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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks for letting me post study Bibles. Actually, I think that we troll in different parts of the Internet anyway. A good proof of that is the two study Bibles that you just posted. I had not found either one of them (as of about 5 a.m. EST today).

If you're interested in trolling the same place, I find most of them by checking the Kindle Best Sellers for Bibles. "Shop by Department","Kindle Books", then select "Best Sellers" from the top. On the left is a list of subjects. Pick, "Religion & Spirituality", then "Christian Books & Bibles", then "Bibles". Anything on sale by a big publisher moves up the list pretty quickly.

I didn't have the NIV one, it's from a completely different publishing house so I didn't have to be concerned about overlap in material, so I got it. I was surprised that Kobo didn't accept codes on it; I thought that I had used codes before on Zondervan books. With Amazon being the same price as Kobo for me it was a "no brainer" to get it from Amazon.

Kobo took coupons for Zondervan titles for a few months after the Agency thing broke up, but then stopped.

As far as the Archaeological study Bible is concerned, it's only been a few cents lower a few times since around the end of 2011/first of 2012 when it was marked way down for a day or two. I did not buy that one then and won't now. I'm sure that the material is great (Walter Kaiser is one of the editors--a real good sign). But archaeological information--Biblical maybe more than any other--changes so rapidly and I knew/know that I wouldn't have an opportunity to delve into that for a while. I was afraid that it become obsolete by the time that I had an opportunity to use it.

I got my Kindle in January 2012, so I'm sure I missed it the first time around.

If you're looking for actual, in-depth archaeology, the Archaeological Study Bible would probably disappoint you, anyway. The "archaeology" is mostly overviews of cultures that are mentioned in the Biblical text (Exodus, for example, contains a number of short articles about the cultural practices of ancient Egypt) and rather unsubtle apologetics. I certainly find it to be fun reading, but there are definitely better books available on the subject.