The Zondervan Thompson Chain-Reference Bible (ISBN 9780310460015) in the 1977 New American Standard translation.
This edition is a blue hardback. The text is arranged in two narrow columns, with chain references located alongside the text in the inner and outer margins. The over 8,000 topical references direct the reader to a section in the back of the volume where other verses that cover the same topic are either listed or written out in full. There are over 100,000 references in all.
The font in the text is advertised at 8.3 points, but it is comparable to 9 pt Times New Roman. Line spacing is 9.1 points. The text is not line-matched, so ghosting (show-through) can be distracting. The words of Christ, printed in red ink, display more fading than is apparent in the black.
The paper is very nearly white, and it has a matte surface. I estimate the paper weight at around 30 gsm. The text block is sewn, and the volume lies flat in Genesis. Because the inner margin is so wide, the text does not drop away from the eye into the gutter .
This Bible comes with a single gold ribbon marker, 6 mm in width and 35 cm long. This edition was printed in the United States of America.
The 1977 New American Standard Bible is one of the more literal translations available in modern English. Its New Testament shows a relatively high level of agreement with the Westcott & Hort 1881 Greek New Testament. Its Old Testament rarely strays from the Masoretic Text. As far as I can tell, this edition contains all of the 1977 New American Standard Bible text and translation notes.
Detailed contents
00:00 Dimensions, margins, layout, font ... (four charts)
01:07 Size compared to a 2009 Kirkbride NASB Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
01:39 Size compared to a hardback NASB MacArthur Study Bible
01:55 Size compared to a Lockman NASB Large Print Ultrathin Bible
02:23 The page layout
03:45 The margins
04:15 The font in the text
04:56 The text is not line-matched
05:35 The words of Christ are in red ink
05:55 The side-column references
06:08 Paper qualities (thickness, weight, color, glossiness, opacity)
06:41 Show-through (ghosting)
07:00 Print non-uniformity (fading)
08:45 Quotations from the Old Testament are in all capitals
09:15 The Thompson Chain-Reference Bible doesn't always give the Old Testament sources for quotations
09:52 Each book begins on a fresh page
10:12 The Thompson Comprehensive Helps
12:01 Outline Studies of the Bible
13:51 Bible Harmonies and Illustrated Studies
15:20 The archaeological supplement
16:02 The Hebrew calendar
16:14 The NASB Concordance
17:14 The map index and the color maps
18:01 Sewn binding: The stitching is visible in the gutter
18:34 The gold, double-faced satin ribbon marker
19:11 The Bible lies open and nearly flat in Genesis
20:02 The title page
20:22 A biographical chart on Frank Charles Thompson
21:55 A close-up look at the font
22:19 The font compared to that in the Legacy Standard Bible New Testament
22:38 The font compared to that in the NASB MacArthur Study Bible
22:53 The font compared to that in the Lockman NASB Large Print Ultrathin Bible
23:02 How literal is the 1977 New American Standard Bible?
23:26 The '77 NASB, the '95 NASB, and the LSB in Matthew 4.12
24:27 The '77 NASB, the '95 NASB, and the LSB in Matthew 4.23
26:21 The '77 NASB, the '95 NASB, and the LSB in Revelation 13.1
26:58 The character of the New Testament source text (a comparison to three Greek New Testaments)
27:00 Agreement with the Nestle-Aland 28th edition and the Robinson-Pierpont Greek New Testaments
27:37 Agreement with the Tyndale House Greek New Testament
27:43 Agreement with the Westcott & Hort Greek New Testament
27:57 The tendency of the '77 NASB to depart from Masoretic readings is low
28:22 The '77 NASB employs archaic English when God is being addressed
28:55 Summary
5 июл 2024