How to Use the Thompson Chain Reference Bible

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The Zondervan Thompson Chain-Reference Bible (ISBN 9780310460015) in the 1977 New American Standard translation. • This edition is a blue hardback. The text is arranged in two narrow columns, with chain references located alongside the text in the inner and outer margins. The over 8,000 topical references direct the reader to a section in the back of the volume where other verses that cover the same topic are either listed or written out in full. There are over 100,000 references in all. • The font in the text is advertised at 8.3 points, but it is comparable to 9 pt Times New Roman. Line spacing is 9.1 points. The text is not line-matched, so ghosting (show-through) can be distracting. The words of Christ, printed in red ink, display more fading than is apparent in the black. • The paper is very nearly white, and it has a matte surface. I estimate the paper weight at around 30 gsm. The text block is sewn, and the volume lies flat in Genesis. Because the inner margin is so wide, the text does not drop away from the eye into the gutter . • This Bible comes with a single gold ribbon marker, 6 mm in width and 35 cm long. This edition was printed in the United States of America. • The 1977 New American Standard Bible is one of the more literal translations available in modern English. Its New Testament shows a relatively high level of agreement with the Westcott Hort 1881 Greek New Testament. Its Old Testament rarely strays from the Masoretic Text. As far as I can tell, this edition contains all of the 1977 New American Standard Bible text and translation notes. • Detailed contents • 00:00 Dimensions, margins, layout, font ... (four charts) • 01:07 Size compared to a 2009 Kirkbride NASB Thompson Chain-Reference Bible • 01:39 Size compared to a hardback NASB MacArthur Study Bible • 01:55 Size compared to a Lockman NASB Large Print Ultrathin Bible • 02:23 The page layout • 03:45 The margins • 04:15 The font in the text • 04:56 The text is not line-matched • 05:35 The words of Christ are in red ink • 05:55 The side-column references • 06:08 Paper qualities (thickness, weight, color, glossiness, opacity) • 06:41 Show-through (ghosting) • 07:00 Print non-uniformity (fading) • 08:45 Quotations from the Old Testament are in all capitals • 09:15 The Thompson Chain-Reference Bible doesn't always give the Old Testament sources for quotations • 09:52 Each book begins on a fresh page • 10:12 The Thompson Comprehensive Helps • 12:01 Outline Studies of the Bible • 13:51 Bible Harmonies and Illustrated Studies • 15:20 The archaeological supplement • 16:02 The Hebrew calendar • 16:14 The NASB Concordance • 17:14 The map index and the color maps • 18:01 Sewn binding: The stitching is visible in the gutter • 18:34 The gold, double-faced satin ribbon marker • 19:11 The Bible lies open and nearly flat in Genesis • 20:02 The title page • 20:22 A biographical chart on Frank Charles Thompson • 21:55 A close-up look at the font • 22:19 The font compared to that in the Legacy Standard Bible New Testament • 22:38 The font compared to that in the NASB MacArthur Study Bible • 22:53 The font compared to that in the Lockman NASB Large Print Ultrathin Bible • 23:02 How literal is the 1977 New American Standard Bible? • 23:26 The '77 NASB, the '95 NASB, and the LSB in Matthew 4.12 • 24:27 The '77 NASB, the '95 NASB, and the LSB in Matthew 4.23 • 26:21 The '77 NASB, the '95 NASB, and the LSB in Revelation 13.1 • 26:58 The character of the New Testament source text (a comparison to three Greek New Testaments) • 27:00 Agreement with the Nestle-Aland 28th edition and the Robinson-Pierpont Greek New Testaments • 27:37 Agreement with the Tyndale House Greek New Testament • 27:43 Agreement with the Westcott Hort Greek New Testament • 27:57 The tendency of the '77 NASB to depart from Masoretic readings is low • 28:22 The '77 NASB employs archaic English when God is being addressed • 28:55 Summary

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