{"id":141,"date":"2005-09-30T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-30T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/?p=141"},"modified":"2005-09-30T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-30T23:15:00","slug":"that-archaeological-study-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/30\/that-archaeological-study-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"That Archaeological Study Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAfter mentioning the prize in yesterday’s post<\/a>, I received the Zondervan Academic catalog in the mail which has info about the “NIV Archaeological Study Bible.” As I mentioned before, I wrote about 13 articles and contributed more than 100 photos, so I’m interested in its publication. A few comments for any others who might be interested.<\/p>\n

1. The translation is now the NIV. Originally it was to be in NASB but apparently the major donor to the project allowed Zondervan to use the (more popular) NIV instead.<\/p>\n

2. The working name was the “Archaeology Study Bible,” which has now been changed to “Archaeological.” I think both names are awkward and mis-leading. Many of the articles are about things that aren’t related to archaeology at all, but more to geography and history. There is a sense in which “archaeological” can mean “pertaining to things which are old,” and in that case, the title works.<\/p>\n

3. Listed as authors are Walter Kaiser and Duane Garrett. The latter was the project coordinator as far as I ever saw in my work in writing and supplying photographs. I wonder if Kaiser actually did anything or if he is the “name that sells.” Because of Kaiser’s published plagiarism, I’m sad that his name is associated with the project. That doesn’t mean that the Bible won’t be good.<\/p>\n

4. The Bible will be printed in 4-colors throughout (is this a first for a Bible?), and will include 500 photographs and 520 articles.<\/p>\n

5. The entire content of the Bible, including photos, maps and charts, will be included on a CD that is included with the Bible.<\/p>\n

6. The retail price is $50 in hardcover; about $80 for leather.<\/p>\n

7. The Bible will be released in March 2006.<\/p>\n

Based on what I have seen, I expect that the Bible will be very useful. I saw a list of articles when I had the opportunity to choose and there were many that I thought would be quite interesting. The downside: the articles had to be short and consequently don’t have much depth. But it’s a study Bible and not a Bible dictionary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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