The Scofield Study Bible III, New King James Version

A review of the Scofield Study Bible III in the New King James Version (NKJV), ISBN 9780195275384. This Bible is Smyth sewn with overcast stitching front and back. The print is dark and generally uniform. The 9.5 point font is large enough for my aging eyes, and it is attractive. The text is laid out in a twin column, verse-by-verse format, with chain references along the gutter and outside edges. This is a red letter Bible.

Contents

00:00 Details (dimensions, layout, font, paper, margins ...)
01:16 History of Scofield editions from the back of the box
01:43 Dimensions
02:02 Page layout
02:56 Page dimensions
03:35 Font size in the text (9.5 pt uppercase, 10 pt lowercase)
04:41 Font in the references (7.5 pt)
04:54 The paper
06:00 Print non-uniformity in black
06:37 Print non-uniformity in red
06:48 Book introductions
07:07 Book titles, pages numbers, page contents
07:36 In-text headings
08:12 How quotations from the Old Testament are formatted
08:53 Monies, weights, and measures
09:04 Index to Subject Chain References
09:25 Subject Index (for both the Scriptures and the notes)
09:51 Index of Proper Names
10:18 Concordance
10:55 Map Index
11:24 Oxford Maps
12:20 The ribbon
12:45 Head and tail bands
12:55 The Bible lies nearly flat in Genesis
13:05 Overcast stitching
13:22 Gilt edges and thumb-indexing
13:42 Burgundy genuine leather cover
13:49 Paste down construction
14:11 Gold line along inside edge of cover
14:31 Presentation page, marriage certificate, births, marriages, deaths
15:38 Copyright page
16:02 Interior design and typeset by Blue Heron Bookcraft
16:53 Table of contents
17:39 Boxed article on the Pentateuch
17:49 Close-up view of the font (tracking, line spacing)
18:56 How to tell if your NKJV has the 1982 or the 1984 text. 1 Peter 3.20
19:53 Are all the NKJV translation notes present? No. Colossians 2.8
21:44 Font comparisons
23:25 The note on the Dispensation of Promise (Gen 12.1) -- Did Israel rashly accept the law?
24:44 Exodus 19.3, the law is not a means of salvation. The footnotes are in an 8.5 pt font.
26:30 Summary article on Grace (John 1.17). Salvation has always been through faith.
27:44 Which beast is the Antichrist? The note at Revelation 13.11
28:57 Size compared with a Local Church Bible Publishers 1917 Scofield and with a Crossway ESV Study Bible
29:44 Summary
33:18 The NKJV New Testament is literal -- my translation continuum chart
35:04 Some places where the NKJV's Greek text (the Textus Receptus) differs from the modern critical text, not mentioned in footnotes
35:49 Some places where the NKJV's text notes are out of date
35:55 Translation credits