Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible

A review of the Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible (9780310923633, 0310923638), published by Zondervan. This Reformed study Bible similar has a top grain cowhide cover, 66 in-text articles, a single-column format, 20,000 explanatory notes, gilt page edges, 16 color maps, and a glued binding. The translation is the 1984 New International Version (NIV). The Bible was typeset by Blue Heron Bookcraft.

The Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible and the Reformation Study Bible (which I reviewed here    • The Reformation Study Bible NKJV in B...  ) are both revisions of the New Geneva Study Bible.

Detailed contents:

00:00 Details (dimensions, margins, layout, font)
01:31 Dimensions – size compared to the older (smaller) Reformation Study Bible
01:50 Size compared to the newer (larger) Reformation Study Bible
02:05 The Box
03:53 Page layout
04:32 Page dimensions
05:17 The font in the text
06:29 Format of the page-bottom notes
06:37 The paper (thickness, paper weight estimate, color, reflectivity, show through)
07:30 Print non-uniformity is non-existent
07:47 Book introductions
09:00 Each book of the Bible begins on a separate page
09:25 The words of Christ are in black ink
09:35 Quotations from the Old Testament in the New
10:47 References are in the outer margin
12:16 Table of weights and measures
12:34 The NIV concordance
13:14 The Heidelberg Catechism
13:40 The Belgic Confession
13:48 The Canons of Dort
13:58 The Westminster Standards
14:44 Westminster Confession Chapter 28 -- the Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible vs the Reformation Study Bible
15:32 The confessional material in the Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible contrasted with that in the Reformation Study Bible
16:32 Index to color maps
16:42 Color maps
17:49 The ribbon and the head and tail bands
18:05 The binding is glued, and the Bible does not lie flat
19:18 Title page, copyright page, table of contents, presentation page
20:30 The introduction and contributors, abbreviations
21:21 List of theological articles, index of maps, index of charts, NIV preface
22:12 A typical theological article – font, column width, characters per line
22:33 The introduction to Genesis
23:16 Typeset by Blue Heron Bookcraft
23:52 A second look at the introduction: this study Bible is a revision of the New Geneva Study Bible
24:32 Comparing the notes in Hosea chapter one – Reformation Study Bible vs Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible
27:14 Font compared to that in the newer (larger) Reformation Study Bible
27:50 Font compared to that in the older (smaller) Reformation Study Bible
28:48 A close-up look at the font
29:18 The authorship of Second Peter
30:43 The notes at Isaiah 53: who is the Suffering Servant?
31:55 The summary
34:36 A glance at an in-text map
34:41 A translation continuum chart, with the NIV highlighted