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ClementofRome
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It will be pre-millennial/futurist in its eschatology and dispensational in its theology.
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I've grown to like it, but I prefer looking at the original Greek and Hebrew, and getting more information.
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Dispensationalism was condemned in my church and the Wesleys would have thought it detestible as well.
Luther and Calvin both despised chiliasm.
And the Vatican Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox, like my church, believe chiliasm to be a heresy anathematized in both the 2nd and 3rd Ecumenical Councils.
Many mainline Baptists and other "Radical Christianity" groups have also condemned it.
It has never been an ancient belief and cannot be traced to any bit of orthodoxy.
That is why I do not recommend it, and that is the kindest I will get about it.
Luther and Calvin both despised chiliasm.
And the Vatican Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox, like my church, believe chiliasm to be a heresy anathematized in both the 2nd and 3rd Ecumenical Councils.
Many mainline Baptists and other "Radical Christianity" groups have also condemned it.
It has never been an ancient belief and cannot be traced to any bit of orthodoxy.
That is why I do not recommend it, and that is the kindest I will get about it.
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I am not a big fan of commentary-study bibles in general. What often happens is that when people read a passage and don't understand it, they read the notes (often theologically motivated), and say "Aha! That is what the text means!" In reality, all this means is that reader has understood the note, not the text itself. That is why something like the Scofield Study Bible can be such a problem. Readers are presented with only one possible position on understanding the text, and that is not being faithful to the text.
Thus, for a study Bible I recommend that people get one that has the following:
concordance
textual footnotes (not to be confused with theological footnotes)
index
maps
charts (timelines, group of topics like miracles, resurrection appearances, but not theologically interpretative ones)
cross-references
Anything beyond these invites potential trouble. Several types of good study Bibles that include only these features are available, and these make for truly excellent study Bibles. Some of these go by the subtitle of: Reference Bible, Classic Reference Bible, Concordance Bible.
Another problem with the Scofield is that it presents a dispensational theology, which skews many verses that do not directly impact dispensational theology. (Scofield isn't the only commentary bible to do this).
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I used it for about a year and to be honest loved it! His notes are inconsistent occasionaly (as in, one difficult verse has has no notes whereas another difficult one has tonnes!). You just have to bear in mind theologicals theological view point, which to be honest are held far more on his sleeve than many other commentators. Certainly has words aren't gospel, but then just look up a few milimetres and you can see the gospel 
I'd so go for it, you can do a lot worse than Scofield.
I'd so go for it, you can do a lot worse than Scofield.
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Knight said:
Yes!
I bought an NIV Scofield Study Bible many years ago and enjoyed using it as my main study/reading Bible. Besides the footnotes, I really liked the cross references it provided, and the maps were extremely handy and informative. These things helped spark my interest in acquiring additional Bible study tools such as Young's Concordance and MacMillan's Bible Atlas. Eventually all that led to me taking Bible correspondence courses and then seminary. When I went to seminary I replaced the Scofield with a "noteless" NASB, then later I replaced that with an NIV Study Bible for use in ministry and Hebrew/Greek for study. But I still have the Scofield on my shelf, and from time to time I refer to it. So yeah, I would definitely recommend the Scofield Study Bible, if that is something that interests you.
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LamorakDesGalis just reminded me of the superb cross-references. Worth the price of the alone! Rather than just being cross references they can guide you through entire topics in the bible from their first occurence to the last. An invaluable tool.
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Alban, I seriously hope you are kidding.
I thought you were a high church/Anglo-Catholic. There is absolutely nothing valid in Dispensationalism for us; our church condemned it.
I thought you were a high church/Anglo-Catholic. There is absolutely nothing valid in Dispensationalism for us; our church condemned it.
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Sorry PV, not kidding at all. Being Anglo-Catholic doesn't mean i can't read things from a variety of theological viewpoints. I don't accept dispensationalism at all, but it would be arrogant for me to conclude that because Scofield is a dispensationalist he can't bring me any closer to Christ. You seem an exceptionally well read individual, and i can't for a second imagine that you only read books from people you agree with. Scofield still has much to offer the faith.
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alban said:
And I am no pre-mil dispi! My father-in-law was a Scofield pre-mil dispi and one of the most devout Christians I have ever met. A godly man that was widely read in many areas of theology.
Christianity has no room for arrogance.
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I used this Study Bible several years and found some of its study notes helpful.
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