A 2020 NASB Large Print Ultrathin Reference Bible

A review of Lockman's Large Print Thinline Reference Bible with the 2020 New American Standard Bible (NASB) text, ISBN 9781581351736. This Bible features a 10 point font created by 2K/Denmark, line-matched text, two-column paragraph formatting, center column references, and the NASB text and translation notes (complete set) at page bottom. The paper is blue (!) but fairly matte, with an estimated paper weight of 31 gsm. The binding is sewn and the volume lies open and flat in Genesis. There are two 9 mm wide ribbon markers, one black and one brown. In the back you'll find a 126-page NASB Topical Index, book introductions, and 9 color maps.

Beginning at about the 15:50 point, this video also features my observations on the 2020 NASB. I show where the 2020 lies on the translation continuum, and discuss the extent to which the Old Testament departs from the Masoretic Text, and rates of agreement between the New Testament and four Greek New Testaments. I remark on many of the changes between the 1995 and 2020 editions of the NASB, some of them due to the translator's desire to ensure the text reflects their perspective on gender accuracy.

This is a 66-book Protestant Bible.

Contents

00:00 Unboxing
02:10 Page layout
03:37 The ~10 point font in the text
05:04 Paper qualities
07:02 The topical index
07:59 The maps
08:22 The sewn binding: stitching is visible in the maps section
09:08 The two ribbon markers
11:17 The preface -- gender accuracy
13:25 The Hebrew and Greek source texts
13:47 What do brackets mean in the NASB text?
15:08 Font comparisons (1995 NASB large print ultrathin and 1995 MacArthur Study Bible with Comfort Print text)
15:50 The translation continuum chart
16:05 A few examples of where the 2020 edition is more literal than the 1995
18:19 Changes in the Old Testament where the translation now departs from the Masoretic Text, Psalm 145.13 and Isaiah 49.12
19:47 The New Testament compared to Nestle-Aland's 28th edition, Westcott & Hort, Robinson-Pierpont, and the Tyndale House Greek New Testament
21:12 Examples of where the 2020 NASB New Testament follows a different source text than the 1995 edition
22:11 Some other changes to the New Testament
25:34 How gender inclusive is the 2020 NASB? Comparisons to the NRSV and the 2011 NIV
33:12 Some miscellaneous observations (the footnote at Gal 3.22 was repaired; 'with a view to' was replace in Eph 1.10, 14; in 2 Thess 1.9, 'away' should be in italics; little was done to improve the awkward rendering in 2 Peter 1.10)
34:43 Summary