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Title: Life Application Study Bible: New International Version by Tyndale House Publishers ISBN: 0-8423-4892-1 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: June, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (50 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: For "weaker brothers," as Paul would say
Comment: I own several Bible translations and Bible commentaries, and was interested in this one to get a fresh perspective on the Word's relevance to modern life. However, rather than providing intelligent commentary designed to help the reader reflect on God's purpose and how that purpose can unfold in the reader's life, the authors seem to define "life application" as providing canned, rigid, simplistic behavioral dictates based on their own interpretations, which are sometimes lifted out of thin air rather than based on Scripture, and which they then liberally embellish with modern fundamentalist social and political commentary. These dictates are often given in the negative, with "Don't think..," "Don't do..," "Don't make the mistake...," "Beware of...," etc., showing up on almost every page. The notes often also attempt to instill fear in the reader using the tone of a fire-and-brimstone revival-tent preacher, with comments like "Let your misfortunes bring you to your senses and to the merciful God before it is too late."
This type of commentary may be useful for the people Paul referred to as "weaker brothers," types who, due to their uncertainties in faith, are looking for someone to interpret Scripture for them and force-feed them dogmatic rules to live by. The more mature Christian, however, will probably be turned off by the arrogant, condescending tone of the "study notes," and would do better by sticking to Scripture itself, along with a Bible dictionary, concordance and commentary (and talks with a good pastor!).
Rating: 5
Summary: What a Great Bible for Today's Way of Life
Comment: There are so many good things about Tyndale's "Life Application Study Bible" (LASB) that I'm not sure where to start. The negatives are short and quick: (1) it contains too much typology, interpreting far too many events in the OT as announcing Christ, e.g., the burning bush was not Christ, but God himself; (2) it tends to get a little preachy in places; and (3) after a careful reading I found sixteen misspellings and intertext reference errors (which I submitted for correction in the next edition to the publisher).
But that's nothing compared with what you get: a set of concise book, event, and character outlines that are unmatched in current Bible publishing. The point of the LASB is to relate the Bible to our lives today, and not the way we lived 400 or even 2000 years ago; in other words, LASB's goal is to make the Bible directly relevant to its reader. It certainly succeeds.
Perhaps its least noticed but best feature is its one-column text format, giving the reader full verses. The poetry of the Psalms and within the prophetic books is retained and in metered format to distinguish it from prose and didactic sections. Loaded with footnotes explaining not only the what, where, who, but the why. The editors tell you WHO James is, and who his brother is, and give you hints to distinguish him from other Jameses. Each book is set up with an introduction, along with a "blueprint" model that gives the major themes of the book; a separate "megathemes" (meta is the proper word) section lays out the thematic significance of the book with explanation; and finally a "vital statistics" section that gives a quickview of the book's setting, key people, purpose, etc. The maps in the back are quite good, too.
So there's no reason you won't want this Bible, even as a supplement to more scholarly bibles like the New Revised Standard Version Oxford Annotated Edition. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Trouble understanding the bible? Here's your answer
Comment: Have you read the bible and at the end of the passage didn't understand what you just read? Then you haven't used the Life application bible. It explains the bible in everyday words/stories. Forget King James, this is the last bible you'll ever use!
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Title: Life Application Study Bible, New Living Translation by Tyndale House Publishers ISBN: 0842332677 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $32.97 |
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Title: Kid's Life Application Bible NLT (hc) by Tyndale Kids ISBN: 0842332936 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Student's Life Application Bible: New Living Translation by Tyndale House Publishers ISBN: 0842352279 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: NIV Life Application Study Bible, Indexed by Zondervan Bible Publishers ISBN: 0310919843 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $74.99 |
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Title: Teen Study Bible, Revised by Larry Richards, Sue Poorman Richards, Mich.) Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids ISBN: 0310900964 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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