The ''ESV Study Bible'' (abbreviated as ESVSB) is a

study Bible A study Bible is an edition of the Bible prepared for use by a serious student of the Bible. It provides scholarly information designed to help the reader gain a better understanding of and context for the text. History Perhaps the first editi ...

published by Crossway. It features the text of the

English Standard Version The English Standard Version (ESV) is an English translation of the Bible. Published in 2001 by Crossway, the ESV was "created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors." The ESV relies on recently published critic ...

, along with study notes from a perspective of "classic

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orthodoxy, in the historic stream of the

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Contributors

The ''ESV Study Bible'' features the work of "95 evangelical Christian scholars and teachers." The list of contributors found in the ESVSB contains the following notable scholars: * Dr. Clifford John Collins (Professor of Old Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary) * Dr. Wayne A. Grudem (Research Professor, Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary) * Dr.

J. I. Packer James Innell Packer (22 July 192617 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. He was considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North Amer ...

(Board of Governors Professor of Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, Canada) * Dr.

Vern Sheridan Poythress Vern Sheridan Poythress (born 1946) is an American philosophy, philosopher, theology, theologian, New Testament scholar and mathematician, who is currently the New Testament chair of the ESV Oversight Committee. He is also the Professor of New Te ...

(Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Westminster Theological Seminary; Editor, Westminster Theological Journal) * Dr.

Thomas R. Schreiner Thomas R. Schreiner (born April 24, 1954) is an American Reformed New Testament scholar. He is the James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He previously taught at Bethel U ...

(Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) * Dr.

Gordon Wenham Gordon J. Wenham (; born 1943) is a Reformed British Old Testament scholar and writer. He has authored several books about the Bible. Tremper Longman has called him "one of the finest evangelical commentators today." Early life and education Wen ...

(Old Testament Tutor at Trinity College, Bristol; Emeritus Professor of Old Testament, University of Gloucestershire)

Reception

Commercial performance

The ESVSB was first published in October 2008, having been supported by a $1 million campaign. The first printing of the ESVSB, consisting of 100,000 copies, sold out prior to completion. Within the first six months of availability, 300,000 copies had been printed in total. The ESVSB would eventually go on to sell over 1 million copies.

Critical response

Andy Naselli, writing in the ''

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'', praised the ESVSB:

Awards

In 2009, the

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named the ESVSB as Christian Book of the Year. This was the first time in the award's 30-year history to be given to a

. In the same year, ''

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'' named the ESVSB as Book of the Year.

References

External links

Official webpage
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