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| The Discipleship Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version Including Apocrypha | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bruce Birch, Editors
Creators: Brian K. Blount, Thomas G. Long, Gail R. O'day, W. Sibley Towner, Bruce C. Birch
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
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Pages: 2232
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 8.5 x 1.9
ISBN: 0664223710
Dewey Decimal Number: 220.520434
EAN: 9780664223717
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Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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 DISAPPOINTING October 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was very excited to see the reviews of The Discipleship Study Bible. It looked like Mainline Christians were going to finally get a Study Bible in answer to the NIV Study Bible and the Life Application Study Bible. Despite the big name endorsements, this Study Bible leave one wanting more.
The annotations are sketchy (but better than the New Oxford Study Bible), the front cover has a nice design but the back has endorsements all over it like a mass released novel. The font size is nice but the paper is so thin it makes it hard to turn the pages and you can see through to the next page. It is nice having a concordance (a major omission in the New Interpreter's Study Bible) but the number of citations it has are few (the editors should have doubled the number of citations). This edition also includes the Apocrypha which is of little use to Mainline Christians like members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the United Methodist Church. These two denominations seemed to have supplied the bulk of the writers of the annotations and book introductions.
I won't throw it into the trash, but I wish I could have seen a copy before I purchased it.
opinion on "Discipleship bible study " August 30, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's addition to several bible studies that already in the market.
Different look at the bible.
Still prefer the conservatives Zordivan or Thompson's.
 An earnest if uneven effort... July 19, 2008
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
A study Bible such as this, beautifully rendered as to readability, paper quality and binding, must ultimately be assessed according to the nature of its study apparatus. The Discipleship Bible's treatment of the commandment to "not kill/murder" (Exodus 20:13) illustrates the risk of maintaining that no significant question remains regarding a text, when in fact it does. Commentator Nancy Bowen claims herein that capital punishment and war may not be addressed with the Ten Commandments, because elsewhere in the Bible they may be sanctioned as of God, though she does not mention Jesus' own prohibitions against violence.
On the other hand, Wilma Ann Bailey argues in her study-book on the question ("You Shall Not Kill" or "You Shall Not Murder"?) that the alteration by most modern, Protestant Bible translation committees of KJV's "thou shalt not kill" is based not on any shift in lexical understanding of the underlying Hebrew, but rather in response to shifting American political attitudes. It would be intriguing to see a discussion on this by Bailey, Bowen, and the Discipleship Bible commentator on Genesis, Terrence Fretheim, who, in his stand-alone commentary on Exodus, expressed a preference for translating "no killing" over "no murder" himself.
The overall thrust of this bible, however, seems one born of an earnest effort to illuminate the word for today, while recognizing (to some extent) the textual and societal complexities of the world in which it was produced. In some ways it accomplishes what the Oxford Annotated Bible did in its day, without the over-abundance (for most readers) of notes provided by, say, the HarperCollins or New Interpreters study Bibles. Three-and-a-half stars.
 Excellent new study Bible for serious followers of Jesus July 8, 2008
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Anyone who's been involved in mainline churches and/or the emergent church movement knows: study Bibles are either overbearingly conservative and focused on personal piety or so terribly full of historical-critical details that the average reader would certainly give it all up in frustration. This is an excellent balance for mainline Protestants, Catholics, Anglicans, progressive Christians and Evangelicals and yes, even conservatives. It has a strong emphasis on issues of social justice and service while also respecting the importance of personal spiritual growth, a combination that both speaks from- and to- both the liberal and conservative ends of the church.
Besides that, I also appreciated that it came with colored maps (something the Renovare Bible didn't have) and a good amount of concordance. The paper quality is decent and while there's a little text bleed-through, it's not too bad.
Before this, my Bible of choice was the Renovare Spiritual Formation Study Bible, but it was still not quite what I was looking for. Thankfully, the Discipleship Study Bible fills a much needed gap that'll be great for all followers of Jesus.
No hesitation in recommending this study bible July 5, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Having recently finished reading the NIV Study Bible for the second time I was looking around for a different translation and study bible to read and came across the promotional literature for this one on the internet. I welcomed the fact that it included the Apochrypha/Deuterocanonical books including some I have not read before. I was concerned it would be too American (I am writing this from Scotland) in its language and comments but have not found this to be the case. I welcome its insightful comments that relate to the contemporary world. I am not a theologian, simply a Christian who has been reading bibles and bible studies for over thirty years and I have no hesitation in recommending this one.
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