I don't think that a full understanding of certain scriptures, Isaiah, for example, is possible without an understanding of the geography, place names, regions inhabited by certain peoples, etc. For this reason I would favor a set of scriptures which contains every place name, regions inhabited, various historical periods, etc.
-- Steven Montgomery At 08:39 PM 9/29/2002, you wrote: >Hmm -- maps aren't something we've thought of, to tell you the truth, >although it >should be possible to do. It's slanted more towards explaining the original >meanings of words and also has a bit of an apologetics slant to it (for >instance, >we show how the original Greek supports vicarious baptism in 2 Cor 15:29 and >Godhood (instead of trinity) in John 1:1 -- that sort of thing. It has a few >appendices already. One I can think of offhand is a summary of Jacobean >English (it >grates when I hear someone say "come thou all to the ward bar-b-que") > >Steven Montgomery wrote: > > > Interesting. So--get your act together <grin>. I hope it has decent maps. > > > > -- > > Steven Montgomery > > > > At 05:07 PM 9/29/2002, you wrote: > > >There might be an LDS study Bible come out, if some of us can get our act > > >together. > > >About 7 or 8 people have come together to write a Bible (actually just the > > >NT at > > >this time) -- my assignment, for instance, is Romans and I and II > > >Corinthians. The > > >problem has been, in addition to getting a committee to work together > > >(different > > >people have different levels of enthusiasm and different abilities) > there is a > > >commercial consideration I'm not at liberty to talk about. We're waiting > > >for that > > >to be resolved. As a teaser, let me tell you that John Tvedtnes of FARMS > > >has been > > >assigned all of the Johannine material (the Gospel of John and the > > >epistles), and > > >will be co-author of the section on Revelation. > > > > > >Steven Montgomery wrote: > > > > > > > At 10:03 AM 9/29/2002, Marc wrote: > > > > > > > > >I have both the pre-1980 and post-1980 versions of the Bible. The > > > newer one is > > > > >large print, which I can use for teaching. But I keep the older one > > > because it > > > > >was a particularly nicely bound type that they don't seem to make > anymore > > > > >(real > > > > >calfskin) and it was a gift from my mother as I was headed off down > > > the road > > > > >south to Salt Lake and Provo. It's got a lot of scripture marking in > > > it, and I > > > > >tend to remember things visually, so I'll often prefer the older one > > > for that > > > > >reason. Just call me a sentimental old fogey. > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >Marc A. Schindler > > > > > > > > Same here. Also, even though the "post-1980" version had excellent > > > > footnoting there were still some footnotes in the "pre-1980" > version which, > > > > imo and in some respects, was better than the "post-1980 version. Does > > > > anyone know of a LDS study bible in existence--or even an excellent > non-LDS > > > > study bible? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Steven Montgomery > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > > > > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > > > > > > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Marc A. 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