TNIV- The Books of the Bible

Here's a cool deal...

What if the Bible were arranged more chronologically (and logically)? What if books that originally formed one unit were again reunited? And what what if we left off all the verse/chapter/paragraph headings and just red it as it was originally written- as whole books?

That's what the TNIV Books of the Bible does...

From the publisher's website:
The Books of the Bible project encourages better Bible reading, particularly by emphasizing the reading of whole books. The result is an inviting and clean visual presentation of the Bible, in Today's New International Version (TNIV), that can be understood and enjoyed more easily. The Books of the Bible differs from the format of most current Bibles in significant ways:

• Chapter and verse numbers are removed from the text
  (A chapter and verse range is given at the bottom of each page)
• Each book's natural literary breaks are shown instead
• There are no notes, cross references, or section headings in the text
• Text is presented in one column rather than two or more
• Books that have historically been divided into parts are restored
• Books are presented in an order that gives readers more help in understanding

Here's a type sample

Looks cool and would be especially good for devotional reading

Comments

[Lance]

Oh no! I thought the King James version was always how the bible was laid out. Won't this new format be heretical?

[Barrett]

I found this a few months ago, and actually got it as a Christmas present. As a Christian College graduate and pastor, I was really curious about a bible formatted like this.

After one day of reading it, I fell in love. I read through Genesis in 3 days. For the first time in reading through Genesis, I found some common threads throughout it all that I had previously missed because of the chapter and verse divisions and the headings.

I would recommend this bible for ANYone. Pastor, student, young, old, small group, church. I think everyone will benefit from reading the bible without all the divisions. Reading in context has always been a problem for the church at large. This helps that to a large degree.

It costs less than 10 dollars. Buy in a case and it gets even cheaper. Buy it now. You won't be disappointed.

[curtis klope]

I heard about this a little while back as well, and I think it's GREAT. I'd be a little more enthused if it wasn't NIV-based... but that may be just because I'm on an NRSV kick as of late, ever since I heard NT Wright speak favorably about that translation.

Anyone have any thoughts on the TNIV, or NIV in general?

[Pistol Pete]

Sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out.