PULPIT BIBLE / ESV ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION / Responsive Readings for Congregational Worship and Family Reading / Double column text, Large print / Bible Society / Bonded Leather

• ISBN-13: 9780564036677 / 978-0564036677
• Published by British and Foreign Bible Society
• ESV Text Edition 2016 
• Printed in China in 2017  

ONLY 1700 Copies in printed !!!  

We have here in Baltimore 150 copies !!! 

Bonded leather; Ribbon marker; Gift box; 28x21.5 cm; 1344 pages

Features:

The ESV Pulpit Bible was designed for public reading, such as preaching, teaching, reading from the lectern, family reading, and more. Its large type and thick paper make reading and preaching easy. Its construction quality means it will last for many years of pulpit use. It’s an enlarged version of the Heirloom Thinline and Pew Bibles, so it’s easy to have a smaller Bible to match.

The ESV Pulpit Bible is a specialty edition beautifully suited for use in pulpits, lecterns, libraries, homes, or anywhere God’s Word is esteemed. Its highly readable type is ideal for public reading and congregational worship, and the finely crafted, reinforced imitation leather cover will retain its beauty for years to come.  

The text is presented in a double-column paragraph layout with poetry in stanzas. The header includes the page number in the center and the book name, chapter, and verse number in the outer margin. The footer includes the translation footnotes in a single column. Section headings are in italics.    

The typeface is 14.5-point Lexicon black-letter. It’s dark but not too bold to read for a long period of time. It’s extremely consistent throughout. It has around 9 words per line. It has plenty of space between the lines to make it comfortable to read from the pulpit. Prose looks great at this word-count. Poetry is easy to follow, but it does have lots of lines with a single word, so they’re not all broken in the best places.  

Verse numbers are superscript and slightly bolder than the text. The inner and outer margins are 1 1/8″. This extra spacing brings to text out of the bend of the inner margin so the text is always on the flat part of the page. This is especially important for preaching. The top and bottom margins are 1/2″. Books start on a new page. Footnotes are keyed to the text with numbers. 

In the back are the Table of Weights and Measures and a list of verses called Responsive Readings.

Table of Weights and Measures and Monetary Units – This is a simple table with 22 entries that show the biblical unit, American and metric equivalents, and biblical equivalent. They’re not divided according to type, but there aren’t that many to search through. Most are also explained in the footnotes.

Responsive Readings – This is a set of readings designed to encourage a responsive congregational reading. It includes 65 sections that cover the major themes of the Bible, each with a topic and a list of Scriptures for the leader and congregation to take turns reading. The Scriptures include large chapters or small passages. The leader’s portion is placed in regular type and the congregation’s portion is placed in bold type. These are great for planning sermons and teachings. They also work for small groups and families.