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Originally Posted by Difflugia
The NIV Quickview Bible is on sale for $4.99. The "Quickview" part is that this Bible has a bunch of USA Today-style infographics (about 400 of them) sprinkled through the Bible. Here's an example (I shrunk it slightly to comply with the MobileRead size guidelines):
The note at the bottom says that the authorship of the Book of Nehemiah "is uncertain", implying that the authorship of the other books is certain. You can take that as a guide to the theological bent of the rest of the infographics. 
B&N Christianbook (I don't know what's up with that cover image) Amazon
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Thanks for the post. I got it about a year ago when it was marked down (I think that I got it, I need to check). I like what they've done. Nothing wrong with trying to make the Bible more interesting; maybe it will draw in people who otherwise wouldn't explore the Bible.
We can't get into a discussion about this on this thread, but I want to see what you think about something. If the writer, or whoever created the infographic, puts a note saying that the authorship of Nehemiah is uncertain, does that really imply that he/she thinks that the authorship of the others is certain? This kind of thing is of intense interest to me. Here is an illustration, one of several that I could give. Suppose the writer did his/her doctoral dissertation on Nehemiah and was very familiar with all of the authorship questions and the evidences pro and con about the possible authors. He/she is convinced from that that the authorship is uncertain, no matter what others may say. However, he/she hasn't done nearly that kind of personal study on any of the other books of the Bible, and just accepts what the professor(s) in his/her classes throughout his schooling has(have) said about them. Wouldn't it be possible for him/her to have put a note that the authorship of Nehemiah is uncertain, while making no comment about the certainty/uncertainty of the others? So, then, does he mean to imply anything about the certainty of the authorship of the others?
And, yes, the infographic does show the theological bent. It's very conservative. I'm not implying (ha) that I disagree with it, I'm just saying that that is the way that it is.