Bibliotheca: Complete Multi-volume Reader's Bible Clothbound Set, 5 Volumes (Including the Apocrypha)

Bibliotheca is a five-volume edition of the Bible designed purely for reading. The text is reverently treated in classic typographic style, free of all added conventions such as chapter and verse numbers, section headers, cross-references, and marginalia.Design FeaturesDesigned according to time-tested typographic methods to foster fluid, comfortable reading.Free of chapter and verse numbers, section headers, cross-references, and annotation.Designed and typeset in the U.S. using original typefaces prepared specially for this edition.Production FeaturesPrinted and bound in Germany by Kösel, est. 1593.Smyth sewn, lay-flat binding.Wood-free, acid-free, and stone-based paper; made in Austria without the use of bleach.Unbleached, 100% cotton book cloth, dyed specially for this edition; made in the Netherlands.100% cotton satin-weave ribbon marker; made in France.About the Translation, The American Literary Version of the Biblical LibraryFreshly revised from the 1901 American Standard Version.Reviewed by PhD biblical language experts holding positions at institutions such as Oxford, Emory, and Fuller who, without damaging the literary quality of the base translation, suggested changes to bring the translation up to par with where textual criticism and Greek and Hebrew lexicography currently stand.Exceptionally literal among modern translations, preserving more of the concrete, ambiguous, repetitious, and grammatical qualities of the original languages. This set includes a traditional paperboard slipcase that fits all five volumes (1: The Five Books & The Former Prophets, 2: The Latter Prophets, 3: The Writings, 4: The Apocrypha, 5: The New Testament).First Edition, First Impression.