First Looks: Four from Allan's, Four from Cambridge
My wife Laurie is the first one to tell you, I'm no good at keeping secrets. It takes time to work up a review and do the photography. If I was patient and just a little bit cunning, I wouldn't blab about what's on the horizon -- but I can't help it. Here are some preliminary shots of eight editions that will be reviewed here in the coming weeks:
And if you're wondering exactly which ones those are, here they are in boxes:
So that's four Allan's Bibles soon to be reviewed. And there's more. We also have four from Cambridge, too!
Here they are all boxed up:
Needless to say, it's going to take some time to live with these a while, take the necessary photos, and formulate my reactions. But in the meantime I just wanted you to know what's in store. Oh, wait -- did I say four from Cambridge? Make that five. You'll have to sit tight to find out what the fifth one is. I have to preserve some sense of mystery, after all.
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.