A review of Thomas Nelson's The Everyday Bible, King James Version (KJV). This volume, containing the 66 books of the Protestant canon arranged into daily readings, is bound in black Leathersoft, an imitation leather (ISBN 9780785261933, Style# 9813BK, Library of Congress Control Number: 2022932648). The words of Christ are in red. This edition was printed in India.
The daily readings are broken into four sections: Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, and New Testament. The Old Testament reading for January 1 is from Genesis 1 and 2, and the New Testament reading for that date is from Matthew 1. Readings proceed through the testaments sequentially, so that on 31 December, the Old Testament reading is from Malachi, while the New Testament reading is from Revelation 21 and 22. Selections from the Psalms and Proverbs proceed sequentially as well.
The text is printed in two 54 mm wide columns, broken into individual verses, with in-text headings that give the chapter and verse ranges for the daily readings.
No cross references or translation notes are provided.
The 9.5 point Comfort Print text is printed crisply in dark ink. Line spacing is satisfactory. Variations in print darkness (fading) are common but not severe. The text is usually line matched, though it is possible to locate pages on which the print from the two sides of a given page is offset vertically.
The volume is thin, measuring 8 13/16 x 5 3/4 x 1.1 inches in dimensions. Margins are narrow: The outer margin is between 6 and 10 mm wide.
Book introductions are not included, nor is a concordance present.
The roughly 32 gsm paper is sufficiently opaque, and show-through (ghosting) is not an issue. The paper is almost white, with a pink tinge.
The volume is sewn but does not lie open for the first day in January. Page edges are covered in gold.
A single 10 mm wide green ribbon marker is provided. It is long enough to be useful. Head and tail bands are black.
The soft, black Leathersoft cover features two lines of stitching along the edge. The construction is paste-off/paste-down, with an illustrated paper liner.
Color maps are not included.
Neither the "Epistle Dedicatory" nor the "Translators to the Reader" is present.
Video contents:
00:00 Introduction
01:42 How readings are arranged
02:19 Page layout
04:04 Pronouns, the Tetragrammaton, red letters, italics ...
04:40 The text is usually line-matched
04:54 Print non-uniformity
05:16 The font in the text and comparisons
06:08 The paper
06:49 Liner, cover, head band, ribbons
08:04 Sewn binding
08:23 It does not lie open at Jan 1
08:49 Presentation, title, and copyright pages
09:10 Table of Contents
09:28 How To Use The Everyday Bible
10:02 Summary
26 июл 2024