The CSB Ancient Faith Study Bible

A review of the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) Ancient Faith Study Bible, ISBN: 9781535940474. This edition of the CSB features commentary from Christian writers who lived in the first six centuries A.D. Text is laid out in two columns formatted into paragraphs. The font in the text is 10.25 points, and line spacing is sufficient.The paper is cream in color with a matte surface, but ghosting is noticeable and sometimes annoying. The notes are presented in an 8 point font, usually in three text columns at the bottom of the page. The three-column concordance is 108 pages long, with entries in an 8 point font. This Bible also includes eight color maps printed on non-glossy paper. The words of Christ are in black ink. Page edges are covered in gold. Detailed contents 00:00 Dimensions, margins, layout, font ... (four charts) 00:25 A look at the box 01:17 Size compared to the English Standard Version (ESV) Study Bible and the Orthodox Study Bible (OSB)'02:01 Page layout 04:05 The font in the text 05:35 The font in the text and translation notes; and in the page-bottom commentary 06:29 Paper qualities: thickness, color, glossiness, opacity (ghosting) 07:25 Print non-uniformity (fading) is minimal 07:55 Book introductions 09:30 The words of Christ are in black ink! 09:50 The articles 10:29 The article on Christian Worship in the Second Century 11:47 The biographies 12:04 The biographical information on the Cappadocian Fathers 13:05 The articles on heresies and heretics (Twisted Truth) 13:25 The article on Apollinaris (aka Apollinarius) 13:50 The quotations from Augustine's Confessions 14:20 The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed 15:35 Suggested Reading, Biographical Index, and Concordance 17:00 The lined notes pages 17:20 The eight color maps and the stitching in the gutter 18:20 The cloth-over-board cover 18:32 The ribbon markers and the head and tail bands 19:30 This Bible lies open and relatively flat 20:40 The copyright page 21:40 Table of contents 23:43 A close-up look at the font 24:32 The font compared to that in the Orthodox Study Bible 24:51 The font compared to that in the ESV Study Bible 25:14 The footnotes were extracted from the "Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture" series 27:50 Athanasius on the canon of Scripture 30:06 Dependence of various translations on the Masoretic text 31:25 A translation based on the LXX would have been better: the note at Dt 33.25 33:18 A translation based on the LXX would have been better: the note at Dt 28.66 35:17 A translation based on the LXX would have been better: the article at Proverbs 8.22 36:15 Allegorical interpretations: Genesis 18.6 -- three measures of flour and the Trinity 37:24 Exodus 3.14: The Son of God is "I AM" 38:08 Genesis 19.24: no note explaining that the two Lords are the Father and the Son 39:24 Sacraments. John 6.53 and infant communion 40:57 Mt 26.26 and the Eucharist 42:15 Acts 3.28 and baptism 43:16 Eschatology. 2 Thess 2.7-8 and the Antichrist 44:33 Daniel's 70 weeks and the lack of an explanatory note45:10 Hippolytus on Daniel's 70 weeks 45:51 Revelation 20.7 and the Millennium 47:00 Justin Martyr on the Millennium 47:38 The CSB on the translation continuum 48:06 The CSB's New Testament tends to agree with Nestle-Aland, not with Robinson-Pierpont 48:50 Summary