Review: NASB Note-Takers Bible
Zondervan
2014
The Note-Takers Bible is an offering from Zondervan that
appears to be a reformatted version of the 2002 Thinline edition of the NASB
which used the 1995 NASB version. I do
not intend to comment on the text itself as that is the scholars’ domain.
This edition has increased the margins to allow more room to
record notes. I like wide margins. The interior margin is tiny though and I don’t
like that so much. Maybe they’ll do
something with that next time around. The
font is clear and comfortably readable for me.
Cross references are not available in this edition, but alternate meanings
for words or simple explanations of things like weights are noted within the
text. The publishers also included a basic concordance.
Now for the note-taking aspects of this edition. The paper is smooth and thin. After trying a liquid li-liter and a roller
ball type ink pen I can’t recommend their use.
A regular, cheap ball point pen or a pencil work best as they don’t
bleed through the paper. After my
experimenting I discovered a note at the very end that said as much.
Overall I like this edition even with the nits I mentioned
above. I received a hard bound copy found
it to be quite useable. It is available
in several other translations as well if NASB is not your favorite.
I received this book from the publisher via BookLook in
exchange for a review.
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