Comments on: I Have Two Dreams (Single Column Bibles)

By: Glewen

Glewen — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:56:06 +0000

Great work,webmaster,nice design!,

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:46:34 +0000

I really do not like red letter, but all NLTs have red letter except the Life Application Study Bible.

Actually, the new Mosaic NLT is black letter. However, ironically and sadly, the new NLT center-column reference Bibles, on which the Mosaic layout is based, will be red-letter editions. *sigh*

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:42:27 +0000

@Brent – I actually agree with you on the interior placement of references, especially if space is left on the outside for notes. Maybe someday a publisher will offer true print-on-demand services and we’ll all be able to get our individual preferences!

By: Brent Kercheville

Brent Kercheville — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:43:00 +0000

El Shaddai, I am glad there are others who love the side column reference concept. I think the ESV Single Column Reference is actually superior to the NASB Side Column Reference because the ESV references are on the inside, in the gutter, rather than the text like the NASB which has the references on the outside of the page. It seems smarter to put the references on the inside of the page in the gutter than the text. The TNIV Reference Bible follows the NASB unfortunately, but at the least the TNIV Reference has more margin room to keep the text from falling too far into the gutter.
Now we just need the publishers to hear our cries for more single column, black text options for the various translations.

By: Brent Kercheville

Brent Kercheville — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:38:00 +0000

I am with you, Curt. I have considered the NLT Select which looks like it has a great binding. But it is red letter. Ugh. I really do not like red letter, but all NLTs have red letter except the Life Application Study Bible. I keep holding out for a single column, black letter text NLT. But I am wondering if my holdout is in vain….

By: Robert Jimenez

Robert Jimenez — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:21:40 +0000

Curt, the Tyndale Select NLT is a very nice bible, I bought one for a friend as a gift. I own a very similar HCSB, which is also very nice. But I would wait, they will issue one eventually. I own the TNIV Renaissance Single Column black lettering Bible. And it is just really great to study, and read with. I wish it was not as think but you can’t have it all.
We need to give them this suggestion over at their blog. I think that enough people request one they will put it on a higher priority.

By: Curt Parton

Curt Parton — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:14:13 +0000

Robert, I feel the same way about the Tyndale Select NLT. It looks very nice (I’m using essentially the same Bible in the LeatherLike cover), but what I really want is an NLT in a single-column, black-letter, text-only edition in a high quality leather cover with Smyth-sewn binding. (I’d settle for a reference edition if necessary.) So, do I go ahead and buy a quality cover and binding for an edition that is okay but doesn’t offer much of what I’m looking for? Or do I wait and hope for the edition that I really want?

By: Robert Jimenez

Robert Jimenez — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:26:28 +0000

Me too. I was tempted to purchase the new NLT Pitt Minion Reference Edition from Cambridge. But then I thought about it, and I want a single column, no red lettering version of this bible. Now I am not sure if I want to spend the money.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:24:06 +0000

I’m with you 100%. I have the NASB Side-Column Reference and think every translation should be available in this format.