ESV - Study Bible, Hardcover

The purpose of the ESV STudy Bible is to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way.  To accomplish this goal, an extraordinary team was created -- 95 scholars and teachers who love the Bible, from 9 countries, nearly 20 denominations, including 50 seminaries, colleges, and universities.  An extraordinary resource, equivalent to a twenty-volume Bible study library--the most comprehensive study Bible ever published.

Primary Features:

• 2752 pages of teaching, explanation, maps, articles, and Bible text


• 2 million words with 20,000 notes and other resources


• 200 new full-color maps printed alongside the ESV text and notes throughout the Bible


• 40 all-new illustrations including full-color renderings and architectural diagrams


• 200 charts with concise summaries of key insights


• Over 50 articles on essential topics of theology, ethics, biblical teaching and application


• 80,000 cross-references and an extensive concordance

Free Online Study Bible
    The ESV Online Study Bible is available free with your purchase of this print edition.  The online edition offers the complete ESV Study Bible in searchable digital form, featuring interactive links to the notes, articles, maps, charts, timelines, illustrations, and cross-references.  It also offers the ability to create personal online notes, to listen to the audio ESV, and to access additional resources available only online.

Pub. Date:  October 15, 2008

Publisher's Preview

The ESV Study Bible 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. To accomplish this, the ESV Study Bible combines the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV Bible text. The result is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published-with more than 2,750 pages of extensive, accessible Bible resources. With completely new notes, maps, illustrations, charts, timelines, and articles, the ESV Study Bible was created by an outstanding team of 93 evangelical Christian scholars and teachers. In addition to the 757,000 words of the ESV Bible itself, the notes and resources of the ESV Study Bible comprise an additional 1.1 million words of insightful explanation and teaching-equivalent to a 20-volume Bible resource library all contained in one volume.