NASB Single Column Reference Bible with Comfort Print Typeface

A review of Zondervan’s New American Standard Bible (NASB) Single-Column Reference (SCR) Bible with Comfort Print typeface (ISBN 9780310451167). This Bible has art-gilt page edges and a 10.5 point line-matched text arranged in a verse-by-verse format in a single column. References are conveniently placed alongside the verses in the 56 to 57 mm (2.2 inch) wide outer margin. The inner margin is narrow, and text does drop away into the gutter. The 36 gsm paper has a slight gloss, but is sufficiently opaque so that show-through (ghosting) is not an issue. The Bible is Smyth sewn with overcast stitching in front. The cover is made of brown Leathersoft, an imitation leather. The words of Christ are in black ink. Seven glossy, moderately detailed color maps spanning eight pages are provided. The volume also includes a 104-page, three-column dictionary / concordance / thesaurus in a 7.5 pt font. This Bible was printed in China. Those who rely on the NASB's extensive translation notes may be disappointed to learn that only a small percentage of them appear in this edition. Detailed Contents 00:00 Dimensions, margins, layout, font … (four charts) 00:16 Unboxing 01:44 The box 02:18 The ISBN and list price 02:57 Dimensions compared to other Bibles 04:07 The page layout 06:05 The font in the text 07:00 The text is line-matched 08:00 The references 08:16 The translation notes 08:38 Paper qualities (thickness, paper weight, color, texture, opacity) 09:28 Print non-uniformity (fading) 09:50 The book introductions 11:05 Each books of the Bible begins on a fresh page 11:28 The words of Christ are in black ink 11:48 Inserts at the back, including the Concordance/Dictionary/Thesaurus 13:15 Nine blank pages 13:52 The maps 14:21 The paste-down construction with paper liner 14:58 The brown head and tail bands, and the brown and golden brown ribbons 15:45 The sewn binding with overcast stitching 16:05 The Bible lies open in Genesis 17:35 The copyright page 18:49 The layout compared to that in a 1963 NASB New Testament 20:05 The layout compared to that in a 1973 NASB SCR 21:00 The layout compared to that in a 1977 NASB SCR 21:42 The layout compared to that in a 2003 printing of the 1995 NASB SCR – “the Judge” 22:18 The layout compared to that in the Crossway ESV Side-Column Reference Bible 23:05 A close-up look at the font 23:45 The font compared to that in Nelson’s NKJV Comfort Print Classic Center Column Reference Bible 24:15 The font compared to that in the Schuyler Canterbury 24:33 The font compared to that in the Crossway ESV Side-Column Reference Bible 25:07 The font compared to that in a Lockman NASB SCR 25:30 The spine and cover 26:12 How literal is the NASB? My translation continuum chart 26:42 Three charts that describe how closely the 1995 NASB New Testament agrees with four Greek New Statement editions: The Nestle-Aland 28th edition, Robinson-Pierpont’s Byzantine Textform, Westcott & Hort, and the Tyndale House Greek New Testament 28:21 Summary