ESV Holy Bible with Apocrypha, Anglicised Standard Hardback, Black Hardback, Silver Foiled Cover, Silver Ribbon Marker, ESV English Standard Version, Hardback, Standard size - Hardcover

Bibles, English Standard Version SPCK ESV

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 028108534X ISBN 13: 9780281085347

Publisher: SPCK Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

The beloved English Standard Version - essentially literal, beautifully worded, and complete with the full Apocrypha for ecumenical study, liturgical reference, and private devotion.

Trusted by millions of readers worldwide, the ESV is an essentially literal translation rendered by a team of over 100 leading scholars, capturing the precise wording of the original Hebrew and Greek while maintaining the elegance and dignity of the great English Bible tradition. This fully Anglicised edition uses British spelling, grammar and phrasing throughout.

This edition includes the full Apocrypha as a distinct section - gathering the deuterocanonical books together between the Old and New Testaments, making them easily accessible for ecumenical study, academic reference, and liturgical use across traditions.

Features:

* Complete ESV text, Old and New Testament
* Full Apocrypha included as a separate section
* Stunning black hardback with silver foiled cover
* Silver ribbon marker
* 9.5-point award-winning typeface in double-column layout
* Explanatory footnotes with alternative renderings
* Inline chapter headings and chapter numbers
* British text, fully Anglicised throughout
* White paper from sustainable sources
* 12 pages of maps
* 234 x 156 mm

An excellent choice for detailed Bible study, ecumenical worship, or as a handsome gift - combining scholarly precision with a beauty and clarity of style suited to both private devotion and public reading.

About this title

About the Author

Created by a team of over 100 leading scholars, this Anglicized Catholic edition of the ESV is an essentially literal translation of the Bible that seeks as far as possible to reproduce the precise wording of the original text and the personal style of each biblical writer. Following a distinct word-for-word translation method, the ESV Bible captures the precise wording of the original texts by rendering each Hebrew or Greek word with an equivalent English word. This result is a modern translation that stands in the classic tradition that starts with the King James Version of 1611 and stretches through to the Revised Standard Version of 1971.

From the Back Cover

Beloved by millions around the world, the English Standard Version of the Bible is ideal for anyone looking for a contemporary and readable translation that is also accurate and consistent in its rendering of key words and phrases.

This edition of the ESV is completely Anglicized and features the full Apocrypha. Presented in a double-column format, with explanatory footnotes providing alternative renderings of particular words and phrases, the ESV Bible with Apocrypha offers a clear, easy-to-read text that is perfect for everyday use.

The ESV Bible is an excellent version for detailed Bible study, but one that also possesses a beauty, clarity and dignity of style that makes it superbly suitable for private devotion or for reading aloud during public worship.

This edition features a beautifully designed black hardback binding, inlaid with silver foil, with a matching silver ribbon marker to help you keep track of your Bible study. It also makes a wonderful gift for friends and loved ones on special occasions.

Edition details

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 028108534X
• ISBN 13: 9780281085347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1360