Gedalya Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Looks like it would an interesting addition to the Accordance Library. https://www.scribd.com/document/294566603/NIV-Cultural-Backgrounds-Study-Bible-Sampler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleTheist Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I can honestly say that this Bible is amazing. I would say it is best used in conjunction with another study Bible as it does focus on culture, but it will certainly make you think. I would love to have this for accordance. When I get time I will have to compare the notes to the IVP backgrounds commentary, especially the NT as they share the same author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpang808 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I can honestly say that this Bible is amazing. I would say it is best used in conjunction with another study Bible as it does focus on culture, but it will certainly make you think. I would love to have this for accordance. When I get time I will have to compare the notes to the IVP backgrounds commentary, especially the NT as they share the same author. For comparing with the IVP background notes that would be awesome. Thought about buying this Study Bible when I saw some promotions from Zondervan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleTheist Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) For comparing with the IVP background notes that would be awesome. Thought about buying this Study Bible when I saw some promotions from Zondervan Craig S. Keener is the editor for both (of the New Testament portions) and John Walton was the OT editor (for both) so I imagine there is a lot of overlap, but I'm curious as to how much. There is 16 pages of maps in the back. Comparing Mathew chapter 2 in both the IVP Background Commentary and the study bible it does appear to me that if you own the IVP commentary, you aren't going to gain much if anything from the commentary in the study bible. A lot of it is roughly the same with just enough tweaks and rewording for publishing purposes. It appears the IVP commentary tends to add slightly more information, though I did only compare the first half of one chapter. The study bibles pictures and cross references along with the bible text does make it worth purchasing in my opinion, especially if you own the IVP commentary electronically like I do. I'm not sure there is any value in purchasing the study bible for Accordance if you already own the IVP set (which may influence Accordance's decision on providing the study bible), perhaps an exception could be made if the pictures, cross references, and such were included. Though if you bought the study bible, you wouldn't gain much from buying the IVP commentary. It is possible that I could change my opinion as I did only compare a really small portion of both works and I would be interested in hearing what other people think. It certainly is an amazing bible, and I really do enjoy it. Edited August 26, 2016 by SimpleTheist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpang808 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Thanks for the detailed info! I appreciate it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I just spoke with a NT professor who has reviewed both the IVP Bible Background Commentary and the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible. He said that there are definitely enough differences in the notes to warrant purchasing both. OakTree Software now offers the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible Notes as a separate download from the Bible....Accordance, can we please have this too? Thank you and blessings!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Brown Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I assume you mean OliveTree, as we are OakTree! You are certainly not the first person to confuse us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Francis Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 From a distance they may be easily mixed up but close up they are very different: Olive Tree below: Oak Tree below: -Dan PS: Sorry for being a Smart Alec but someone has to go there... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Lawrence Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Good one Dan. I checked to see if you got your images from the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands: Trees, Plants, and Flowers of the Holy Land module. That's a module that the Oak has that the Olive doesn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Francis Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) No just did a google search to grab the images... I am positive I have many nice olive tree pictures in Accordance I did not think about finding an Oak tree there. But that said there are more than a few references to oaks in the Bible and owners of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands: Trees, Plants, and Flowers of the Holy Land would be have a good picture.. I do not own this one though. -Dan Edited August 31, 2016 by Dan Francis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Yes, I meant Olive Tree And I would love to see these notes added to Accordance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Mansfield Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible is now available for the Accordance Library with introductory savings of 50% off the regular price through Monday, September 27, 2018! For more information, please see the announcement on the Accordance Blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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