bible study guide needed

[janetlynne]

I would like to find something to help me with learning the bible more. I used to have a life application bible, so I would like something along those lines, however, I don't want it IN my bible. Sometimes when I would read the life application bible, all the notes and helps, while helpful much of the time, often distracted me from just the words in the bible. Does anyone know of anything that might be like a separate study companion? I would like something on paper instead of online, although I would keep an open mind if I found something online that was helpful.

thanks

 

[St_Worm2]

Try one or all of these. They are excellent and are a greater resource than the notes normally found in Study Bibles.

Believer's Bible Commentary: William MacDonald, Arthur L. Farstad: 9780785212164: Amazon.com: Books

Christianbook.com: The Bible Knowledge Commentary: Old & New Testament, 2 Volumes: Edited By: John F. Walvoord, Roy B. Zuck By: Edited by John F. Walvoord & Roy B. Zuck: 9780896938007

The MacArthur Bible Commentary - Kindle edition by John MacArthur. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

 

[Unix]

The best ones would be the Oxford Bible Commentary volumes that have come out separately. They are the 2007 Edition.
Pentateuch: Oxford Bible Commentary pentateuch - AbeBooks Review by amazonmark on May 24. 2014 says: "The analysis is deep but presented in a manner that a non scholar can understand. The author explores the biblical texts without an ideological axe."
Apocrypha: The Apocrypha (Oxford Bible Commentary): OUP Oxford 9780199650811 Paperback - Sandpiper Books Ltd Review by celery on March 27. 2014 says: "Loads of information packed in a small space. Suitable for novice or a more scholarly reader. Very good, would recommend"
Gospels: Amazon.co.uk: Buying Choices: The Gospels (Oxford Bible Commentary)
Pauline Letters: www.amazon.co.uk/Pauline-Epistles-O...=Oxford+Bible+Commentary+John+Barton+Muddiman
These will be a low-cost somewhat unbiased solution to cover much of the Bible and 1 Clem.

If You can't wait for the rest of the volumes to come out and want to cover the whole Bible now, buy also the 2007 Edition paperback Oxford Bible Commentary (1 vol.) in addition to the above volumes. The above volumes are the ones You can carry around.
The 2001 Edition used to be offered in Logos but hasn't been sold for a long time and is near impossible to get hold of used as people are not willing to sell it. You can however post on Facebook asking if someone would sell it to You: https://www.facebook.com/groups/548061461941184/ ... Logos has both Android, iPad and Kindle Fire software versions. Logos will charge a $20 license transfer fee when You get something used regardless of the amount of resources.