The ''ESV Study Bible'' (abbreviated as ESVSB) is a
study Bible published by
Crossway. It features the text of the
English Standard Version, along with study notes from a perspective of "classic
evangelical
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...
orthodoxy, in the historic stream of the
Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
."
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 (Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Westminster Theological Seminary; Editor, Westminster Theological Journal)
* Dr.
Thomas R. Schreiner (Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
* Dr.
Gordon Wenham (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 ''
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
The ''Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society'' is a refereed theological journal published by the Evangelical Theological Society. It was first published in 1958 as the ''Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society'', and was given i ...
'', praised the ESVSB:
Awards
In 2009, the
Evangelical Christian Publishers Association 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
study Bible. In the same year, ''
World
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'' named the ESVSB as Book of the Year.
References
External links
Official webpage
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2008 non-fiction books
2008 in Christianity
Study Bibles