The Influence of the ESV Extends to The Lutheran Study Bible
A few months back, Kevin Sam, an ordained Lutheran minister, brought our attention to the Lutheran Study Bible.
To be honest, I thought the NRSV would be the text used, but I was wrong:
As it became increasingly clear that the ESV would be the translation of choice recommended by the Missouri Synod’s Commission on Worship, Concordia Publishing House began to talk with Good News Publishers, the parent company of Crossway, the publisher of the ESV. A productive partnership relationship developed. Right around 2001, when the ESV was finally released, Concordia Publishing House and Good News Publishers had agreed to consider the possibility of copublishing an ESV study Bible.
It was from that point on that the plans for The Lutheran Study Bible began to take concrete shape. full article…
Despite its idiosyncrasies, the ESV Bible (English Standard Version) continues to wield its influence.
Now I’m in the market for The Lutheran Study Bible, as it were.
Actually, TC, you were not wrong. There are two different Lutheran Study Bibles:
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TLSB (ESV) produced by Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (theologically conservative church) and
2/ <a href="TLSB: ESV” produced by the Evan. Lutheran Church in America (theologically liberal church).
I reviewed the LSB: NRSV and found it lacking some in study notes. It doesn’t even compare with the TLSB: ESV. I do prefer the NRSV translation but I don’t think the LCMS church is very keen on the NRSV.
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Yow that’s expensive. Great reviews on Amazon.
Jeff
Stellar reviews!!! But $44 for a hardback?
Kevin, thanks for that addition information. I didn’t know that.
So is the ESV Lutheran Study Bible better than the NRSV one?
Jeff and Stan, for a hardback it is. Maybe we can get Kevin to hook us up.
Odd, I accidentally stumbled across this on Amazon tonight. So I stuck it on my never ending wish list. I only have like two ESV’s already, after all….
The patristics sound interesting, at least.
Chuck – what are the two ESV’s that you already like?
Patristics?
ESV’s- Reformation Study Bible and of course, the ESV with Apocrypha from Oxford.
Patristics = selected quotes from the Church Fathers, along with no few Luther quotes, of course.
Looks very nice from the samples on the Concordia page.
Chuck, I went and saw what you were referring to.
I use the NRSV XL with the Apocrypha.
What about the ESV Study Bible?
TC: I’ve been such a study bible whore for years, I’ve deliberately avoided them the last few years, besides the NET(and a bookcase overflowing with commentaries). In fact, I’m rather enjoying the Anglicized Cross Reference NRSV with Apocrypha I just got just for its simplicity.
Besides, I could never decide from the reviews whether to go ESV Study or NLT Study.
While it’d be nice to have those Wesley and Lutheran study bibles, I’d probably get more out of those traditions by buying a regular book or two on those traditions.
Amazon Wish list= When I trip over the pot o’gold list, in many cases.
Chuck – I’m not big on Study Bibles.
Yes, I find myself reading my NRSV with Apocrypha more, but some archaic terms are throwing me off.
I say go with the ESV Study, because of the wealth of info, esp. from a Reformed perspective. There you go!
Ah! Wishlist workds nicely too.
As long as you know that the entries for Romans 16:7 and 1 Tim. 2:12 contain simple fabrications, along with some other thinking on women ..
That’s the trouble. I can’t touch a book now that misrepresents women in even one place. I start to think about the commentator who wants so badly to put down women that he commits perjury.
Sue,
I was actually telling a pastor friend of mine today that I was willing to take the ESV seriously but was quickly reminded of why I have so much struggles with it.
I can actually understand how someone could read the ESV Bible itself and not notice certain passages. I probably could myself for a bit if I didn’t read too much. But here I was thinking of the ESV study Bible and the articles it contains.
Sue,
I’m no authority on the Study Bible, since I don’t own one and having spent any substantial time with one.
But do forgive my misstep.
No, I think it was my misstep. I knew I was reading about the Lutheran study bible but it became conflated in my mind with the ESVSB by the time I reached the end of the thread. My mind is wandering. Oh well.