Scofield Study Bible

Carly:

I would stay away from the Dake. The following is from How to Choose a Study Bible by John Kohlenberger :

Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible (Dake, 1961 [NT], 1963) KJV

Dake’s is the product of 43 years of study and is one of the few study Bibles that has more words in its helps than in the Bible. Most of Finis Jennings Dake’s materials are set in two columns that appear on each page beside the two columns of biblical text. His introduction claims 500,000 cross-references, 35,000 notes and comments, 8,000 outlines, and 2,000 illustrations. Many of these materials are lists of observations from the text, but much is interpretive, with emphasis on prophecy, healing, and the miraculous.

This work contains a great deal that is speculative and unorthodox, such as Dake’s belief in God’s "spirit body" with "bodily parts" that "goes from place to place" (pp. 96-97 [NT]), his strong teaching on racial segregation (e.g., pp. 148 [OT] and 159 [NT]), and his dogmatism on just about every subject he addresses. The Dake’s study Bible cannot be recommended to journal readers, charismatic or not.

 

Amen and amen! The type is much too small for me, even with my reading glasses, and the single column format makes it even harder to read. The full page column is too long to quickly scan back to the beginning of the next line without getting lost. All in all an excellent work, but could use a little fixing in type face and columnation.

 

Randy, for the same reason a good reformed Baptist such as yourself would use something as unorthodox as Scofield!

 

It's also available in the REB.

This is the sort of thing I find this useful for. I haven't seen a Ryrie, Scofield, or Thompson since I was a youth at First Baptist Atlanta. Oxford Study Bibles are as common among my stripe of baptist as those little communion shotglasses are in non-liturgical congregations. Many of the baptists here, however, have never even seen an Oxford Study Bible.

It's a big baptist world.

Joshua

 

It's also available in the REB.

This is the sort of thing I find this useful for. I haven't seen a Ryrie, Scofield, or Thompson since I was a youth at First Baptist Atlanta. Oxford Study Bibles are as common among my stripe of baptist as those little communion shotglasses are in non-liturgical congregations. Many of the baptists here, however, have never even seen an Oxford Study Bible.

It's a big baptist world.

Joshua</font>[/QUOTE]I use the Oxford Study Bible (RSV). It was my wife's required reading as a Samford undergraduate in her Old and New Testament classes. I like it because I understand it to be the most objective and accurate translation. The NRSV is also good but I think its gender-neutral language compromises accuracy for pc-ness. Of course with the RSV you have to put up with some thou's and thy's.

 

Wow, Glad you educated me about the Dakes. My pastor friend is an independant fundy baptist and highly recommends it. That amazes me...Don't think I want to touch it with a ten foot pole.

I'll take the Thompson chain , thank you.....it's all about me searching it out for myself.

 

From what I've heard, Kirkbride is balking at putting out new forms of the Thompson Chain (Ex, using the updated NASB or the ESV, a handy sized NKJV, etc.)
That is terribly unfortunate, if true. Most of the communications I've had with them bears it out. I hope they change their minds.

 

I use and enjoy greatly the Scofield Reference Bible and yes my backup is a Ryrie Study Bible. I guess you cas see the camp I'm in.

 

And which dispensation you're in !

Joshua

 

Yes Tom, I've found the same thing. They're kind of a quirky company. I emailed them a couple of years ago about them printing the NASB95 in the TCR but they said unequivocally no.

I guess there's little chance of them publishing the ESV in it.

 

And that's a real shame. I remember talking to someone there after they released the NKJV expanded Thompson Chain, who told me their plan was to eventually release all the versions in an expanded Thompson Chain (incl. updated NASB). Obviously, they must have had a change of heart; why, I'll never know.

Makes one almost wish someone would buy them out.

 

Joshua, Lets say more in the camp of Alva J. McCain, Charles Ryrie, and J. Vernon McGee would fit in well. Act 2!!

[ April 18, 2002, 08:34 AM: Message edited by: Bob Alkire ]