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| The HCSB Student Bible, Brown (Student Bible) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Holman Bible Editorial Staff
Publisher: Holman Bible Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1933928
Media: Imitation Leather
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1792
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 1586404717
Dewey Decimal Number: 220
EAN: 9781586404710
ASIN: 1586404717
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
Now available in Brown Simulated Leather. A visually driven product for a visually driven culture, The Holman Student Bible enhances the study of God’s Word with fullcolor page designs, explanatory sidebars, engaging study questions, and many other reading helps that are especially relevant to the development of true faith among this new generation. Now this popular product is available in two new hardcover editions: pink for girls and brown for guys, each with unique cover design elements.
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 Excellent Translation June 27, 2008
I love this translation. I'm giving it five stars because it's such a great translation, but I do want to interject here, before I get started with the important stuff, that "imitation leather" is a . . . hmm . . . generous description of the binding. Don't misunderstand--I love the binding. It's durable and attractive and flexible and looks to be hard wearing. I haven't damaged it yet and I've used it quite a lot. It's just not very leather-like.
Before I bought this bible (I got it at a bookstore) I sat and read most of the Gospel of John, which is a book I know very well. I was nothing but impressed with the ease of reading and yet depth of this translation. My previous favorite, the New King James is still a wonderful translation. I love my Amplified. The RSV is great, but though I'd hate to be without any of them, I love this one best.
I don't read Greek or Hebrew, so I certainly can't give a commentary on the accuracy of the translation except as compares to other well-spoken-of translations, but in that regard I would say it shines. It says the same things with usually pretty much the same implications, only it says them in a way that's instantly easier to grasp. (For me, anyway.)
It's not that I can't understand the others--even the AV, but they take more work and don't really provide any more meat so far as I can tell. Since it's going to take any of us quite a lot of time to individually parse each verse of the Bible, meditate on them all, look up the Strongs definitions of the key words, write our own commentaries, it's nice to have a translation like the HCSV that is a little more accessible.
My only complaint (and it's a biggie) is the lack of the cross-references so abundant and helpful in my NKJV. (Maybe there are more in other editions, but they're missing in the Student Bible.) There are references, but they're of the sort where they tell you which OT passage Paul is quoting. That's good to have, but I like to have cross-references to other related passages. Otherwise I need several books strewn around, balancing on the arm of the chair, etc. It's just inconvenient.
I'm looking forward to seeing the HCSB become available in other editions with more general commentary and better research helps included. Meantime, I'm enjoying my HCSB and highly recommend it to anyone.
Grace and Peace,
Cindy
 HCSB and great work! January 19, 2008
HCSB! The HCSB is a very promising translation. It reads like the NIV and has the accuracy of the NKJV. This student bible may not qualify as a full-blown study bible (it could use cross-references and more notes) but it is a great work. Conservative & basic.
Almost everything I wanted... August 27, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I must say i did a lot of searching before i came to the decision of purchasing this bible. I was looking for something that wouldn't slow me down with old English but that was also true to the original manuscripts. I'm not a bible scholar by any means, but from my experience so far this is the one. Full of pictures, maps, related topics and quotes, it helps with understanding what happened where and when without overdoing it. And is not a young teenie bible where they try to relate everything to problems in school. For me the one thing it was missing is the Apocrypha...noting that there are important historical puzzle pieces found in them...i think it would have been a good idea to include them like early bible editions did, instead of just referencing them. But i found that the pros outweighed the cons and it's worth the small price. I definitely recommend this bible over the KJV or NIV for reasons that you can read about elsewhere. By the way the pages are very thin which i don't mind but others may, the simulated leather is very nice, silver leafed pages, and lays open easily...two thumbs up...hope i don't get sued by Ebert.
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