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Great for the Kindle порно 14 лет

By Joe Felim

The New American Standard Bible has been widely acclaimed as the most literally accurate translation from the original languages. Millions of people, students, scholars, pastors, missionaries, and laypersons alike, have trusted the NASB, learning from it and applying it to the challenges of their daily lives. Now, the updated NASB increases clarity and readability. Vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure were carefully reviewed for greater understanding and smoother. Trust, discover and enjoy the NASB for yourself today.

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This review will simply address the mechanics of this version of the Holy Bible in regards to the Kindle. I will refrain from any comments regarding the nature of the translation, leaving that for those far more learned than myself.

I have downloaded several Kindle versions of the Holy Bible and have found this one to be the most well thought out in terms of Kindle navigation.

One of the few problems I have had with the Kindle is selecting specific lines of text with the cursor which moves up and down the right side of the reading pane. If the text is located in the center of the page (Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Kindle Edition by International Bible Society), or worse, justified left (Holy Bible, King James Version KJV Kindle Edition by Olive Tree Bible Software), then it is sometimes difficult to line up the cursor with the book you wish to jump to.

This is the first edition I’ve had experience with that justifies the Table of Contents to the right, next to the cursor, so it is easy to select a particular line. I also really like the fact that after selecting a particular book, you are immediately taken to a sub menu listing the individual chapters, also justified right.

The verse numbers are set slightly above the text when you actually reach text for continued simplicity in navigation.

For me, this is the best set-up for Kindle versions of Holy Scripture and after a little practice, I have been able to look up verses faster than I am able to do with an actual book.

I specifically recommend this version for those looking for a “Kindle Friendly” version of the Holy Bible and especially to those who are looking for a NASB version.

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NASB MacArthur Study Bible

By Joe Felim

Like many students of the Bible, I have long been in a quest for the “Holy Grail” of the perfect study Bible. No such thing may ever exist, but this latest release of the MacArthur Study Bible, in the updated NASB, gets us a step closer. MacArthur’s first study Bible, in the NKJV, was similarly an overall fine resource but unfortunately that version was tied to an NT text that most evangelical scholars feel is not the most accurate. While NKJV may have provided comfort for those traditionalists who wanted to retain the flavor and majesty of its Elizabethan/King James English, surely if this is the Word of God we must insist on accuracy over familiarity. After all, the King James, while an admirable effort and the standard for years, even centuries, is not the original Bible. The updated NASB text is a significant improvement in terms of accuracy, although some have criticized its English usage as “wooden.” The general consensus, however, is that NASB does make for a great study Bible. Those looking for more gender neutral English usage won’t find much here, but I personally find the more archaic usage of “brethren” that NASB employs preferable to the “brothers” that NIV, ESV, HCSB and other more modern versions use. NASB also uses capital letters for pronouns referring to deity, a practice that some find objectionable because it is not in the originals. But neither is red letter text for the words of Jesus, a feature found in many modern versions (but missing in this study Bible). These matters are certainly items of preference and should not form the basis for rejection of a given translation.

The MacArthur NASB Study Bible has all the standard wonderful features of a great study Bible, and in my view eclipses all the other study Bibles I have seen. It is a treasure trove for the serious student of the Bible who wants a deeper, more scholarly, theological and textual approach. Not all will agree with all of MacArthur’s theological views–even I do not–but it is refreshing to see someone take a stand, instead of saying “Some Christians believe this and other Christians believe that” as one often sees in other study Bibles today. MacArthur is Baptistic, cessationist and combines elements of dispensational (pre-trib, pre-mill rapture) and Calvinistic theology; he may be at times a bit overly dogmatic on non-essential points (after all, this is his effort rather than a group effort, which may be one of the weaknesses of this study Bible). The Calvinist circles I have run in most of my life are a-millenial and definitely baptize infants, but who knows, perhaps a blended theology that MacArthur employs is closest to the truth and can help bridge the warring camps that one often finds in evangelical circles today.

The features of this study Bible are too lengthy to cover here, but it should be noted that a concordance, missing in the NKJV MacArthur Study Bible, has now been added. The font is clear and bold, easy for an older reader such as myself to benefit from. All the usual bells and whistles are there and then some (great book and section introductions, outlines, maps and charts, an index, terrific, detailed textual notes, an overview of theology, a Bible reading plan, the miracles and parables of Christ, a harmony of the gospels, an article on the inter-testamental period and other articles about the Bible, timelines, a table of monies, weights and measures, and much, much more). Another positive–unlike many other NASB editions, this one is in paragraph rather than verse format.

If you want to dig deep into the Word, this is the place to do it. I have been waiting for this study Bible for a long time.

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New American Standard Bible

By Joe Felim

As its name implies, the New American Standard Bible is a revision of the American Standard Version (1901). It was produced by a company of conservative scholars who wished to provide a literal and conservative revision of the ASV, as an alternative to the Revised Standard Version (1952), which had proven to be unacceptable to conservative churches. Although the NASB revisers were influenced by the RSV’s interpretation in many places,(1) overall the NASB is a good deal more literal than the RSV, and thus it preserves the highly literal character that had made the American Standard Version so useful as a translation for close study. Also unlike the RSV, the NASB deliberately interprets the Old Testament from a Christian standpoint, in harmony with the New Testament.

The publication of the New American Standard Bible began with the Gospel of John in 1960, followed by the four Gospels in 1962, the New Testament in 1963, and the entire Bible in 1971. The Greek edition used by the NASB revisers was the 23rd edition of the Nestle text.

The NASB was widely accepted by conservative churches in the years following its publication, but it was often criticized for its awkward and unnatural English. This was mostly a consequence of the version’s strict adherence to the idioms of the original languages, whether or not they were natural in English. But in many cases the awkwardness serves no good purpose and is hard to tolerate.

In general, the words of Charles Spurgeon regarding the English Revised Version (the British counterpart of the ASV) might also be said of the NASB - “Strong in Greek, but weak in English.” For this reason, many people used the NASB only for reference when doing close study, while using other more “readable” versions for other purposes. The version became a byword for conservative literalism among liberal critics, who often compared the NASB unfavorably with the RSV. (2)

For many years the names of the NASB translators and editors were withheld by the publisher. But in 1995 this information was finally disclosed. Below is the list of names posted on the publisher’s website in 2002.