Nave's Topical Bible-NIV

by John R. Kohlenberger III

Book Overview

When you want to get a firm understanding of God's grace, where do you start? You could consult your concordance for every appearance of "Grace" in the Bible. But what about those Scripture passages... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310579503
• ISBN13: 9780310579502
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Length: 1152 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.2" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Very useful

Very helpful for information on topics of interest in the Bible. I really like this book and will be using it frequently.

A Very Useful Bible Resource!

Nave's Topical Bible is a very useful Bible resource. It is ideal for looking up passages about a particular topic or term, and having all the verses in one place, stated in context for easy reference. A good example is that you can look a a term like "repentance" and it will show you all the verses that not only contain the term repentance, but it will also show you verses that explain or define repentance even if the actual word is not used. This book is a great reference tool for bringing just the scripture you are looking for into an organized topical format. It's much nicer than a concordance (although it will not replace one) because instead of just listing were a term is or part of a verse you are looking for, it brings you the entire verse in context. I highly recommend this resource and the NIV version for all NIV readers, as I believe the other Nave's Topical Bible versions are in the King James translation.

Nave's for the 21st Century

I'm no fan of the NIV translation, but the "NIV" in the title of this topical bible seems to have more to do with marketing than anything else. Basically, this is Naves Topical Bible with a number of improvements: (1) no bible text--saves lots of space and allows you to use your favorite translation which you have already; (2) an extended set of topics matching the wording of modern translations (e.g., homosexual); (3) retention of the older KJV terms (e.g., dispensation, fornication); (4) cross references of archaic topics to their modern equivalents (e.g., "fleshhook - see meat forks"); (5)the further categorization of Nave's original topic entries into 2000 additional subtopics; (6) 500 new topical headings; (7) 1300 new cross-references to biblical passages from various topics; (8) outlines of each bible book; (9) a basic OT and NT chronology; (10) each topic includes a list of Goodrick-Kohlenberger (G/K) numbers for the various Hebrew and Greek words which the topic stands for--allowing word studies--and a G/K to Strongs number conversion chart appears as an appendix. Many of the entries are so thorough as to be similar to those in a small bible dictionary.If I had to recommend only 4 books prior to being stranded on a desert island, this book would be among them: (1) a bible; (2) an exhaustive concordance; (3) an extensive bible passage cross-reference (New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge); (4) THIS TOPICAL REFERENCE.The number of cumulative man-hours in this work is immense. It won't get the sales of the flash-in-the-pan fad books taking Christianity by storm nowadays, but it the price/value ratio on this little book is extremely high for those who spend time in God's Word as their primary source.

Great stuff!

After you've the read the bible once through from cover to cover (a manditory project) one the best things you can do is buy a Topical Bible. It organizes all relavent scriptures under specific topical headings. Nav is probably of the best. MacCarthur's is also good, but Nav is much more the standard than MacCarthur. This is must- have for all Christians who are serious about being knowledgeable.

THE GREAT RESOURCE

WONDERFUL BOOK AND RESOURCE MATERIAL. I HAVE JUST BEGUN A BIBLE STUDY COURSE AND THIS REFERENCE HAS PROVEN TO BE OF GREAT VALUE. EXTREMELY DETAILED AND EASY TO USE. DEFINITELY FIVE STARS.