This New Testament may be purchased here: www.newromepress.com/products/portable-new-testament-eob . My review of the paperback EOB New Testament may be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/Vx6WTuAvBWw/видео.html .
I bought this edition last year, but only recently set out to read it cover to cover. I've finished Matthew and Romans, and already it has become my #2 NT version, replacing the NKJV. This version fills a huge gap in available Byzantine-type English New Testaments. For a "layman" like myself, the footnotes are some of the most valuable I have seen. I know practically nothing of Greek, but it strikes me as being a quite formal translation. I have high hopes for the future of the EOB. Regarding physicality, I can't help but feel that those wide margins are wasted real estate; we could have had a much larger text to fill all that space. Still a very nice edition, though.
My Dear Sir, thank you once again for a great review. I also still have my Gideon’s KJ-NT. It’s been my “car bible” for over 40 yrs. I find your work on the EONT most helpful & will be returning to your earlier video on the larger paperback volume. As I’m sure you know mainline NT textual criticism these days (using CBGM) seems to be trending towards text types such as the MT & the PT. Maybe our Gideon’s KJV’s were right all along. Blessings & again, Thank You Rev John Wilderspin
You know, now that you have mentioned it, I do remember receiving a tiny NT at my punluc school, at least once. And.. I remember Mrs. Rainy, who was my 3rrd.,and 4th grade teacher leading us...daily..in the Pledge of Allegiance p, and she read to us from the Bible.
Thanks for commenting, Sandy! I can remember a substitute teacher in high school who read aloud from the King James Bible. By that time, the Supreme Court had ruled against it -- or at least that was the way the court ruling was interpreted. But no one had the nerve to tell this woman to stop. She was about 80 years old at the time and had been a missionary in China when the Communists took over.
Now the sound is perfect in this video. Thanks for fixing it! I have this same Orthodox new testament but the font is too small for me to barely read. I like the "uniquely-begotten Son" in John 3:16 and "deliver us from the evil one" in the Lord's Prayer. I don't generally have much use for the maps so i wish they had put in the Psalms instead.
Oh my, that Gideon's NT in the NKJV version was my very first ever Bible back in the early 90s. I've continued to use the NKJV ever since. Wonderful video. While I'm in no way a TR or KJV only person (I use the NKJV instead), I do prefer the Byzantine Text type. That's again the advantage of the NKJV with the translation notes.
Thanks for commenting, Edward! I had a similar experience. The first Bible I owned was a black Gideon's KJV New Testament, given to me by my Sunday School teacher when I was six years old. I still have it.
Well done! This is quite a nice looking New Testament. Some portable New Testaments are so small that I find them difficult to read. Have you ever considered reviewing Psalters? Yes, I am selfishly asking the question. I have yet to fins the "perfect" (or even close to perfect) Psalter.
Thanks for the kind comment, Rachel! I like the idea of reviewing Psalters and am willing to take recommendations. (The Abbey Psalms and Canticles is on my wish list, recommended by a viewer.) The trouble is that my video production rate is somewhat slow, so it may take me a few months to post a review.
@@RGrantJones I cannot help much with recommendations. I only own two Psalters, both of which were gifts: A Psalter for Prayer (Holy Trinity Publications) and Reading the Psalms with Luther (Concordia Publishing House). Both books are of good quality and have a sewn binding (which is strangely important to me). However, they both have a similar downfall: they are denomination specific. I will be looking forward to your Psalter review(s) in the future. Actually, I look forward to all of your videos!
@@rachelkarslake7787 I have two psalters and would recommend them both, one is from Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Greek Orthodox) available in two sizes, Smyth Sewn, beautiful layout with red drop caps, ornamental designs and images/icons, the language is Old English similar to KJV but the translation has been worked on for many years as they sought to render an English translation to sing/chant with the Byzantine tones used by Greek speaking monks and laity. The other psalter is a collection of Saint Ephraim the Syrians psalms (4th Cent) compiled by Bishop Theophan the Recluse (19th Cent) it has a similar layout but has a ribbon marker and gold guilded edges, it includes 150 psalms to mirror the Psalms of David, published by St. John of Kronstadt Press (Russian Orthodox) Personally I would use the latter more often. Random sample - Psalm 74:1 ' Who will cure my soul if not Thou, O Christ, the only Physician of souls! Where will I find a remedy for the diseases of my soul, if not with Thee, O fountain of healing!... Thou Who didst cure the ailing woman, cure also my soul from the ruin of sin.' God Bless.
@@icxcnika9399 thank you very much for the recommendations! Actually, I was given St. Ephraim the Syria's psalm book recently. I think it is the same one you are talking about. My Melkite priest, who is a dear friend, just gave it to me. I haven't fully explored it yet, but I plan on doing it soon. I will check out your other recommendation too.
Thanks for a fine review. Are the translation notes the same in both this portable edition and the larger paperback? Do you know the font of the text in the paperback edition? My eyes are getting older and 7 to 7.5 point font may be challenging, even with reading glasses, although I like the size of this portable edition. Thank you.
Fernando - As far as I can tell, the portable edition and the paperback contain the same notes. The paperback has an approximately 9.5 pt font --- lowercase letters look closer to 10 pt. Thanks for viewing and for the comment!
That question comes up often. Here's my response: Red letters often cause me eye strain -- actual physical pain. Publishers seem to have difficulty printing them evenly, so you’re more likely to find faded sections of red text. Black text is often printed on the opposite side of the page, causing show-through/ghosting, and I find red characters on a cluttered background harder to read than black characters on the same background. I made a video on this topic, which can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/Bzz2Bu9IjrA/видео.html .
Hello, Thanks you for all the nice, calm, relaxing reviews. If you are up for a video request, could you discuss the basics of different bibles (most commonly used?) and suggestions for a person like myself trying to read the bible for the first. I have a Catholic family bible from the 50s and an Oxford NASB from the 1990s. They are very different in language which is fun to compare but I would like to hear your opinions. Thanks again.
Thanks for the suggestion, Empress Norma! This is a very broad topic. If I worked to this outline, do you think it would do the job? 1. Differences between Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Bibles. 2. List of the most popular Bible translations. 3. Description and characteristics of each. 4. Which translations I recommend and why. 5. How to start reading the Bible.
I also noticed a formatting error on page 48. Mattew chapter 27, between verses 31 and 32. The section heading is in the text rather than the outer margin.
Thanks for your kind wishes, Fernando! I've avoided The Virus, but some minor health issues have left me without much excess energy of late. Perhaps I'll post something new next weekend. I hope you are well.
@@RGrantJones Thanks for letting me know so I can pray for you. Please do not push yourself to post anything if you do not feel up to it!! I live in Oregon so the fires and smoke/hze have been awful, but rain a few days ago has cleared the air in Portland where I live.
@@FernandoSerna1654 - I didn't realize the fires were so close to Portland. (I just looked at the Oregon Department of Forestry's active fire map, which -- as, of course, you know, but which was news to me -- shows two large fires to your southeast and one smaller fire to your northeast.) Praying for your safety and health!
@@RGrantJones Thank you very much, at this moment we are safe and the air quality is good. The state has been devastated with loss of life and property, then there is the burning of beautiful forests. United in the Lord.
I have a question. Do Christians consider entire Bible the verbatim word of God, or is it an inspired word of God? Is all of the Bible holy for you guys or only a part of it? To me it is clear that Gospels will have higher value than the letters in New Testament. And Torah ought to have more value than other books in Old Testament? According to Quran Abraham was given a scripture (not named in Quran), Moses (Torah), David (Psalms), and Jesus (Gospel) were given too, and their scriptures are named. So, from Quranic perspective only these books are holy in Bible + the pamphlets of other minor prophets (which are included in the Prophets of Old Testament).
Thanks for the questions, Hassan! Various Christian groups have different views. Some believe the words of Scripture were dictated by God. At the other extreme you'll find those who assert that the Bible is a purely human book. As to the status of the books, views vary here as well. I believe that the Orthodox value some books (e.g., the Gospels) more than others. I've heard that some Lutherans consider Hebrews, James, Jude, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and Revelation (collectively referred to as the Antilegomena) to be less authoritative than other books. And I think there are Christians who treat only the words in the Gospels printed in red ink as relevant.
@@RGrantJones It is all very diverse, the interpretations. But I think it is not surprising, Bible is a collection of many books, so opinions can differ widely. Maybe Jews do the same with their Jewish Bible, the have 24 books (which are actually 39 books of Protestant Bible). I personally think that Jews and Christians have done an enormous job of preserving whatever they could of Abrahamic tradition in Bible. That is why Muslims should read Bible too, not to criticize but to read it as literature at least. There are secondary sources too, like Talmud and Church Father books (like Hadiths) but those are less important Bible and Quran. If there is truth to world religions, then it has to be in these two books only. Rest of the traditions (Far Eastern, Indian, African) are sheer paganism and confusion.
Thanks for the recommendation! I have a Nelson 1611 KJV, purchased in the early 1990s that I could review. The Nelson 1611 "commemorative edition" doesn't seem to be widely available anymore, but there is a Hendrickson 400th Anniversary edition in print, which seems to be the same book. As far as I can tell, the Hendrickson typeface and layout are the same as in my older Nelson 1611 KJV. But the Hendrickson edition includes some essays that my edition doesn't.
@@RGrantJones Thank you so much! I am getting ready to purchase the commemorative but there are NO reviews on utube! yours would be the first! I already own the 1611 Hendrickson and the 1611 Oxford Quartercenntenery. But I can't get the Nelson out of my mind. Thank you for your time.
Thanks for the recommendation, ike! Are there multiple editions of The Scriptures 2009? I found some sample pages online, and they don't appear to be based on the LXX.
Dan - thanks for your concern. I've had some minor health issues recently that have left me without much excess energy. But I'm recovering and hope to post another review this coming weekend.
@@RGrantJones Oh, okay well don't push yourself on our account. I will add you to my prayer list. I pray that God would bless you and restore your health. Thank you for all you do Mr Jones. - Grace and peace, Dan
![KSI - Dirty [Official Visualiser]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VoDh1h1dPUE/mqdefault.jpg)
This New Testament may be purchased here: www.newromepress.com/products/portable-new-testament-eob . My review of the paperback EOB New Testament may be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/Vx6WTuAvBWw/видео.html .
I bought this edition last year, but only recently set out to read it cover to cover. I've finished Matthew and Romans, and already it has become my #2 NT version, replacing the NKJV. This version fills a huge gap in available Byzantine-type English New Testaments.
For a "layman" like myself, the footnotes are some of the most valuable I have seen. I know practically nothing of Greek, but it strikes me as being a quite formal translation. I have high hopes for the future of the EOB.
Regarding physicality, I can't help but feel that those wide margins are wasted real estate; we could have had a much larger text to fill all that space. Still a very nice edition, though.
It a great translation. Newrome Press will be issuing an illuminated issue of the Lexham English Translation of the Septuagint in the near future.
Any day now...
I’m not religious at all, but I love your videos. Very interesting.
Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Love your videos! You are the Bob Ross of Bible reviews
Thanks!
Your videos are such a treat. Big thanks
Thanks for that kind comment!
As you promised! Fantastic & many thanks!
You're welcome! I hope it's helpful.
My Dear Sir, thank you once again for a great review. I also still have my Gideon’s KJ-NT. It’s been my “car bible” for over 40 yrs. I find your work on the EONT most helpful & will be returning to your earlier video on the larger paperback volume. As I’m sure you know mainline NT textual criticism these days (using CBGM) seems to be trending towards text types such as the MT & the PT. Maybe our Gideon’s KJV’s were right all along.
Blessings & again, Thank You
Rev John Wilderspin
You know, now that you have mentioned it, I do remember receiving a tiny NT at my punluc school, at least once. And.. I remember Mrs. Rainy, who was my 3rrd.,and 4th grade teacher leading us...daily..in the Pledge of
Allegiance p, and she read to us from the Bible.
Thanks for commenting, Sandy! I can remember a substitute teacher in high school who read aloud from the King James Bible. By that time, the Supreme Court had ruled against it -- or at least that was the way the court ruling was interpreted. But no one had the nerve to tell this woman to stop. She was about 80 years old at the time and had been a missionary in China when the Communists took over.
Now the sound is perfect in this video. Thanks for fixing it! I have this same Orthodox new testament but the font is too small for me to barely read. I like the "uniquely-begotten Son" in John 3:16 and "deliver us from the evil one" in the Lord's Prayer. I don't generally have much use for the maps so i wish they had put in the Psalms instead.
Great review, thoroughly enjoyed this! Thanks!
Thank you for letting me know!
Oh my, that Gideon's NT in the NKJV version was my very first ever Bible back in the early 90s. I've continued to use the NKJV ever since. Wonderful video. While I'm in no way a TR or KJV only person (I use the NKJV instead), I do prefer the Byzantine Text type. That's again the advantage of the NKJV with the translation notes.
Thanks for commenting, Edward! I had a similar experience. The first Bible I owned was a black Gideon's KJV New Testament, given to me by my Sunday School teacher when I was six years old. I still have it.
Thanks for the good review. Are the footnotes abbreviated from the larger edition or the same? Thanks.
They seem largely the same. Footnotes in the large edition that point to appendices not printed in the small edition are absent, as we would expect.
@@RGrantJones Thank you.
Beautiful
Great video, as always!
Thanks for the encouragement, Jackson Reinhardt!
Not sure what happened to the OT project of the EOB. Even the websites about the EOB have died.
Well done! This is quite a nice looking New Testament. Some portable New Testaments are so small that I find them difficult to read. Have you ever considered reviewing Psalters? Yes, I am selfishly asking the question. I have yet to fins the "perfect" (or even close to perfect) Psalter.
Thanks for the kind comment, Rachel! I like the idea of reviewing Psalters and am willing to take recommendations. (The Abbey Psalms and Canticles is on my wish list, recommended by a viewer.) The trouble is that my video production rate is somewhat slow, so it may take me a few months to post a review.
@@RGrantJones I cannot help much with recommendations. I only own two Psalters, both of which were gifts: A Psalter for Prayer (Holy Trinity Publications) and Reading the Psalms with Luther (Concordia Publishing House). Both books are of good quality and have a sewn binding (which is strangely important to me). However, they both have a similar downfall: they are denomination specific.
I will be looking forward to your Psalter review(s) in the future. Actually, I look forward to all of your videos!
@@rachelkarslake7787 I have two psalters and would recommend them both, one is from Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Greek Orthodox) available in two sizes, Smyth Sewn, beautiful layout with red drop caps, ornamental designs and images/icons, the language is Old English similar to KJV but the translation has been worked on for many years as they sought to render an English translation to sing/chant with the Byzantine tones used by Greek speaking monks and laity. The other psalter is a collection of Saint Ephraim the Syrians psalms (4th Cent) compiled by Bishop Theophan the Recluse (19th Cent) it has a similar layout but has a ribbon marker and gold guilded edges, it includes 150 psalms to mirror the Psalms of David, published by St. John of Kronstadt Press (Russian Orthodox) Personally I would use the latter more often. Random sample - Psalm 74:1 ' Who will cure my soul if not Thou, O Christ, the only Physician of souls! Where will I find a remedy for the diseases of my soul, if not with Thee, O fountain of healing!... Thou Who didst cure the ailing woman, cure also my soul from the ruin of sin.' God Bless.
@@icxcnika9399 thank you very much for the recommendations! Actually, I was given St. Ephraim the Syria's psalm book recently. I think it is the same one you are talking about. My Melkite priest, who is a dear friend, just gave it to me. I haven't fully explored it yet, but I plan on doing it soon. I will check out your other recommendation too.
@@rachelkarslake7787 you're welcome.
in my copy on pp.268-69 it is the other way around, p.269 (right) is slightly darker than p.268 (left)... :-))
Thanks for a fine review. Are the translation notes the same in both this portable edition and the larger paperback? Do you know the font of the text in the paperback edition? My eyes are getting older and 7 to 7.5 point font may be challenging, even with reading glasses, although I like the size of this portable edition. Thank you.
Fernando - As far as I can tell, the portable edition and the paperback contain the same notes. The paperback has an approximately 9.5 pt font --- lowercase letters look closer to 10 pt. Thanks for viewing and for the comment!
What’s the case for not having the red letters? Is it that it’s all just as important? Just curious
That question comes up often. Here's my response:
Red letters often cause me eye strain -- actual physical pain. Publishers seem to have difficulty printing them evenly, so you’re more likely to find faded sections of red text. Black text is often printed on the opposite side of the page, causing show-through/ghosting, and I find red characters on a cluttered background harder to read than black characters on the same background.
I made a video on this topic, which can be viewed here: ruclips.net/video/Bzz2Bu9IjrA/видео.html .
Hello, Thanks you for all the nice, calm, relaxing reviews. If you are up for a video request, could you discuss the basics of different bibles (most commonly used?) and suggestions for a person like myself trying to read the bible for the first. I have a Catholic family bible from the 50s and an Oxford NASB from the 1990s. They are very different in language which is fun to compare but I would like to hear your opinions. Thanks again.
Thanks for the suggestion, Empress Norma! This is a very broad topic. If I worked to this outline, do you think it would do the job?
1. Differences between Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Bibles.
2. List of the most popular Bible translations.
3. Description and characteristics of each.
4. Which translations I recommend and why.
5. How to start reading the Bible.
@@RGrantJones This sounds perfect. Thank you very much! Tara
There is a small typo in St. Matthew Ch.6 in the Lord's Prayer. Hopefully this will be corrected in the future.
Thanks for pointing that out -- an 'our' inserted at the beginning of the first line on page 9.
I also noticed a formatting error on page 48. Mattew chapter 27, between verses 31 and 32. The section heading is in the text rather than the outer margin.
@@deeemm8350 - thanks for mentioning that error. I checked my copy -- it's as you describe it.
Thanks for another great review. That looks like a very high-quality product. Is that your impression?
Thanks for commenting! The leather is bonded leather, so I wouldn't call it high quality. But it is well made, with good paper and a sewn binding.
James Snapp regards this translation as the most accurate of available English translations of the NT
I pray you are well, maybe you are taking a good break from posting videos. Blessings to you!
Thanks for your kind wishes, Fernando! I've avoided The Virus, but some minor health issues have left me without much excess energy of late. Perhaps I'll post something new next weekend. I hope you are well.
@@RGrantJones Thanks for letting me know so I can pray for you. Please do not push yourself to post anything if you do not feel up to it!! I live in Oregon so the fires and smoke/hze have been awful, but rain a few days ago has cleared the air in Portland where I live.
@@FernandoSerna1654 - I didn't realize the fires were so close to Portland. (I just looked at the Oregon Department of Forestry's active fire map, which -- as, of course, you know, but which was news to me -- shows two large fires to your southeast and one smaller fire to your northeast.) Praying for your safety and health!
@@RGrantJones Thank you very much, at this moment we are safe and the air quality is good. The state has been devastated with loss of life and property, then there is the burning of beautiful forests. United in the Lord.
Does the pocket edition have translation notes or only in the paperback edition? Thanks
Do you prefer the Byzantine text type or CT?
Would you say using the NKJV bible is good? (Old and new testament)
I have a question. Do Christians consider entire Bible the verbatim word of God, or is it an inspired word of God? Is all of the Bible holy for you guys or only a part of it? To me it is clear that Gospels will have higher value than the letters in New Testament. And Torah ought to have more value than other books in Old Testament? According to Quran Abraham was given a scripture (not named in Quran), Moses (Torah), David (Psalms), and Jesus (Gospel) were given too, and their scriptures are named. So, from Quranic perspective only these books are holy in Bible + the pamphlets of other minor prophets (which are included in the Prophets of Old Testament).
Thanks for the questions, Hassan! Various Christian groups have different views. Some believe the words of Scripture were dictated by God. At the other extreme you'll find those who assert that the Bible is a purely human book.
As to the status of the books, views vary here as well. I believe that the Orthodox value some books (e.g., the Gospels) more than others. I've heard that some Lutherans consider Hebrews, James, Jude, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and Revelation (collectively referred to as the Antilegomena) to be less authoritative than other books.
And I think there are Christians who treat only the words in the Gospels printed in red ink as relevant.
@@RGrantJones It is all very diverse, the interpretations. But I think it is not surprising, Bible is a collection of many books, so opinions can differ widely. Maybe Jews do the same with their Jewish Bible, the have 24 books (which are actually 39 books of Protestant Bible). I personally think that Jews and Christians have done an enormous job of preserving whatever they could of Abrahamic tradition in Bible. That is why Muslims should read Bible too, not to criticize but to read it as literature at least. There are secondary sources too, like Talmud and Church Father books (like Hadiths) but those are less important Bible and Quran. If there is truth to world religions, then it has to be in these two books only. Rest of the traditions (Far Eastern, Indian, African) are sheer paganism and confusion.
Can you do a review on a Thomas Nelson 1611 KJV Commemorative Edition? I would much appreciate it 💪📖😊💯
Thanks for the recommendation! I have a Nelson 1611 KJV, purchased in the early 1990s that I could review. The Nelson 1611 "commemorative edition" doesn't seem to be widely available anymore, but there is a Hendrickson 400th Anniversary edition in print, which seems to be the same book. As far as I can tell, the Hendrickson typeface and layout are the same as in my older Nelson 1611 KJV. But the Hendrickson edition includes some essays that my edition doesn't.
@@RGrantJones Thank you so much! I am getting ready to purchase the commemorative but there are NO reviews on utube! yours would be the first! I already own the 1611 Hendrickson and the 1611 Oxford Quartercenntenery. But I can't get the Nelson out of my mind. Thank you for your time.
You should look at The Scriptures 2009 , based on the Septuagint, superior to the masoretic text and older
Thanks for the recommendation, ike! Are there multiple editions of The Scriptures 2009? I found some sample pages online, and they don't appear to be based on the LXX.
@@RGrantJones as far as I know, it is indeed based on the Septuagint
Mr jones, where are you? I'm beginning to worry about you.
Dan - thanks for your concern. I've had some minor health issues recently that have left me without much excess energy. But I'm recovering and hope to post another review this coming weekend.
@@RGrantJones Oh, okay well don't push yourself on our account. I will add you to my prayer list. I pray that God would bless you and restore your health. Thank you for all you do Mr Jones.
- Grace and peace, Dan
@@danshumway9031 - thank you, Dan! God bless.
03:17 - No. The way they SHOULDN'T be.
Thanks for commenting, Matthew!
Why are you whispering?
It’s actually relaxing.
I rather take the Holy Spirit over a Bible book any day
Beautiful