The NRSV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible

A review of the NRSV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible (ISBN 9780310452683). This Bible features the text of the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) arranged in two text columns, formatted into paragraphs. The font in the text is 10.4 points. Footnotes and articles provide "expert insight into the customs, culture, and literature of the ancient world." The paper is reasonably opaque and show-through (ghosting) is not a problem. The volume is a sturdy, sewn hardback, and it lies flat in both Genesis and Exodus. The words of Christ are in black ink. Only the 66 books of the Protestant canon are present.

Detailed contents

00:00 Dimensions, margins, layout, font ..., four slides
00:33 Size compared to a Cambridge Cameo KJV and a Crossway ESV Study Bible
00:56 The back of the dust jacket
01:46 Page layout
02:59 The font in the text
03:38 Center column references are in column order
04:18 The font in the study notes
04:36 Paper qualities (weight, glossiness, color, opacity)
05:05 Print nonuniformity (fading)
05:20 Book introductions
06:27 The words of Christ are in black ink
06:55 The Index of Articles in Canonical Order
07:24 The Index of Articles in Alphabetical Order
07:36 The NRSV Authorized Concise Glossary and Concordance
08:17 The index to the color maps
08:30 The fourteen color maps
09:19 The 11 pages of lined notepaper
09:56 The bare cover (without the dust jacket)
10:26 The copyright page
10:47 The table of contents
12:16 Hebrew to English Translation Chart
12:36 Ancient Texts Relating to the Old Testament
12:57 Old Testament Chronology
14:05 Old Testament color codes
14:24 New Testament color codes
14:35 A close-up look at the font and font comparisons
16:28 The NRSV as a translation
18:53 The footnote at Genesis 6.2 -- the sons of God
19:17 The footnote at Genesis 6.4 -- who were the Nephilim?
20:00 An article on Baal
21:29 A footnote and an article on the Baal Cycle and Psalm 29
22:15 The footnote at Isaiah 9.6, "a child has been born for us ... Prince of Peace"
23:17 The footnote at Daniel 9.24 and the seventy weeks
24:51 The footnote at 1 Cor 11.10, "because of the angels"
25:40 An article on resurrection
25:58 An article on mystery cults
26:14 An article on travel in the Greco-Roman world
26:35 An article on the function of the tabernacle
27:13 The introduction to Jude
27:28 An article on sealing documents
27:41 An article on the Millennium
28:09 Summary