Cambridge ESV Pitt Minion News
I'm filing this under Future Editions, but the Pitt Minion ESV is a future edition no longer. I received word from Cambridge this morning that the copies bound for the North American market have reached Baker, and orders are going to be filled shortly. That means (1) those of you who've pre-ordered should be receiving them soon, and (2) I can now start talking about them. As I mentioned earlier, I'll be doing a side-by-side review of all four editions -- brown goatskin, black goatskin, burgundy French morocco, and imitation leather. Here's a tiny peek:
If you've already ordered and you're wondering whether you made the right choice between the four . . . you did. I won't give away the gist of the review yet, but let me say this: there are no bad options here. Stayed tuned the the full review this week.
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.