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Anglican Bible Reading Guide

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For my One-Year Bible Reading Charts click here.

I spent a good portion of my time in the month of December 2023 researching bible reading plans and could not come up with a happy medium or compromise with everything I was seeking. After careful consideration and planning, I produced my own custom Bible reading plan that is constructed precisely the way I like it.

CHRONOLOGICAL NEW TESTAMENT

This plan is unique in that it combines several different approaches to a reading plan as follows: First, I wanted to read the Gospels in chronological order. There are several planes out on the internet that accomplish this, however, I wanted the New Testament to be of a different structure than the Old Testament. I used the Bible Reading Plan Generator to assemble the passages for the New Testament. This generator offers the user several different options to obtain the plan that fits best. I compared to other chronological reading plans and many of them chopped up the chapters into verses like this popular plan found at the back of the ESV Study Bible.



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Bible Reading Plans for 2024

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This is the Daily Bible Reading Plan that is published in the ESV Study Bible by Crossway. Similar to many plans, it provides for reading the NT and Psalms twice a year while reading the OT in a year. The plan is broken up into 4 sections:

  • Gospels and Devotions
  • Chronicles and Prophets
  • Psalms and Wisdom Literature
  • Pentateuch and History of Israel

Every day of the year, the reader will read a chapter or so from 4 different sections of the bible. The list is numbered rather than dated to accommodate for a missed day or needing to take a break.

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Schuyler ESV Wide Margin in marbled mahogany

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The best selling Schuyler ESV Quentel Bible is now available in a Wide Margin format. This Bible is identical to the current Schuyler Quentel ESV with the following exceptions: 1. Slightly smaller text size: 9.5 instead of 11 point font. 2. Heavier paper – 40 GSM Bible paper. 3. Semi-yapp cover. 4. 32 pages of lined note paper. 5. Last, but not least, wide margins. Outer Margin: 35 mm; Inner Margin 33 mm; Top Margin: 25-30 mm; Bottom Margin: 31-36 mm. This format will extend to the Schuyler Quentel series, and is already available in the Schuyler Canterbury KJV and and Schuyler Quentel NASB.

ESV Text Edition: 2016
Marbled Mahogany Calfskin with full leather linings (dark brown)
Page Size: 6.8″ x 9.4″ x 1.7″ (173 mm x 238 mm x 42 mm)
Outer Margin: 35 mm; Inner Margin 33 mm; Top Margin: 25 mm; Bottom Margin: 31 mm.
9.5 pt. Milo font
Line Matching to avoid “see through”
40 GSM Paper (Finland)
Smyth Sewn
Double Column, Paragraph format
Black Letter Text
3 x 1 cm Ribbons: Dark Brown, Gold, Dark Brown
Art-Gilt edging (red under gold) with gilt line (gold line inside the cover)
Gold embossing on the Spine.
Raised Spine Ribs
Smyth Sewn
More than 80,000 entry cross references
Concordance
Presentation pages
Extensive Schuyler Bible Maps

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Schuyler ESV Stridon – First Edition

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Schuyler ESV Stridon picture dump and quick review. My long anticipated Striden arrived around 930am this morning. No surprises or major flaws. I thought some may appreciate a comprehensive look at pictures. There are some noticeable items of note. The Jerusalem Cross stamp on the front cover is uneven. It appears the pressure applied on the lower left was much deeper than the upper right.

The art gilt is a disappointment. It is very light. So light, it is hardly noticeable. I will probably fix that myself. Not that big a deal but some may have an issue with it.

The black goatskin is the same quality as my Schuyler RSV. I would say my RSV is a bit floppier and softer. Not stiff, but the Striden has a bit of a difference, hardly noticeable. I tend to take a close look at these things as we can’t necessarily really on the youtube reviewers. Randy Brown does a good job at pointing things out, however, he stands alone in that respect, IMHO.

The printing and paper are superior, of course. The line matching is perfect and the left edge of the text lines up perfectly. I know that some reported that was not the case with the NASB Striden. The margins are extraordinary. The biblical text does not fall into the gutter and the outside margin is perfect for light notes.

One issue that I have with Schuyler bibles is the two-page maps. They are always printed as one picture across both pages. Makes it very difficult to see detail on the map as it falls into the gutter. My Cambridge Topaz does a good job with that. Not a deal killer but such an easy thing to fix.

Overall, it is what I expected. I hope to find a typo or two to make this edition unique. My RSV with Apocrypha had several and I love them. I can always tell 2nd printing owners… “yeah, well I have the first edition with the typos”. At any rate, Humble Lamb could learn much about what a $200 Bible should look like. Very happy and will continue to buy Schuyler Bibles in the future.

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New Bible Fragment Found (P.Oxy 5575) – Gospel of Thomas from the 2nd Century.

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A new fragment of the Bible has been discovered. 2nd century – Gospel of Thomas. Found in an archeological dig known as an ancient trash dump in el-Bahnasa, Egypt. Unique among all known manuscripts as it is the first known occurrence of papyri material written on for the Bible, pre-dates Mark and Mathew. “Requires a major re-assessment for the composition of Gospel of Thomas”

Drawing of Jesus teaching in the synagogue by Gustave Doré (1832–1883). Illustration by Peter Gurry.

What’s the Big Deal about a New Papyrus with Sayings of Jesus?

A second-century date for a new Greek fragment with gospel material makes it unique among papyri.

Article from: September 13, 2023

On august 31st, the Egypt Exploration Society published the latest volume (LXXXVII) in its long-running series on the Oxyrhynchus Papyri (volume 1 appeared in 1898). The volume presents many interesting papyri, including a collection of short biographies of eminent Romans and a fragment of the book of Revelation. Thanks to an article in the Daily Beast, however, the spotlight has fallen on a small fragment (about 1.3ʺ wide × 3.6ʺ high) that contains sayings of Jesus in a form similar to the gospels of Matthew, Luke, and Thomas.

Why is this such a big deal? Let’s find out.

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Missing Verses in Modern Bibles – Explanation

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Missing Verses in Modern Translations

Matthew 17:21

KJV: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Reason: The verse closely resembles Mark 9:29, but it is lacking in Matthew in א (original handwriting), B, θ, some Italic & Syriac & Coptic & Ethiopic manuscripts. It is, however, found in this place in some Greek mss not quite so ancient – C, D, K, L – as well as some other mss of the ancient versions. It is believed to have been assimilated from Mark.[13]

Matthew 18:11

KJV: For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

Reason: This verse is lacking in א,B,L (original handwriting), θ, ƒ1, ƒ13, some old Italic & Syriac & Coptic & Georgian mss, and such ancient sources as the Apostolic Canons, Eusebius, Jerome, and others. It is found in some other sources, not quite so ancient, such as D,K,W,X, and the Latin Vulgate. It is not found in any manuscript before the 5th century.[14] According to Bruce Metzger, “There can be little doubt that the words … are spurious here, being omitted by the earliest witnesses representing several textual types… [This verse was] manifestly borrowed by copyists from Luke 19:10.”[15]

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