Hi Tim. Yes, it's a bit surprising that color affects people psychologically as much as it does. Because of that I actually pick Bible covers with great intention to suit the occasion. Typical black for example expresses authority and leadership, which is why clergy and police tend to wear black. But black is also dismal, intimidating, and strongly related to death and evil. I go with a black Bible for funerals because it is appropriately somber, reserved, yet lends the preacher an air of comforting leadership in a dark time. Red expresses power and authority and energy, which might be great for an vibrant energetic preacher giving a highly kinetic enthusiastic sermon. But red also conveys danger, violence, warning, intimidation, threatening ... probably not the color to carry into a situation involving traumatized people. Blue on the other hand is calm and peaceful, serene and contemplative, fluid and flexible, a soothing salve, but tends to also convey sadness or depression, melancholy, tiredness. Blue is a good color for a Bible when walking into a situation where it's very important to be a calm and soothing presence for the people to whom you are ministering. The neat thing about purple (and other "secondary" colors that are combinations of two primary colors) is that purple combines the strengths of both red and blue while avoiding the negatives of each. Purple is a color of royal leadership and authority yet it is also calm and gentle. Purple comforts and protects and exudes strength, while avoiding the aggression of red and the passivity of blue. That Jesus is dressed in purple in John 19:2 is an extremely intentional visual portrayal of Jesus in the moments leading to his crucifixion. For all these reasons, if I had only one choice for a Bible to carry in every situation, I would immediately choose purple all the time.
Really neat idea; I enjoyed reading this. What do you think brown bibles convey? My initial reaction is that brown has a rustic, worn, aged feel to it; it's natural, earthy, and "solid" like wood. I quite like deep brown leather bibles.
@@john.thomas21 Depending on the shade, brown is either a positive life-giving color calling to mind fertile soil and growth, but it can also mean barren or lifeless. Because green can have almost exactly the same connotations, it’s often a good idea to pair brown with green somehow so that they both serve to bolster the other’s life-affirming quality.
@@john.thomas21 interestingly, neither brown nor green convey any sense of power, authority, or leadership, and likewise none of the negative opposites of those qualities. Thus both brown and green are usually neutral but for some people who crave power they are weak colors. Of course, to a Christian, power is perfected in weakness.
I'd say the ghosting between the 2024, 2019, and 2012 editions is almost identical. The GSM appears to play no factor in that quality, unless the kinds of paper that were used happen to vary so much. Also, this text is NOT line matched. The layout was created prior to 2006, and line matching was not a thing until 2010 (Mark Bertrand will claim that Cambridge was the first to use line matching as we know it today in the 2011 KJV Clarion, but in fact the first published use of line matching was by HarperCollings in their 2010 NRSV GoAnywhere Thinline series).
I'm loving mine, and I will PROBABLY order a second one in green when they come out, mainly because I love the 89 text of the NRSV- I used an NRSV New Oxford Annotated Bible all throughout college, seminary, and my first four or five years of pastoral ministry as my only Bible for preaching, teaching, sermon prep, and devotional use. And with that version of the text being effectively out of print now, I want to grab as many great copies of it as I can!
Hi Tim. First, let me say how happy I am to have found your channel. You provide such wonderful information about the different editions that are out, or coming out soon. I would love it if you did a video on the anatomy of premium Bibles where you explain the terminology used in the industry. I’m picking up bits and pieces as I watch your videos but it would be great to have that info in one video. Anyway, thanks so much for what you do. Blessings.
I really wanted the green, but I didn’t want to wait so I ordered the purple and it’s gorgeous. I’d love to see you review the green one when it comes in…
Those are really nice incremental changes that Allan made to their NRSV. It’s a definite improvement. I’m waiting for my own purple with bated breath, especially after seeing this review! I had such a hard time choosing between ordering the purple or waiting for the green. 😂 I wouldn’t mind seeing you also feature the green on your channel!
Such a beautiful bible. I love the colour choices. I really wish Allan would do a bible with raised spine hubs though instead of tooled. That would be a wonderful edition to behold
Another great review, Tim! Jason, thanks for the additional information on color selection! I liked the purple but was on the fence until my wife and kiddos all voted unanimously for it. Hoping delivery to the PNW is as timely as it was for Tim and others.
Great review Tim. I have several Allans including the NASB silver line edition. I think that the center reference column could be larger than it is currently.
What a beautiful Bible! I love purple Bibles. I hope they don’t put the NRSV89 out of print. It’s the first translation that I ever read all the way through. I just have two many questions about the updated edition to be comfortable with it.
Thanks for reviewing this! I love my purple, but I wish it didn’t have the ink smudges and other printing issues that seem to be somewhat common to this edition. It’s a beautiful Bible though, and premium editions of the NRSV are few and far between…..so not only am I keeping this one, I’ll likely get the green when it comes out if I can. The NRSV is what I think of as my “home” translation. It’s what my church uses and has used since before I was confirmed so that’s what I grew up with and I unconsciously compare all modern English translations to the NRSV. (Sometimes consciously, now that I’m into this whole rabbit hole)🤣
Also bought the NRSV1 P SPC. I think it’s great. There are a few very minor printing flaws (ink smears) and typos (see Job 8:16 and Jonah 1:17). However, it’s made by men (or people if you prefer…this is an NRSV review after all 😂) and errors happen. All in all, I think it’s fantastic. The purple goes great with the speckled edges. If it was red under gold I would get the dark green, but purple is a great match for the speckled edges. God bless!
I'm normally a black or various-shades-of-brown Bible kind of guy. I took a major step out of my comfort zone and purchased a red cover and blue liner w/ blue under silver art guilding NAS95 Allen. I'm still waiting for it to arrive. I know I will love it. I just hope I have the moxie to take it out to church or Bible study where, I'm sure, it will draw the eyes of others, which is not what I enjoy doing.
Fun fact - the typesetting of this text block was done by Ian Metcalf while he was working the job he had prior to becoming involved in running the family business, RL Allan.
Great review, Tim! Not to put you on the spot, but if you had to choose between a rebound Cambridge Popular Text NRSV or one of these new Allan NRSVs, which one would it be?
Wow…. that is so tough! I just started sweating!! 😅 Probably the Popular Text rebind … it’s just so readable. And the rebind aspect allows you to make it so special!
I have a purple Allan, KJV. I love it!! If I could afford it, I would buy another, in a different version, of course. Gotta save my pennies, nickels, & dimes.😉
I have 2 Allan Bibles, a Purple ESV and Blue NASB95 that I purchased last year. I would like to add a NKJV as well but Allan doesn’t put out the NKJV unfortunately
I thought the red was pink and I got excited...i don't like red :/ but pink would have looked amazing with purple...why can't we get beautiful pink bibles 😞
Fully committing to slicing the tape open then realizing it won’t open and using the pull tab is just chefs kiss silly lol sorry thought that bit was funny. 😆
If it was single column and had a 2 inch outer margin for notes I'd buy two and begin the painful process of note transfer. This is the closest I've ever seen them get to my needs.
Zondervan published several NRSV journaling Bibles that were single column with 2” margins. Oxford published a better one in 2009 but it’s long out of print and not always easy to find.
Tim, I have never bought an Allan bible. Decades ago I was a Cambridge guy. I realize from looking at videos here on YT, that they are a premium Bible constructor. What I don’t understand is why they don’t do their own text? That just seems weird to me. Could you explain it? Why would they not do their own, and instead borrow from other Makers?
@@timwildsmith I'm sorry, it may just be ignorance on my part; I've struggled to understand this what it means when it says that Allan doesn't do their own type but instead borrow from other makers. If you could explain I'd sure appreciate it. Best wishes from Texas!
@@timwildsmith I bought this bible based on your review, I usually read KJV but the Allan NRSV speckled is the best quality bible I have ever owned. The leather is awesome and feels better than 53 LP with speckled pages. I do prefer the KJV translation, but because the Allan NRSV quality is go great , I have to read it with my KJV 53 . Thanks for the reviews.
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Hi Tim. Yes, it's a bit surprising that color affects people psychologically as much as it does. Because of that I actually pick Bible covers with great intention to suit the occasion. Typical black for example expresses authority and leadership, which is why clergy and police tend to wear black. But black is also dismal, intimidating, and strongly related to death and evil. I go with a black Bible for funerals because it is appropriately somber, reserved, yet lends the preacher an air of comforting leadership in a dark time. Red expresses power and authority and energy, which might be great for an vibrant energetic preacher giving a highly kinetic enthusiastic sermon. But red also conveys danger, violence, warning, intimidation, threatening ... probably not the color to carry into a situation involving traumatized people. Blue on the other hand is calm and peaceful, serene and contemplative, fluid and flexible, a soothing salve, but tends to also convey sadness or depression, melancholy, tiredness. Blue is a good color for a Bible when walking into a situation where it's very important to be a calm and soothing presence for the people to whom you are ministering. The neat thing about purple (and other "secondary" colors that are combinations of two primary colors) is that purple combines the strengths of both red and blue while avoiding the negatives of each. Purple is a color of royal leadership and authority yet it is also calm and gentle. Purple comforts and protects and exudes strength, while avoiding the aggression of red and the passivity of blue. That Jesus is dressed in purple in John 19:2 is an extremely intentional visual portrayal of Jesus in the moments leading to his crucifixion. For all these reasons, if I had only one choice for a Bible to carry in every situation, I would immediately choose purple all the time.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Really neat idea; I enjoyed reading this. What do you think brown bibles convey? My initial reaction is that brown has a rustic, worn, aged feel to it; it's natural, earthy, and "solid" like wood. I quite like deep brown leather bibles.
@@john.thomas21 Depending on the shade, brown is either a positive life-giving color calling to mind fertile soil and growth, but it can also mean barren or lifeless. Because green can have almost exactly the same connotations, it’s often a good idea to pair brown with green somehow so that they both serve to bolster the other’s life-affirming quality.
@@john.thomas21 interestingly, neither brown nor green convey any sense of power, authority, or leadership, and likewise none of the negative opposites of those qualities. Thus both brown and green are usually neutral but for some people who crave power they are weak colors. Of course, to a Christian, power is perfected in weakness.
@@jasonengel Makes sense. What would a plain green Bible be? Especially maybe a dark green.
I love that R.L. Allan invests in making their Bibles better they don't just decide to get rich off of their sales.
The sooner AI can implement a scratch-n-sniff option for these leather Bibles the better! 😀
That purple is stunning. Just Wow!
That purple leather looks classy, made more beautiful with that paper and speckled red! Nice bible!
I'd say the ghosting between the 2024, 2019, and 2012 editions is almost identical. The GSM appears to play no factor in that quality, unless the kinds of paper that were used happen to vary so much. Also, this text is NOT line matched. The layout was created prior to 2006, and line matching was not a thing until 2010 (Mark Bertrand will claim that Cambridge was the first to use line matching as we know it today in the 2011 KJV Clarion, but in fact the first published use of line matching was by HarperCollings in their 2010 NRSV GoAnywhere Thinline series).
Wow, that purple though is definitely regal! I love green but not sure if it's really worth topping that purple.
I'm loving mine, and I will PROBABLY order a second one in green when they come out, mainly because I love the 89 text of the NRSV- I used an NRSV New Oxford Annotated Bible all throughout college, seminary, and my first four or five years of pastoral ministry as my only Bible for preaching, teaching, sermon prep, and devotional use. And with that version of the text being effectively out of print now, I want to grab as many great copies of it as I can!
Hello!
Why does that translation appeal to you so much?
Purple is one color I don’t have in a Bible. I tend to go for color…sage green, pink, deep blue, teal, rose gold….
Really nice. That is a great deep purple. I like a bigger font but that looked pretty readable.
Hi Tim. First, let me say how happy I am to have found your channel. You provide such wonderful information about the different editions that are out, or coming out soon. I would love it if you did a video on the anatomy of premium Bibles where you explain the terminology used in the industry. I’m picking up bits and pieces as I watch your videos but it would be great to have that info in one video. Anyway, thanks so much for what you do. Blessings.
Welcome aboard… and great idea!
Great point about negative space, something you never really hear about.
Thanks!
I really wanted the green, but I didn’t want to wait so I ordered the purple and it’s gorgeous.
I’d love to see you review the green one when it comes in…
Thank you, Brother Tim 🌹⭐🌹
Those are really nice incremental changes that Allan made to their NRSV. It’s a definite improvement.
I’m waiting for my own purple with bated breath, especially after seeing this review!
I had such a hard time choosing between ordering the purple or waiting for the green. 😂 I wouldn’t mind seeing you also feature the green on your channel!
Such a beautiful bible. I love the colour choices. I really wish Allan would do a bible with raised spine hubs though instead of tooled. That would be a wonderful edition to behold
Another great review, Tim! Jason, thanks for the additional information on color selection! I liked the purple but was on the fence until my wife and kiddos all voted unanimously for it. Hoping delivery to the PNW is as timely as it was for Tim and others.
I wish they had a longprimer 53 with white goatskin and red gilding, that'd be an instant buy for myself
Great review Tim. I have several Allans including the NASB silver line edition. I think that the center reference column could be larger than it is currently.
Good morning everyone
So beautiful!! My fav color is purple and i would have loved to get a purple. But there is no way i can ever afford one
Would love to see the green one 😊.
Thank you for the information
What a beautiful Bible! I love purple Bibles. I hope they don’t put the NRSV89 out of print. It’s the first translation that I ever read all the way through. I just have two many questions about the updated edition to be comfortable with it.
You had me sold with the Purple cover... lol
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for reviewing this! I love my purple, but I wish it didn’t have the ink smudges and other printing issues that seem to be somewhat common to this edition. It’s a beautiful Bible though, and premium editions of the NRSV are few and far between…..so not only am I keeping this one, I’ll likely get the green when it comes out if I can. The NRSV is what I think of as my “home” translation. It’s what my church uses and has used since before I was confirmed so that’s what I grew up with and I unconsciously compare all modern English translations to the NRSV. (Sometimes consciously, now that I’m into this whole rabbit hole)🤣
Also bought the NRSV1 P SPC. I think it’s great. There are a few very minor printing flaws (ink smears) and typos (see Job 8:16 and Jonah 1:17). However, it’s made by men (or people if you prefer…this is an NRSV review after all 😂) and errors happen. All in all, I think it’s fantastic. The purple goes great with the speckled edges. If it was red under gold I would get the dark green, but purple is a great match for the speckled edges. God bless!
I like the details you give in your reviews
Thanks!
I'm normally a black or various-shades-of-brown Bible kind of guy. I took a major step out of my comfort zone and purchased a red cover and blue liner w/ blue under silver art guilding NAS95 Allen. I'm still waiting for it to arrive. I know I will love it. I just hope I have the moxie to take it out to church or Bible study where, I'm sure, it will draw the eyes of others, which is not what I enjoy doing.
Wow, love that purple colour (or color (American spelling)). Would love to see that without the apocrypha.
A change to an Allan!! Curious and excited to check it out
New Allan!
Purple with red… My immediate thought is the joker from Batman 😂😜
Very beautiful! ❤
Fun fact - the typesetting of this text block was done by Ian Metcalf while he was working the job he had prior to becoming involved in running the family business, RL Allan.
Nice!
Great review, Tim! Not to put you on the spot, but if you had to choose between a rebound Cambridge Popular Text NRSV or one of these new Allan NRSVs, which one would it be?
Wow…. that is so tough!
I just started sweating!! 😅
Probably the Popular Text rebind … it’s just so readable. And the rebind aspect allows you to make it so special!
Love the deep, rich purple.
Me too!
If Tim Wildsmith was a Sith Lord his name would be Dork Vader.
Lots of love! ❤❤❤
You should get the green NRSV1!
I hope they make this in a bigger font. At least a 10 point
I don’t expect that to happen.
@@timwildsmith I wish they did for those of us with sight issues
I have a purple Allan, KJV. I love it!! If I could afford it, I would buy another, in a different version, of course. Gotta save my pennies, nickels, & dimes.😉
Beautiful Bible!
I’m going to have to buy a green one too to go with with purple copy, right?
I have 2 Allan Bibles, a Purple ESV and Blue NASB95 that I purchased last year. I would like to add a NKJV as well but Allan doesn’t put out the NKJV unfortunately
I thought the red was pink and I got excited...i don't like red :/ but pink would have looked amazing with purple...why can't we get beautiful pink bibles 😞
That purple ones reminds me of the NRSV purple addition from zondervan
Have a good day everyone
Fully committing to slicing the tape open then realizing it won’t open and using the pull tab is just chefs kiss silly lol sorry thought that bit was funny. 😆
🤣
Nice Rembrandt
It’s not the original. 😉
You should check out the Divine Mercy Bible by Ascension Press.
I love my Allan Bibles
40 gsm. R.L. Allan hits another home run.
Very nice! Unfortunately, all sold out. 🤷🏻♂️
Those green ones will be available soon.
Nice!!
If it was single column and had a 2 inch outer margin for notes I'd buy two and begin the painful process of note transfer. This is the closest I've ever seen them get to my needs.
Zondervan published several NRSV journaling Bibles that were single column with 2” margins. Oxford published a better one in 2009 but it’s long out of print and not always easy to find.
Waiting with bated breath! 😊
Tim, I have never bought an Allan bible. Decades ago I was a Cambridge guy. I realize from looking at videos here on YT, that they are a premium Bible constructor. What I don’t understand is why they don’t do their own text? That just seems weird to me. Could you explain it? Why would they not do their own, and instead borrow from other Makers?
Do you mean make their own translation of typesetting?
@@timwildsmith I'm sorry, it may just be ignorance on my part; I've struggled to understand this what it means when it says that Allan doesn't do their own type but instead borrow from other makers. If you could explain I'd sure appreciate it. Best wishes from Texas!
Yeah, I am not a fan of the speckled page edges.
Tim, why does Oxford use the NRSV? I’ve always been curious!
It’s always been considered an “academic” translation because they used an ecumenical team of scholars.
@@timwildsmithThank you brother!
Hey. Tim I would love. To obtain. The RL Alan KJV longprimer 63. Can you please do a review. On that. Bible thank you.
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/FkcpvYX4hbQ/видео.html
Does RL Allan make any Bibles with the Deuterocanon (Apocrypha)?
Yep… this one has it.
@timwildsmith Haha my mistake. Didn't notice that.
Is this bible same as RL 53 LP size?
Yes, that’s what they were going for.
@@timwildsmith
I bought this bible based on your review, I usually read KJV but the Allan NRSV speckled is the best quality bible I have ever owned.
The leather is awesome and feels better than 53 LP with speckled pages. I do prefer the KJV translation, but because the Allan NRSV quality is go great , I have to read it with my KJV 53 .
Thanks for the reviews.
Think they would give you one for free, you’re creating sales for them after all.
I wish they would... no such luck!
Im KJV only
So how do you enjoy Tim's videos?
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