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| NASB MacArthur Study Bible | 
 enlarge | Creator: John Macarthur
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 28518
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 2208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.9 x 2.2
ISBN: 0529122502
Dewey Decimal Number: 220
EAN: 9780529122506
ASIN: 0529122502
Publication Date: April 11, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 MacArthur's Opinionated Bible November 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The NASB Bible text is great, but MacArthur's opinions are not. He leans so far into "performance" Christianity that it has become legalism. And, apparently, he considers himself the judge of just how much performance is required to be saved. MacArthur's brand of of law-keeping brings death, just like the Bible says it does. It is no wonder that the BBN stopped broadcasting his show. I have been saved for many years. I have had mountain-top times and some valleys. I am not proud of the times when I was less full of faith, but I'm sure glad that I did not fall under John MacArthur's eye then...or I would have been declared unsaved! But, Christ is faithful. He has brought me back into a closer walk. Stay away from MacArthur's legalism, "For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." Stick with Ryrie's NASB study Bible.
 Good Study Bible September 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very good study Bible. McCarthur is very diligent in studying the Bible and all types of resources surrounding it such as history, Greek, Hebrew, other Christian works, secular works, etc. Not a big fan of NASB or NKJV of the Bible, though many prefer them. In some cases the reading is more difficult. For example (NASB then KJV) magi-wise men, dissipation-riot, sordid-filthy, diadems-crowns. Obviously there are examples where the opposite is true also. Another place to look at some NASB changes is hissheep.org. A good, understandable KJV non-study Bible is the Defined King James Bible by Bibles for Today. Hardcovers are reasonably priced. Anyway the McCarthur Bible is a good and informative study Bible.
 I Love this Study Bible August 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have enjoyed listening to John MacArthur's radio broadcasts for the past 20 or so years and so I was already familiar with the MacArthur name. And I really enjoy the NASB version of the Bible and so when I heard about this study Bible decided to buy a copy of it. My church bookstore does have this item available so could have purchased it there but decided to order through Amazon & I'm glad I did. Its easy for me to follow along and the footnotes are good too.
Terrific NASB Study Bible July 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The MacArthur Study Bible in NASB is all that I had hoped it would be. The black leather cover has a good feel and I can open to any page and it will lay open. The text is large enough for a comfortable read. MacArthur provides excellent introductions to each book of the Bible (combining introductions for books such as 1st and 2nd Samuel, Kings, etc.) with author information, background, history, and interpretive challenges. An outline for each book is also provided. The key to this Bible are the extensive notes that are presented on every page, explaining critical points, giving historical or cultural insights, defining terms and locations, and connecting the passage to other Scripture.
Riddled with errors and flawed commentary July 28, 2008
4 out of 15 found this review helpful
For those who are interested in a VASTLY SUPERIOR study bible (unfortunately covering only the old testament) would do well to look at Friedman, Richard E. "Commentary on the Torah". April 15, 2003.
Comparing this book to Friedman's is like comparing poorly-written and photocopied Cliff's notes (1/2 the pages are blank/unreadable, with spelling, grammatical and factual errors on every page) to a full, signed and leather-bound version of War And Peace.
The most glaring problem with this book is the author's personal bias and deeply FLAWED reasoning. It is obvious John MacArthur does not know how to construct a logical proof (e.g., "if 'a' [and 'b', 'c', etc.], then it follows that 'd'") because his commentary is riddled with weird "'d' because 'd'" arguments. Ugh. Specific examples:
You can know without a doubt that the bible comes directly from god because "Over 2,000 times in the Old Testament alone, the Bible asserts that God spoke what is written within its pages." [p. xvii] Uh, right. By the way, god wrote this review. God wrote this review. You better believe me!
Is the bible inerrant? Of course not! It started as oral tradition, then was written and re-written by many hands over the course of centuries. Over time, mistakes were made, phrases changed, left out, added, etc. Not according to MacArthur: "The actual content of Scripture will be perpetuated, both in heaven (Ps 119:89) and on earth (Is 59:21). The the purposes of God, as published in the sacred writings, will never be thwarted, even in the least detail.... [p. xx]
Obvious Errors include Gs 1:8 [p. 16], god did not find the second day "good," which was probably due to a monk/translator/copyist skipping a sentence because two adjacent sentences (one of which would be the "god saw that it was good") in day two have the same characters at the beginning of the text. The poor tired person probably lost his place.
I Kings 4:26 - "Soloman had 40,000 stalls..." [p. 470] this was another typo. The number should be 4,000 (MacArthur acknowledges this error!)
The new testament is also rife with errors, e.g., the story of Paul and the eunuch, Acts 8:37, "And Philip said 'If you believe with all heart, you may.' And he answered and said, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.' [pp 1615-6] 8:37 was actually added much later after Acts was originally composed. MacArthur acknowledges this, yet his explanation is that these errors do not change the message! Huh?
The last beef is that MacArthur addresses things outside his area of knowledge, such as the age of the earth: "While the exact date of creation cannot be determined, it certainly would be estimated to be thousands of years ago, not millions" [p. 1]; and "scripture does not support a creation date earlier than about 10,000 years ago." [p. 16].
The latter statement could very well be correct, which would mean that scripture is wrong. The age of the earth is roughly 4.5 BILLION (not million, and certainly not thousand) years old--of this, there is no doubt. Anyone can run the same experiments and come up with the same number. Clearly false assertions of a young earth do not belong in a study bible. They belong in one of those pamphlets that keep ending up on my windshield.
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