The ESV Study Bible also provides a wealth of additional resources. These notes focus especially on understanding the meaning of the text, giving answers to frequently raised questions, and providing theological, historical, and archaeological background-all for the purpose of helping readers to understand the Bible in a deeper way. It includes 20,000 notes, written specifically for the ESV Study Bible. Altogether, the ESV Study Bible comprises two million words of Bible text, insightful explanation, teaching, and reference material-equivalent to a 20-volume Bible resource library all contained in one volume. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published, the winner of 2009 Christian Book of the Year, and 2009 winner of best Bible in its category.Ĭreated by an outstanding team of ninety-five evangelical Christian scholars and teachers, the ESV Study Bible presents completely new study notes, maps, illustrations, charts, timelines, articles, and introductions.
To accomplish this, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV Bible text. The ESV Study Bible (ESVSB) was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way-to understand the timeless truth of God’s Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality.