The New English Bible, Oxford Study Edition, with Apocrypha

See "Contents" Below. A review of the Oxford Study Edition of the New English Bible, ISBN: 0195297229, style 5830A. The translation is very free and engaging; the annotations are learned but skeptical. This edition includes the same apocryphal works historically printed with the King James Version. This review provides a tour of the Bible, close looks at the page layout and font, and samplings from the translation itself.

Contents

00:00 Intro
00:26 Glued or Sewn?
00:52 Book Dimensions
08:19 Paper Weight (estimated)
08:37 Apocryphal Books -- Catholic and Orthodox Canons
10:58 Hebrew Source for the Old Testament Translation
13:51 Translation Continuum - How Free is the NEB?
14:20 Font Size in the Notes
15:22 Greek Source for the Translation of the Apocrypha
16:30 Greek Source for the New Testament Translation
18:58 Print Non-Uniformity Example
20:15 Maps
21:40 Page Dimensions
22:10 Margins
23:07 Font in the Text
26:09 Typeface Compared to the Didache Bible
26:37 Typeface Compared to the RSV Oxford Annotated Bible
26:57 Genesis 1.1-1.5
27:58 Ruth 1.15-1.17
28:43 Psalm 22
29:25 Isaiah 53
31:01 Introductions to Isaiah and Daniel
32:23 Luke 1.46-1.49, the Magnificat
33:33 John 1.1-1.5
34:12 John 1.18
34:43 1 Cor 16.8, "Whitsuntide"
35:10 Pros and Cons