May 2009 Bible Releases

Are you looking for a new Bible for yourself or to give to someone else? You’ll find the perfect fit for couples, history buffs, students or note-takers from this list of Bibles that released this month.

This Bible features the complete text of the New International Version, a new cover design and 260 new weekday devotions centering on issues couples face today. Authors include Lauren Winner, Jennifer Schuchmann, Wayne Brouwer and Carla Barnhill. Weekend devotions are also included with advice from Les and Leslie Parrott, Gary Thomas, Bill and Lynne Hybels, and Gary Smalley.

Topics include communication, work and career, sex, setting goals, step-parenting, money, fears, worship and forgiveness. Click here to purchase the hardcover edition. Click here to purchase thechocolate/silver Italian DuoTone edition.

Centering on the role of faith in American history, the New King James Version American Patriot’s Bible: The Word of God and the Shaping of America includes notations of every known Bible verse on which American presidents rested their hands during their swearing-in ceremonies. It also includes special pages dedicated to little-known facts about historic events—such as Buzz Aldrin’s celebration of communion upon landing on the moon—and information on Christian influences on the capital’s famous monuments. Click here to purchase the hardcover edition. Click here to purchase the blue bonded leather edition.

The ESV Loose-Leaf Bible With Binder is geared toward students and note-takers, and features 8.5-by-11-inch, five-hole punched pages with Bible text and blank pages that can also fit in three-ring binders, along with a sturdy 11-by-11.5 inch five-ring binder, a concordance and center column references. Click here to purchase The ESV Loose-Leaf Bible With Binder.

Note-takers will be interested in the NIV Noteworthy Collection Bible and the TNIV Noteworthy Collection Bible, the latest in Zondervan’s line of note-taker Bibles and the first to include the complete text of the Old and New Testaments. Like other Noteworthy releases, the Bibles feature blank right-hand pages for note-taking, an accordion inside pocket for loose notes and an elastic band for closure. Each of the Bibles will release in black bonded leather. Click here to purchase the NIV Noteworthy Collection Bible. Click here to purchase the TNIV edition.