Test Drive the Literary Study Bible
If you're wondering about the just-released Literary Study Bible, and your questions haven't been answered by the thorough review and interview of Leland Ryken at The Shepherd's Scrapbook, you can now take the LSB for a thirty-day test drive online. Justin Taylor has the scoop:
The Literary Study Bible is now online for browsing. Here's how it works: You can browse the notes free for thirty days. If you own (or have ordered) a print copy of the Literary Study Bible, you get free access for six months. Once your free trial period has expired, you can buy continued online access for $19.99, or $9.99 if you own a print Literary Study Bible. The Westminster Bookstore has the print version of the Bible (hardcover) on sale for $29.99 (40% off of retail).
J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor whose writing on Bible design has helped spark a publishing revolution. Mark is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World (Crossway, 2007), as well as the novels Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide—described as a “series worth getting attached to” (Christianity Today) by “a major crime fiction talent” (Weekly Standard) in the vein of Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and Henning Mankell.
Mark has a BA in English Literature from Union University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.Div. from Heidelberg Theological Seminary. Through his influential Bible Design Blog, Mark has championed a new generation of readable Bibles. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the Society of Bible Craftsmanship, and chairs the Society’s Award Committee. His work was featured in the November 2021 issue of FaithLife’s Bible Study Magazine.
Mark also serves on the board of Worldview Academy, where he has been a member of the faculty of theology since 2003. Since 2017, he has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife Laurie life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.