The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, New Revised Standard Version

The New Oxford Annotated Bible acclaimed for its excellence and comprehensiveness has now been thoroughly revised updated and expanded. It includes the full text of The New Revised Standard Version - the new standard for English language Bible translation - and thousands of informative annotations covering every line of Scripture. The annotations have been heavily revised or in some cases completely rewritten by biblical scholars the extensive essays explaining historical religious and literary aspects of the Bible have been updated and a thirty-six page indexed map section with maps drawn by Oxfords famous Cartographic Department provides detailed information on the geography of the Holy Land in biblical times. A new brief concordance has also been included.In addition to updating the scholarship the editors have also made The New Oxford Annotated Bible much more easy to use. Annotations are more clearly keyed to the text. New and rewritten essays provide lucid commentary on the different parts of the Bible. Extensive cross references withing the annotations link one part of the text to the other. And larger margins provide extra room for notes.For those reading the Bible for the first time as well as for more advanced students the NOAB/NRSV is the ultimate resource for exploring the world of the Bible.