Bride's Bible
Usually a small
Bible bound in white and including a decorated wedding certificate, for the bride to carry
during the marriage ceremony
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Children's Bible
- A text Bible
with simple Bible study helps, maps, and illustrations.
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Chronological Bible
A Bible that
is organized all or in part in the order in which the events of the Bible took place.
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Concordance Bible
- Normally a
reference Bible with a concordance or alphabetical listing of key words found in every
book, chapter, and verse where the words appear in the Bible.
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Gift and award Bible
A text Bible
designed for purchase in quantity by a church or individual for presentation on promotion
day graduation, or similar occasions. Usually includes some study helps and maps.
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Giant Print Bible
Features large,
easy-to-read type, especially helpful for the visually impaired, the elderly young
children, or others who prefer an extremely readable type.
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Interlinear Bible
A Bible in which
the Hebrew and/or Greek text appears with the actual translated English word either below
or to the side of the text.
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Loose-Leaf Bible
The complete
Bible text, usually with center-column references and wide margins, printed on loose leaf
sheets of writing quality paper and inserted into a ring binder
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Parallel Bible
These Bible or
Testaments have two or more translations of the scriptures laid out in such a way that the
reader can compare any given verse in one translation with the same verse in another
translation in a side-by-side format.
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Pew Bible
An inexpensive hard
cover text Bible to place in pew racks for use by church members during the worship
service.
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Pulpit or Lectern Bible
- A large
Bible usually without collateral material for use on a lectern, pulpit, altar, or
communion table.
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Red Letter Bible
- A Bible in
which the words of Christ are printed in red.
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Reference Bible
- Contains
center-column, in-verse, side-column or page bottom references throughout the text to
other passages of Scripture on the same subject. These references were included in the
first KJV of 1611.
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Self-Pronouncing
- Bibles in which
difficult names are broken into syllables and accented by diacritical marks in order to
help the reader pronounce them properly Some smaller Bibles have a self-pronouncing index,
while larger Bibles have difficult names self-pronounced in the text.
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Study Text Bible
- Prepared for
Bible students, usually with a dictionary, concordance, and study helps to facilitate
Bible study
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Teachers Bible
- A Bible
containing study aids that are useful to the teacher.
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Text Bible
A Bible containing the
text of the Scriptures without references.
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Verse-Reference Bible
A Bible with
references placed directly within the verse to which they refer and not in a center
column. (Holman)
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