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===Discerning good and bad translations: Study Bibles===

===Discerning good and bad translations: Study Bibles===

Every Christian faced with the question of ''how to choose a Bible'' must carefully learn how to discern good translations from bad translations, and this includes deciding among those Bibles offering footnotes and marginal "running commentary" on particular verses.<ref name=discern/> Many of these are called "Study Bibles" and they always reflect the particular doctrinal interpretation of a particular individual or committee of editors or denomination, for example the ''Scofield Reference Bible'' which promotes the [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] doctrine of ''[[dispensationalism]]'', or Concordia's ''Lutheran Study Bible'' with commentary by [[Martin Luther]], and the ''Orthodox Study Bible'' and ''The New American Bible, Revised Edition'' which promote and explain the doctrinal teaching of those Churches.

Every Christian faced with the question of ''how to choose a Bible'' must carefully learn how to discern good translations from bad translations, and this includes deciding among those Bibles offering "Guidelines for reading", "History of the Bible", "background articles", introductions, marginal "running commentary" and footnotes on particular verses.<ref name=discern/> Many of these are called "Study Bibles" and they always reflect the particular doctrinal interpretation and teaching authority of a particular individual, or committee of editors, or school of scholarship, or denomination; for example the ''Scofield Reference Bible'' which promotes the [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] doctrine of ''[[dispensationalism]]'', or Concordia's ''Lutheran Study Bible'' with commentary by [[Martin Luther]], and the ''Orthodox Study Bible'' and ''The New American Bible, Revised Edition'' which promote and explain the doctrinal teaching of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.

Compare the following examples:

Compare the following examples:

*[http://catholic-lifetime-reading-plan.blogspot.com/2008/08/navarre-bible-text-and-commentaries.html The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries. Bishop-approved Catholic commentary of Scripture linked to as much historical Church documentation as possible.]

*[http://catholic-lifetime-reading-plan.blogspot.com/2008/08/navarre-bible-text-and-commentaries.html The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries. Bishop-approved Catholic commentary of Scripture linked to as much historical Church documentation as possible.]

*[http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp ORT: Navigating the Bible II online. —STUDY: Translation: This is the Five Books of Moses along with commentaries.] <br/>—'''Jewish''' ''commentary by'' Rabbi [[Aryeh Kaplan]] 1983.<ref>[http://www.aish.com/authors/48865952.html Aish.com: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan. Brief biographical note and bibliography.]</ref>

*[http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp ORT: Navigating the Bible II online. —STUDY: Translation: This is the Five Books of Moses along with commentaries. <br/>—A '''Jewish''' ''commentary by'' Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan 1983.] <ref>[http://www.aish.com/authors/48865952.html Aish.com: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan. Brief biographical note and bibliography.]</ref>

===Parallel Bibles: English translations in parallel columns===

===Parallel Bibles: English translations in parallel columns===