ESV - Poor quality workmanship?

Ken Taylor was the man responsible for the Living Bible paraphrase. It's my understanding the New Living Translation (NLT) is much more accurate than its predecessor because the team that worked on the NLT didn't seek to paraphrase an already-existing translation as Taylor had done.

I'm not a huge fan of the gender-inclusive style of the TNIV, so if I want a less formal translation without the gender-inclusive wording I normally use the NIV.

I'm reading through the ESV this year. So far I've been neither overly impressed nor overly disappointed with the translation. I do part of my reading out of the printed Crossway Classic Reference edition while part of my reading is done online. I've also heard of poor quality and materials in the printed Crossway Bibles, but so far I've had no problem.

The translations I would most recommend are the NKJV, the NASBs and - yep, the KJVs. But those are my personal preferences - not rocket science.

 

I like the ESV translation and have been using my ESV hard-cover for about 2 1/2 years now.

I am now at the point that I have to stop carrying this particular Bible to church. It is literally falling apart. First, the thin plastic Saran wrap covering over the hard covers started bubbling up and peeling away. Now the back cover along with the maps in the back have separated themselves completely from the rest of the book.

I used to carry an Old Scofield. Say what you will about the notes, but the quality of those bibles was tops. ESV needs to find a publisher who will put out a quality book.

 

Oxford University Press has been the Scofield publisher for many years. If you follow the procedures they give you for breaking the book in, it should last a while.

 

I have a pocket ESV in Tru-Tone cover that I have used for years. It's held up very well.

Here's a link to several on Amazon.

 

Of course I don't exclude this as having an application to all Christians both male and female. I think 99% of the population is smart enough to understand that "brothers" "mankind" and such references apply to both genders. If I am wrong about how smart the Bible reading public is and there really are some people who are simple enough that they don't think such references apply to females, perhaps a footnote could be added to clear the problem up.

What I do very much have a problem with is adding to the text proper of the Word of God for ANY reason regardless of how noble the motive may seem. The Bible itself warns against such tampering more than once. If we really believe that the Bible is the Word of God we have no business editing it to suit our human wishes or desires. That is just my opinion based on my understanding of Scripture, but I stand firm of that issue.

 

I really like that TruTone stuff, not sure what it is or how it is made, but it looks and feels very nice.

 

It's coagulated polyurethane.

 

thanks Jerome! I've been halfway looking but hadn't found what it was yet.

I really like the stuff too Themodynamics.

 

That makes it sound....uh....not so nice, like test tube leather!