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Book at a glance. A brief overview of the book.
Literary introduction. Discusses the book from a literary perspective, including dominant genres themes.
Book outline. A tabular outline of the book, highlighting the main literary sections.
Master story of the Bible. Situates the book in the context of the whole Bible.
Section head notes. Each section is introduced by embedded notes discussing how to read and analyze the section from a literary perspective.
Reader-friendly format. Single-column, black-letter, 8.5-point text, only the ESV translation footnotes.
Glossary of literary terms. Defines the literary terms used throughout the Literary Study Bible.
One-year reading plan. Each day’s readings correspond to the sections in the Literary Study Bible.
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