Category Archives: Bibles
The Notes We Take
Do you take notes in your Bible? A recent article about the experience of reading through a family member’s heavily-annotated Bible prompts some reflection on the act of taking notes in the margins of our Bibles. Continue reading
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Five Ways to Motivate Yourself to Read the Bible in 2013
Are you convinced that the Bible is worth reading, but not sure if you can commit to such a project? Here are a few suggestions for how to go about working your way through the entire Bible in 2013. Continue reading
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The New English Translation (NET Bible) is Here!
We’re proud to announce today that the NET Bible is now available on Bible Gateway! Continue reading
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Section Headings in the Bible
Have you ever wondered where the bolded section headings in the Bible come from? With the exception of the titles in Psalms, the Bible’s authors didn’t write their books of Bible with chapter or section headings in mind. They were … Continue reading
Two New French Additions to our Bible Library!
We’re excited to announce the addition of two new French Bibles to Bible Gateway’s library: the Segond 21 (S21) and the Nouvelle Edition de Genève (NEG1979)! Start reading Genèse 1 in the Nouvelle Edition de Genève or Genése 1 in … Continue reading
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Bible Highlight: New American Standard Bible
As regular readers of this blog know, Bible Gateway regularly adds new Bibles and extrabiblical content to our online library. One consequence is that it’s easy, in keeping up with all the newly-added Bibles, to overlook some of the older favorites in our library.
We thought it’d be useful to highlight one of those favorites today—in this case, the New American Standard Bible (NASB), produced and published by the Lockman Foundation. Continue reading
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Philip Yancey: The Three Obstacles to Bible Reading
We recently launched the Insights for Students email newsletter, which draws on content from the NIV Student Bible. Philip Yancey, who worked with Tim Stafford to create the NIV Student Bible, offered to share some of the rationale behind that work—and behind the Insights for Students newsletter. Continue reading
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Picturing the Bible: Illuminating Scripture with Illustrated Bibles
When’s the last time you read an illustrated Bible? Illustrations are less common in “grown-up” Bible translations, although interesting Scripture illustration projects still exist. Do you have a favorite illustrated Bible? Continue reading
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Your Family Bible Stories
In our post last week about family Bibles, we asked you to share stories about your own family Bible, if you have one. Many of you responded with fantastic stories about Bibles that have been passed down your family tree … Continue reading
Do you know the Holman Christian Standard Bible?
After over 15 years of adding Bibles, there are now a lot of versions in our library. We thought it might be useful to highlight a few Bible versions you may not know about and talk about what makes them unique–starting with the excellent Holman Christian Standard Bible. Continue reading
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