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People who enjoy reading the time-honored Revised Standard Version will appreciate the background materials accompanying its text in this highly regarded edition; Single-column annotations, located at page bottoms, are keyed to chapter and verse; 40-page, indexed section of 28 full color Oxford Bible Maps; Eight supplementary articles and charts address topics of literary, economic, and geographical interest; Introductions to each book of Scripture; Annotations (classic); Subject headings.… (more)
I know it may seem odd to include the Bible here. I think a lot of people don't see it as something to read for pleasure. In college, I was surprised by how many of my classmates had never read it - and in consequence, missed a lot of meaning in the books we were reading. Though I also have a old leather King James version, I like this edition, particularly for the Apocrypha and the notes. ( )
THE NEW OXFORD ANNOTATED BIBLE WITH THE APOCRYPHA is presented in order to encourage the study and understanding of both the canonical Scriptures (the Old Testament and the New Testament) and the Old Testament Apocrypha. [editors' foreword]
People who enjoy reading the time-honored Revised Standard Version will appreciate the background materials accompanying its text in this highly regarded edition; Single-column annotations, located at page bottoms, are keyed to chapter and verse; 40-page, indexed section of 28 full color Oxford Bible Maps; Eight supplementary articles and charts address topics of literary, economic, and geographical interest; Introductions to each book of Scripture; Annotations (classic); Subject headings.