For those interested:
Deluxe Edition is now available in hardcover and bonded leather. Genuine leather is set for April 21st ($69.99) and calfskin for April 29th ($195.00). Here are a few details
Bible Size: 6.5 by 9.25
Print: 10.5 point
black letter only
1" margins
everything else is the same as the Reference Edition, center column, maps, etc.
ESV bible ordering information
hope this helps
ESV Deluxe Edition update
Discussion in '2003 Archive' started by go2church, Apr 11, 2003.
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This is an extremely high price($195)for the deluxe leather.
The Thompson Chain Reference Bible which is printed by Kirkbride is a high quality bible and is available in genuine leather for around $100. I wonder why the ESV would be almost two times as much? -
It says "premium calfskin"...check out other Bibles with this kind of leather, and you'll see similar pricing. I'm disappointed that these have 10.5 type...they call this larger print???
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Jude,
I have seen bibles with Morocco bindings that cost about $100. I do not believe that "premium calfskin" is more expensive that Morocco. I can't wait to see one of these bibles, too bad I can't afford to actually buy one. -
Larger print is due in the summer.
I'm waiting for that.
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Neal -
Thank you Neal for this explaniation. I always believed that Morocco was the top of the line. Now I know better.
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I'm finding that buying basic HARD BOUND Bibles is best for me. More than 1/2 of my church come with hardcover versions, opting to buy 3-4 different versions or study Bibles for $25 each rather than one $100 leather Bible.
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But Dr. Bob I need something that will flip and flop around wildly when I shake it at the people while I am preaching. Hardback just doesn't flip and flop very well, it doesn't give the same effect.
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Neal -
Shopping for a Bible is a lot more fun
than shopping for a car!!
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Neal -
I've seen cars that are CHEAPER than some Bibles, too. :rolleyes:
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The ESV-folks are making the same mistake that the NASB publishers did...they are making their own Bibles, and the quality is not that great. They ought to market their Bible with Zondervan or Nelson or Cambridge or Oxford...people who have made a quality Bible in the past. Only late in 'the game' did the NASB contract with Zondervan, and then, perhaps too late.
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Jude,
I think you have "hit the nail on the head." If the ESV had better distribution, as well as better quality, it would probably be more popular that it is now. I ask my pastor yesterday about the ESV, and he was not even aware that there was such a translation. -
I agree to a point about the mistake the ESV publishers are making, compared to the NASB publishers. However, I would contend that the overall quality of the NASB publishers (Foundation), at least to this point, has been far superior to that of the ESV publisher (Crossway).
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Jude,
I agree. But I think that Crossway invested
so much in revising the RSV that they want
to market their product. The biggest
mistake is the glue binding. I think the
hardbacks are OK, the leathers are average
to below average. Perhaps one day Cambridge
or Oxford will publish the ESV.
Have you seen the RSV 50th in leather,
published by Oxford? Now that's a wonderful
Bible. I have a burgundy leather one and
it is beautiful.
Clay -
I've had one of the hard bound ESV's on order for more than month. It still is not listed as "in stock". If memory serves, this is the fourth time they have delayed distribution of the larger print version. I certainly hope the quality of the version is better than the quality of their distribution system!
Did I read somewhere that there is going to be an ever larger print version coming later this year? That will be preferable. 10.5 is not a very large font.
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