Brian's Stack of Bibles
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas, full of peace and good will. Brian, a frequent reader of the Bible Design and Binding Blog, sent me a photo of his stack of Bibles, including a very interesting antique! From bottom to top, here's a list of what's on display:
ESV Deluxe Heirloom Calfskin NASB Single Column Black Letter Text in Calfskin ESV Allan's Highland Goatskin with Art Gilt Edges KJV Black Letter Text, Wide Margin, Art Gilt Edges, Calfskin KJV Compact, Art Gilt Edges, Calfskin NKJV Nelson Signature in Calfskin ASV in Goatskin, Black Letter Text, Thumb-Indexed, Art Gilt Edges, Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons
Thanks, Brian, for sharing the photo. I wonder how the cover of that ASV in goatskin has held up over the years? To everyone in the Bible Design & Binding Blog community, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I've enjoyed our conversations and look forward to many more in the year to come!
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.