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The Rainbow Study Bible New International Version/Imitation Leather
The Holy Bible, New International Edition. Every verse color coded. Bold Line edition. Words of God (the Father , the Son and the Holy Spirit) distinguished with bold underlining. Book introductions and outlines. Center column cross references. Sectional headings. In text maps. Bookmark with color-code system. Subject guide. Concordance, and other special study aids.
1572 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1992
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* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author
Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.
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November 17, 2022
First sentence: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
ETA: I used the 100 Day reading plan found in another Bible to go through this one. For each day's reading I answered some very basic Bible study questions. "What do we learn about God?" "What do we learn about people?" "What does God want me to believe?"
The introduction states,
"The Holman Rainbow Study Bible is a simple yet thorough Bible based upon the premise that every verse of every Bible falls under one of twelve thematic headings. Each of the twelve headings is assigned a different color; then each verse of the Bible is color-coded to the heading to which it is most closely related…The Holman Rainbow Study Bible allows the serious Bible student the opportunity to study and teach the great Bible themes while avoiding a time-consuming or complicated system."
What I like most about the Rainbow Study Bible is the fact that all the words of God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit are underlined. I also love the format and design of this one. I love the font size--so comfortable on my eyes. I love the size of the Bible, and also how flat it opens. It makes for a great reading experience.
There are twelve themes and colors. The themes are: God, Discipleship, Love, Faith, Sin, Evil, Salvation, Family, Outreach, Commandments, History, and Prophecy.
Is the system easy to learn? Yes and no. I won't lie. It may take you several weeks to memorize the colors and what they mean, ESPECIALLY, if you are concerned with distinguishing the subheadings and the headings. Yes, it's easy to learn that purple represents God and that pink represents outreach. The general headings aren't overly difficult. But the subheadings under each heading add depth and substance. And it's my recommendation that readers take the time to DECONSTRUCT the system, the color codes. And work with the verse, looking for layers of meaning and trying to figure out how it fits.
ETA: I used the 100 Day reading plan found in another Bible to go through this one. For each day's reading I answered some very basic Bible study questions. "What do we learn about God?" "What do we learn about people?" "What does God want me to believe?"
The introduction states,
"The Holman Rainbow Study Bible is a simple yet thorough Bible based upon the premise that every verse of every Bible falls under one of twelve thematic headings. Each of the twelve headings is assigned a different color; then each verse of the Bible is color-coded to the heading to which it is most closely related…The Holman Rainbow Study Bible allows the serious Bible student the opportunity to study and teach the great Bible themes while avoiding a time-consuming or complicated system."
What I like most about the Rainbow Study Bible is the fact that all the words of God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit are underlined. I also love the format and design of this one. I love the font size--so comfortable on my eyes. I love the size of the Bible, and also how flat it opens. It makes for a great reading experience.
There are twelve themes and colors. The themes are: God, Discipleship, Love, Faith, Sin, Evil, Salvation, Family, Outreach, Commandments, History, and Prophecy.
Is the system easy to learn? Yes and no. I won't lie. It may take you several weeks to memorize the colors and what they mean, ESPECIALLY, if you are concerned with distinguishing the subheadings and the headings. Yes, it's easy to learn that purple represents God and that pink represents outreach. The general headings aren't overly difficult. But the subheadings under each heading add depth and substance. And it's my recommendation that readers take the time to DECONSTRUCT the system, the color codes. And work with the verse, looking for layers of meaning and trying to figure out how it fits.
May 3, 2017
My favorite bible I have ever owned & I have read it multiple times and read from it everyday when I do my daily bible study. :)
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August 28, 2021i wont it to buy
December 28, 2023
Content 5 stars
Rainbow format is 3.5 stars. I feel the colors sometimes did not fit the passages they categorized.
Rainbow format is 3.5 stars. I feel the colors sometimes did not fit the passages they categorized.
June 10, 2025
I wanted to read the Bible in one year. It took me two and I walked away with a lot of questions, but also some really interesting learnings.
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May 24, 20121408 pages. Wish I had read it a long time ago.
May 24, 2012
Every time I read pretty much any part of the Bible I realize how very small I am and how very great God is.
May 24, 2012
Was a very confusing Bible to read. Thought it would be easier to read but instead it confused me to all ends of the earth.
November 30, 2020
This is the second time I’ve read the Bible in its entirety. It took me only 8 months this time. I used a guide by Wayne Cordero which went through the OT 1x and the NT 2x.
September 9, 2022
Old Testament only
finish NT 9/9/22
finish NT 9/9/22
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