in the Scripture
• Articles (520) covering one of the following five categories:
  • Archaeological Sites (Hazor, Ugarit, Arad, Ephesus)
  • Cultural and Historical Notes (ancient seals and scarabs, perfume and anointing, the missionary journeys of Paul)
  • Ancient Peoples and Lands (the Persian empire, the history of Egypt)
  • The Reliability of the Bible (the question of the Psalm superscripts, the reliability of Judges, the ending of Mark)
  • Ancient Texts and Artifacts (the Mesha Stone, the Prayer of Confession)
• Approximately 500 4-color photographs interspersed throughout
• Detailed book introductions that provide basic, at-a-glance information
• Detailed charts on pertinent topics
• In-text color maps that assist the reader in placing the action
• 8 point text
• Single-column format
• Side-column references
• Section headings
• Book introductions
• Timelines
• Hardcover

Real Questions. Straight Answers. Stronger Faith. The Apologetics Study Bible will help today’s Christians better understand, defend, and proclaim their beliefs in this age of increasing moral and spiritual relativism. More than one-hundred key questions and articles placed throughout the volume about faith and science prompt a rewarding study experience at every reading. 2240 pages, from Broadman & Holman.

The Apologetics Study Bible features valuable contributions from a who’s-who of modern apologists such as Chuck Colson, Norm Geisler, Hank Hanegraaff, Josh McDowell, Albert Mohler, Ravi Zacharias, J. P. Moreland, and Phil Johnson.

Other features include:

• The full text of the popular Holman Christian Standard Bible® translation
• Two-color page layout
• Introduction to each Bible book focusing on its inherent elements of apologetics
• 10 point text
• Double-column format
• Book Outlines
• Translation Footnotes
• Articles on ethics, science, archaeology, philosophy, and non-Christian belief systems
• Study notes that explain "problem" passages
• Sidebars on Scriptures misused by cults
• Profiles of historic Christian apologists from Justin Martyr to C. S. Lewis
• Plan of Salvation
• Hardcover
• 6 3/4" x 9" x 1 1/2"

The Student Bible's proven, common sense approach to studying the Scriptures appeals to high school and college readers, as well as adults of every age. This compact edition offers more than just good looks and portability. Its thoughtful, carefully researched features will help you overcome common obstacles to reading and understanding the Bible.

Edited by award-winning authors Philip Yancey and Tim Stafford, this Bible enables you to understand what you read, find the topics you're looking for, and make real progress in your studies

• The ESV Bible text is set in highly readable 9-point type, in a single-column, book-text format.
• Section summaries are highlighted for easy location throughout the notes. Summaries provide an overview of each main section and correspond to the outline shown in the introduction for each book.
• Over 200 full-color maps printed throughout make events and places in the Bible come to life.
• Over 25,000 notes focus especially on understanding the Bible text and providing answers to frequently raised issues. Words from the Bible text are printed in bold for easy reference.
• Over 80,000 cross-references provide easy access to key words, passages, and themes throughout the Bible.
• Numerous diagrams bring fresh understanding to key places and events in the Bible, based on the best, most recent historical and archaeological research.
• Over 200 charts provide concise, "at a glance" summaries of important themes and teaching.
• Free ESV Online Study Bible available with purchase
• Finest quality European Bible paper
• Durable Smyth-sewn binding
• Presentation page
• Family Record pages
• Ribbon marker
• Gold page edges

• Wordkeeper Wide Spine Leather Cover Organizer, Black, Large
• Wordkeeper Wide Spine Canvas Cover Organizer, Black, Large
• Wordkeeper Wide Spine Canvas Cover, Black, Large
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The bestselling NIV Teen Study Bible for kids ages twelve to fifteen is now revised for a new generation—excellent for homeschool use.

As an on-the-go teen, you’re moving fast. God is moving faster! The Teen Study Bible will help you keep in step with all he has done, is doing, and will do in the world—and in your life. Totally revised, this best-selling Bible will help you discover the eternal truths of God’s Word and apply them to the issues you face today.

Features include:

• New We Believe—Unpacks the Apostles’ Creed to reveal the biblical foundation of faith
• New Panorama—Keeps the big picture of each book of the Bible in view
• New Tip-in Pages—Explain ancient ruins, foreign languages, music, and more
• NEW Key Indexes—Help with in-depth Bible study
• To the Point—Reveals what the Bible says about pressing issues
• Dear Jordan—Offers biblical advice for teens
• Instant Access—Tells what God says to you personally
• Q&A—Tests your knowledge of Bible trivia; Bible Promises—Highlights Bible verses worth remembering
• Book Introductions—Provides an overview for each book of the Bible
• Complete NIV Text—The most read, most trusted Bible translation

The bestselling NIV Teen Study Bible for kids ages twelve to fifteen is now revised for a new generation—excellent for Homeschool Use.

As an on-the-go teen, you’re moving fast. God is moving faster! The Teen Study Bible will help you keep in step with all he has done, is doing, and will do in the world—and in your life. Totally revised, this best-selling Bible will help you discover the eternal truths of God’s Word and apply them to the issues you face today.

Features include:

• New We Believe—Unpacks the Apostles’ Creed to reveal the biblical foundation of faith
• New Panorama—Keeps the big picture of each book of the Bible in view
• New Tip-in Pages—Explain ancient ruins, foreign languages, music, and more
• NEW Key Indexes—Help with in-depth Bible study
• To the Point—Reveals what the Bible says about pressing issues
• Dear Jordan—Offers biblical advice for teens
• Instant Access—Tells what God says to you personally
• Q&A—Tests your knowledge of Bible trivia; Bible Promises—Highlights Bible verses worth remembering
• Book Introductions—Provides an overview for each book of the Bible
• Complete NIV Text—The most read, most trusted Bible translation

The bestselling NIV Teen Study Bible for kids ages twelve to fifteen is now revised for a new generation—excellent for Homeschool Use.

As an on-the-go teen, you’re moving fast. God is moving faster! The Teen Study Bible will help you keep in step with all he has done, is doing, and will do in the world—and in your life. Totally revised, this best-selling Bible will help you discover the eternal truths of God’s Word and apply them to the issues you face today.

Features include:

• New We Believe—Unpacks the Apostles’ Creed to reveal the biblical foundation of faith
• New Panorama—Keeps the big picture of each book of the Bible in view
• New Tip-in Pages—Explain ancient ruins, foreign languages, music, and more
• NEW Key Indexes—Help with in-depth Bible study
• To the Point—Reveals what the Bible says about pressing issues
• Dear Jordan—Offers biblical advice for teens
• Instant Access—Tells what God says to you personally
• Q&A—Tests your knowledge of Bible trivia; Bible Promises—Highlights Bible verses worth remembering
• Book Introductions—Provides an overview for each book of the Bible
• Complete NIV Text—The most read, most trusted Bible translation
• Ribbon marker
• Presentation page
• Personal record page
• 5.75" x 8.75" x 1.75"

• We Believe (new) Unpacks the Apostles' Creed to reveal the biblical foundation of faith
• Panorama (new) Keeps the big picture of each book of the Bible in view
• 20 Full-Color Pages (new) Features information about ancient ruins, foreign languages, music, and more, then space for recording thoughts and reactions
• Key Indexes (new) Helps with enhanced Bible study
• Book Introductions Sums up the main themes and hits the highlights of each book of the Bible
• Background information About what was happening in the world when each book of the Bible was written
• To The Point: Biblical perspectives on today's issues
• Instant Access Looks at Bible passages and answers the question: What does this mean for me?
• Q & A Asks and answers interesting Bible trivia questions
• Dear Jordan Gives advice about friends, family, school, and more backed up with relevant Bible Scriptures
• Bible Promises: Highlights Bible verses worth remembering
• Full-color tip-in pages
• Presentation page
• Ribbon marker
• 5" x 7.5" x 1.25"