The Wesley Study Bible

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The Wesley Study Bible is a Methodist-oriented biblical study text with introductory text for each book, explanations and commentary 'to help the reader to understand the biblical text', and with 'special references to the writings of John Wesley'.[1]

History

It was first published on 1 February 2009 by

concordance
, and an updated layout.

The Wesley Study Bible has comprehensive notes on the text written by over 50 Biblical scholars along with

William H. Willimon, United Methodist bishop of Birmingham, Alabama and Joel B. Green, professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary. Associate Editors included Bill T. Arnold, Andy Johnson, Sarah Heaner Lancaster, Robert W. Wall, Laceye C. Warner, and Karen Strand Winslow.[3]

The notes draw extensively on

forty-four sermons. Wesleyan theological terms are explained. There are 19 pages of color maps in the back of the 1,616 page Bible (the CEB edition has 1728 pages).[4]

Those who worked on the Bible were drawn from eleven churches based in North America with Wesleyan roots. They are

.

A limited black genuine leather edition was published in October 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers and available only from Cokesbury.

A previous study Bible, now out of print, was the Wesley Bible published by

Wesleyan-Holiness tradition
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Wesley Study Bible, https://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=723919 accessed 27 July 2015
  2. ^ "New Revised Standard Version Wesley Study Bible". Cokesbury.com. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  3. ^ Joel B. Green, Faculty Profile, http://fuller.edu/faculty/jgreen/ accessed 27 July 2015
  4. ^ "CEB Common English Wesley Study Bible, DecoTone". Cokesbury.com. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

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