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Thompson is more focused on exactly that, chain references, with some interesting annexes at the end, whereas Scofield is a note-Bible. Thompson was amillennialist whereas Scofield was premillennial.
But if you're looking for the most doctrinally accurate Study Bible, I would recommend the Ruckman Reference Bible:

Bible Baptist Bookstore: Ruckman Reference Bible (more options available)

https://www.amazon.com/Ruckman-Refe...id=1592410011&sprefix=ruckman+,aps,283&sr=8-1

 

Rumour has it that David wrote some of the Psalms after having committed adultery and premeditated murder.

(For the record, I think the Charismatic movement is largely heretical, I just don't appreciate dragging a man's name through the mud just because I disagree with his doctrine)

 

You know people by their fruits. If I thought he taught the truth, I would give him the same attention as David.

 

Then oppose the doctrines. Because you can find men who were guilty of sexual sins, or were accused of sexual sins, in every doctrinal camp.

 

My first study Bible was a NIV large print study Bible, which I still have and refer to from time to time.

 

I was given a New Scofield Study Bible as a Senior in High School. It was my first Study Bible.

I picked up an Old Scofield Study Bible at a bookstore clearance sale about 15 years ago (if I remember correctly for only $5 or $10) it’s still in the box new.

I don’t generally use Study Bibles now, usually turning to a single book commentary.

Rob

 

Hi Yeshua, yes the original edition.

 

Oxford Annotated Bible, 1st edition, RSV, editors Herbert May and Bruce Metzger, 1962.
A college textbook for my first Bible course: Survey of the Old Testament.
That course also used Understanding the Old Testament, 2nd ed., Bernhard Anderson, Prentice Hall, 1966.

 

Rob,

The New Scofield Study Bible (your first Scofield) looks incredibly used in the photo.

 

It was a well made Bible and I take care of my books.
The binding is still strong but despite continuous care (leather dressings and dye) there is some dry rot on the headcap and tail.


I do have quite a few bibles in my collection. Most of them picked up used for not much $.
Here are a few...



Rob

 

I like the variety in your Bibles -- from Criswell to Moffat -- quite eclectic.

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Now I ask this next question -- which really is a fiddling question -- Do you have some order or scheme in the way you place your Bibles on the shelves in your collection?

Such as

• chronological (i.e., publication date or acquisition date)
• theology (i.e., Baptist or other denomination)
• equivalence (formal, moderate, dynamic equivalence, or paraphrase)
• size (height or thickness -- space left on the shelf)
• spine (color or material used in board covering)
• or some other Rob idiosyncratic hodge-podge

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I ask the fiddling question because I find myself frequently shuffling the Bibles on the shelves in my own collection.

Now if there was just one Bible in a collection -- then there would be no need to fiddle about.

Bob