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J**Y
Very Small Type in the KJV; Consider CEV Edition
On the whole, I have to admit, I've become a fan of both Scandinavia Publishing House, as well as Jose Perez Montero--prolific illustrator of children's books from decades past. Their much-abridged and paraphrased Children's Bible, also illustrated by JPM, is highly commendable--probably even more so than this Illustrated Bible.The issue with the KJV edition of the Illustrated Bible is the varying typeface. The gospels display something like a 10-point font; the psalter bumps that up to maybe an 11. The rest of the Bible is printed in something like a 9 or 9.5 typeface with subtle variances in character and line spacing--the constantly changing orthography is all very distracting. And, then, to top it all off, the book of Numbers has a font reduced to something like an 8-point; and the font in Leviticus is reduced *even further* to an eye-straining 7-point!*Clearly* this is a Bible that's designed to be looked at, but not actually read ... which is disappointing--because the several hundred illustrations that grace almost every other spread in this 1700-page tome really bring the accompanying text to life (if you can read it!).This all being the case, you may as well acquire the CEV edition of the Illustrated Bible (isbn 9788772477244 or 9788772476803). The CEV edition displays a more uniform 10-point typeface throughout. It was also published first. I am led to believe that the reason the KJV edition sports such odd orthography is because the Illustrated Bible was designed using the CEV text. This new edition is merely a strained attempt at retrofitting the immensely verbose (but highly literary) KJV into the preexisting page layout of the truly concise children's CEV.[A brief aside: SPH makes no version of the full-size Illustrated Bible that offers the Apocrypha--even though the KJV has the Apocrypha, the CEV has the Apocrypha, and JPM has illustrated the Apocrypha.]My suggestion to SPH: don't cram 100% of the KJV (or any adult biblical text) into page designs and layouts intended for a children's translation. Instead, consider carefully condensing the KJV text ala the Reader's Digest Bible. (Or, just license the Reader's Digest Bible's text for use here!) And, while you're at it, offer an edition with the Apocrypha! I would buy this! I *so* want an adult Bible with lots of good pictures! ... Just not at the expense of the actual biblical text.Other recommended alternatives:Children's Bible (Story Book): isbn 9788772470573 or 9788771324716 or 9788772472775Children's Bible with (intertestamental) Apocrypha: isbn 9788772476896 or 9780888345790Children's Bible Catholic Edition: isbn 9780882711973 (fewer apocryphal books; set in canonical order)Children's Bible Reader: isbn 9781585168279 (illustrations based on Eastern Orthodox iconography)
Z**Y
KJV for everyone
The Bible and not just for kids but for anyone to read. It’s just the word of God and no fancy add-ons. The things I don’t like about typical kids bible stories is that they either leave things out or add to the Word of God. The artwork to the Bible is nice and I like the memory verses throughout. Very pleased.
I**7
Do Not Buy This Item
I was buying this item for my nephew and the first product I got had the pages gilded together so badly that if you try to separate them it will rip the paper. I gave the sellers the benefit of the doubt and replaced the item and I got another Bible that had pages stuck together. I even spent over 2 hours trying to carefully separate each page and they still ended up ripping. Furthermore, this hardcover is bad quality. On the way here it was already damaged and I got to see inside the hardcover and it is nothing more than hollow. I might be ignorant of hardcovers but this is just horrible quality. I will never be buying from this company/seller again because of how bad the quality it for such an unbelievable price. I suggest doing the same.
T**S
Pictures are a secondary distraction..
The Bible is nice quality, thin pages, pictures ethnically incorrect. EXAMPLES: Adam and Eve, Moses, Abraham depicted as Anglo Saxin, yet were of African descent, which is easily verifiable. Yet in still, it's the Word of God, and nothing beats the word, pictures are a secondary distraction.
E**O
Good product for price
This was a nice bible but it was more like a regular bible, the way the writing was, and not a lot of illustrations. The illustrations were nice and colorful but the Bible wasn’t what I was expecting
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