The Discipleship Study Bible HB

The first completely new NRSV study Bible in five years! People today are hungry for the Bible, hoping to fin

The Discipleship Study Bible HB

The first completely new NRSV study Bible in five years! People today are hungry for the Bible, hoping to find meaning for their own journeys of life and faith.  The Discipleship Study Bible is the perfect compass for the journey. This distinctive study Bible helps readers understand the ancient texts on their own terms and the meaning of the texts for us today, making it an indispensable book for reference and discipleship.

The Discipleship Study Bible contains illuminating notes that give particular emphasis to the social witness and discipleship dimensions of the Bible and discerning scriptural guidance for living together in community. Such living encompasses but is not limited to personal piety. It features introductory essays to each book of the Bible by top-notch contemporary Bible scholars, the complete text of the New Revised Standard Version, including Apocrypha, a timeline, eight pages of colour maps, descriptions and notes within the text, and a concise concordance.

The biblical text has an inescapable social dimension and this study Bible demonstrates attentiveness to the public and communal meanings and implications of the biblical text, including the social justice and social witness dimensions of Scripture.

The Discipleship Study Bible will provide:

* a focus on discipleship that is based on the scholarship and inclusive language of the NRSV.
* a concentration on social justice - acts of Christian care and concern for all God's people and God's entire world.
* a concentration on personal piety - Christian acts of personal response to Scripture.

The Discipleship Study Bible includes:

* the complete text of the NRSV, including the Aprocrypha.
* extensive introduction and annotations for each biblical book, including the Apocrypha, from a group of distinguished biblical scholars.* essential historical, sociocultural, literary, and theological issues valuable in understanding each biblical book.
* annotations for each biblical book that address the whole range of the Christian life - spiritual and social, personal and communal.
* a concise chronology of events and literature in and surrounding Ancient Israel and Early Christianity.
* a concise concordance.
* colour maps.