Inside the Schuyler Quentel, Crossway Heritage Giveaway, and "Why Single Column?": Links
A couple of links this Friday about two very different but interesting Bible editions:
"Schuyler Quentel Reference Bible NASB: Reflections on the Groundbreaking Design of One of the Premier Luxury Bibles on the Market Today." Andreas Krautwald, art director at 2Krogh (of Design Bible fame), has written an in-depth post about the design brief for Schuyler's new Quentel Reference NASB, the challenges involved, and how the 2Krogh team solved them. We don't often hear about behind-the-scenes thinking that goes into Bible design, so this is a welcome insight. I had the pleasure of spending time with Klaus Krogh and Thomas Silkjaer several years ago and could not be happier to see this 2Krogh + Schuyler collaboration materialize!
"Introducing the Single Column Heritage Bible (with a giveaway!)" Crossway's new Single Column Heritage Bible features a lovely single column setting without cross-references, which makes for an excellent reading experience. I will be writing about the Heritage on BDB shortly. In the meantime, Crossway is giving away two copies of the calfskin edition. All you have to do is follow the link and leave a comment describing your ideal Bible. (I had a look, and at least some of these ideal Bibles seem already to exist.)
And if you haven't read it in awhile, here is the 2008 BDB post the Crossway blog links to:
"Why Paragraphs? Why Single Column?" It would be hard to read BDB for long without realizing how passionate I am about paragraphed, single column text settings. But why? This post distills the essence of why these features seem essential to me in reader-friendly Bibles.
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.
