Doctrine 612 Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 I see you are quite late in joining this thread from October of last year. I hope you will consider the posts made in response to zerinus regarding cost-effectiveness issues pertaining to producing editions of scriptures to suit individual preferences -- such as omitting the study aids, which have been produced over the years with great effort and considerable inspiration.The church prints a version of the bible now with out study aids, but they are found in the temple, if you go to the temple look on the altar the four books look pretty small.
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 Distribution centers are apparently not backstocking more copies of the scriptures, with an indication a new edition is in the works for late 2013. I've heard this independently from more than one source.Does anyone know any more details about this?They have decided to wait until everyone reads and lives by the older sets.
Alan Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 (edited) Like Grant Hardy's fantastic reader's edition.Full paragraphing, narrative headers rather than chapter summaries, notations of when a scriptural text is being explicitly quoted, poetry in poetic lines, etc. It's quite a revelation in and of itself reading his formatted edition, which does not alter the words of the base text.If you like that one, you should try the Restored Covenant Edition http://www.restoredcovenant.org .Unfortunately it follows the RLDS chapter and versification system (though you can purchase a conversation table with it). But it reads very well indeed, and better that Grant Hardy's in my view. Royal Skousen speaks very highly of it. Edited April 2, 2013 by Alan
Scott Lloyd Posted April 2, 2013 Posted April 2, 2013 The church prints a version of the bible now with out study aids, but they are found in the temple, if you go to the temple look on the altar the four books look pretty small.I think I made this point here last October, but it has been my observation over the years that the Church leaders want to encourage members to become accustomed to using the study aids. This being the goal, it is hardly reasonable to expect them to produce products that works against it.And please, let's not revisit the fallacious complaint that the Church is "ramming the gospel down our throats." It is doing no such thing. 1
Doctrine 612 Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 I think I made this point here last October, but it has been my observation over the years that the Church leaders want to encourage members to become accustomed to using the study aids. This being the goal, it is hardly reasonable to expect them to produce products that works against it.And please, let's not revisit the fallacious complaint that the Church is "ramming the gospel down our throats." It is doing no such thing.I have many sets of scriptures one for everything, road trips, home study, church study, and one for teaching the scriptures.But I would like one just to read that is not to heavy that was lds. I now have a regular jkv bible but it's not lds.
Calm Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) I believe these economy versions have footnotes and crossreferences, but no other study aid: http://store.lds.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category3_715839595_10557_21240_-1_N_image_0http://store.lds.org...1220_-1__195595http://store.lds.org...1219_-1__197030http://store.lds.org...1222_-1__195591http://store.lds.org...1223_-1__197046You could also get these inexpensive versions, remove the binding with a razor blade and then remove any sections you are not interested in, then glue the binding back on, trimming off any excess. Edited April 3, 2013 by calmoriah
Scott Lloyd Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 Or get an iPhone, iPad, or other electronic device for which there is a compatible version of the Church's program "Gospel Library." The entire textual content of the up-to-date editions of the scriptures is on there, and the presence of the study aids adds zero weight to the device, which is one or two ounces at most. I use my iPod touch exclusively for scripture reading, study, teaching and reference, though I keep my hard-copy scriptures for archival purposes. With the recent revisions, I'm gladder than ever that I have done so.
David T Posted April 3, 2013 Author Posted April 3, 2013 I believe these economy versions have footnotes and crossreferences, but no other study aid: http://store.lds.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category3_715839595_10557_21240_-1_N_image_0http://store.lds.org...1220_-1__195595http://store.lds.org...1219_-1__197030http://store.lds.org...1222_-1__195591http://store.lds.org...1223_-1__197046You could also get these inexpensive versions, remove the binding with a razor blade and then remove any sections you are not interested in, then glue the binding back on, trimming off any excess.The economy bibles linked above do contain the full bible dictionary and topical guide.
Scott Lloyd Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 The economy bibles linked above do contain the full bible dictionary and topical guide.I thought they did, though I was reluctant to say anything.And, of course, I approve.
Calm Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 The economy bibles linked above do contain the full bible dictionary and topical guide.So one is left than with just the NT and the Book of Mormon option or the take the razor blade and create your own unique version option.
Scott Lloyd Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 So one is left than with just the NT and the Book of Mormon option or the take the razor blade and create your own unique version option.Don't forget the iPhone/iPad/iPod touch option.
DBMormon Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 I wish they would do us an edition where the Bible Dictionaty, Topical Guide etc. will be printed as a separate volume so the scriptures themselves wouldn't be so massive and heavy to carry around and read. I didn't think it required a lot of imagination to think of that. They already provide several options on how you want to buy your set of scriptures. Why not add this option to it? I am sure I am not the only one who would prefer and appreciate that particular option.I miss him, how about you Mathoniah?
cinepro Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 The economy bibles linked above do contain the full bible dictionary and topical guide.We use the KJV, so if you want to get rid of all the unique LDS study helps and pagination, wouldn't you just end up with a regular KJV?Why not just get something like this...http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Bible-DiCarta-Brown-James/dp/161626523X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365031010&sr=1-2or this...http://www.amazon.com/Study-Bible-Bonded-Leather-James/dp/1616260378/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365031010&sr=1-1?
reubendunn1 Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 We use the KJV, so if you want to get rid of all the unique LDS study helps and pagination, wouldn't you just end up with a regular KJV?How about the complete Inspired Version of the Bible or JST then? I've been tempted to do this, in light of what I've been reading on the current edition. FYI there are a few sites that do rebinding, one of them will combine the Bible and Triple into a single Quad. It should not be any problem to remove the Dictonary, Topical Guide etc, if wanted...http://www.bookbindingbyhand.com/4.html
cinepro Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 How about the complete Inspired Version of the Bible or JST then? I've been tempted to do this, in light of what I've been reading on the current edition. FYI there are a few sites that do rebinding, one of them will combine the Bible and Triple into a single Quad. It should not be any problem to remove the Dictonary, Topical Guide etc, if wanted...http://www.bookbindi...hand.com/4.htmlDang, that is pretty cool. They can reformat the LDS quad into a book about the size of the Bible. Or you can have the New Testament bound with the Triple Combination, and the Old Testament bound with all the study helps. Very tempting, but expensive ($145-200 per book).
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