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Title: Best Edition of ESV
Review: The ESV Deluxe in hardback and genuine leather is the bestedition of the ESV in print. I have both the hardback andgenuine leather editions. The hardback is very good andput togther quite well. The leather comes only in blackand looks and feels very nice. Crossway has done a betterjob with this edition of the ESV, but I would love to seeCambridge publish the ESV!The translation itself is excellent for study, preaching,teaching, and devotional reading. It is "literal", but notso much so that there is no literary style. The literarystyle is very much in the Tyndale/KJV tradition. This isdue to the fact that the ESV is a slight revision (6% I'mtold) of the RSV. The RSV still remains one of the besttranslations available, but needed some updating.I recommend the ESV Deluxe Reference Edition withoutreservation. Again, it is the best edition of the ESVin print and the ESV is a good translation for study ofthe Holy Scriptures.
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