Palestine is the normal description to describe the geographic area of modern-day Israel, Palestine, parts of Jordan, and southern Syria. The name first entered the historical record during the 5th century BC. In Roman times, it was referred to as Palaistine. For the last 2,500 years, there have been multiple kingdoms, provinces, countries, and other regions which have occupied this land mass. It's cleaner than mentioning what one group called an area during a short period. A true geography of the Bible will encompass multiple modern current nations and kingdoms. Geographically (and historically) Palestine is the accepted (and most accurate) description. It has nothing to do with 21st-century geo-politics. It's a solid atlas.

🤣Yeah. I knew that would get some comments out there. I guess I don't have some deep personal connection to it yet? I do have that with other books. But, at least have the feeling it will happen one day.

The video on my indexing system should be next...it's zetttlekasten-lite. No alpha-numeric indexing system is part of it. But it is a good way to quickly work through the back of my Wide-Margins. I'm hoping to do some full Zettlekasten content later in 2025. It is an amazing research system. You could incorporate whole Bible stuff into it really easily.

ESV has been discontinued. Cambridge used to make an NASB hardback, but it is discontinued as well. The only one currently available is the NIV.

@@revchadbrooks any idea if they’ll bring back the esv?

Thank you!

I think it is super interesting as well. Thanks for watching.

I use this one. It isn't the large print, but it is bigger than the tiny one I had before. amzn.to/4gSh3iE

@@revchadbrooksThanks much!

It's always a fun thing to see!

If you can deal with the issues I talked about in the video, it can still be a great bible! My old eyes just can't handle it!!!

@revchadbrooks I think I'm gonna enjoy it actually, after you said "if it'll stay at your desk then it's fine" I felt relief. I'm trying to find my way back to the Lord, prayers please! 🙏

@@Mbalings ask, seek, and knock. That daily reading is the best thing I know. Praying for you.

@revchadbrooks thank you so much 🙏

Thanks so much! You might just see me around your channel as well! Yeah, I can't wait to share the categorization video. Finishing up the last bits of work on it before I film it this weekend.

You are welcome! Thanks for those kind words.

Got the New Testament as a present when I finished seminary. Started buying up used copies of the OT set once I got into the local church and slowly grabbed one or two a month. That is the significantly cheaper way.

OK. Call me crazy, but I almost did that. What stopped me was the feeling of the contact paper! 😂

It be like that sometimes 😂

It's one of the things I look forward to the most each new year. I always get excited to set up my new Bible for the year.

First, I was AMAZED to have someone who knew Elizabeth Elliot commenting. That is so awesome. In seminary I became friends with someone who worked with Corrie Ten Boom for years and it was a treasure to hear stories from her about Corrie. Jealous!!! Second, I remember reading about her little binder this past year in Collin Hansons theological biography of Tim Keller. I think keeping these little notes, journals, and record of learning and thinking to be terribly important to the Christian life. So glad you shared this story!

Thanks!!!

It’s his microphone

@@etiennedevignolles7538 the mic. They don’t like sweatshirts very well.

I missed something, can you please explain the sticker?!

@@heathermercer7166 Back when the whole turkey buzzard thing kicked off I decided to make some stickers. It is a bit tongue-in-cheek with folks trying to do serious bible study with a not-serious looking Bible. I finally did the work to make it easier getting them to folks. The phrase comes from hot-rod/car culture when people made junky or undesirable cars to be high-performance.

Yeah. Still doing a bit more research before that one...I actually keep finding more of them in my collection as well. 🤣

There are so many layers to that joke I appreciate it so much,.

@ i see what you did there.

I'm exactly the same. I've even got one that is a prime candidate to rebind.

You should! It is pretty fun and a helpful skill to have around old books.

You need one!!!

Now that is what I call a connection!!!

Thanks!

I actually still have quite the stash of them. I'll probably share a link in the next couple videos where folks can purchase them cheaply if they want some.

@@revchadbrooks Great news! Looking forward to it.

I've got a lot of footage over it. I didn't want this video to be crazy long. Most of it's just overhead of me trying to do the work.

I agree.

Amazon! Had to dig around to find some big enough.

I doubled up my book board to get it a bit more sturdy. If you went for the thin stuff, it would still be floppy. Especially if you didn't use a really thick book cloth or covering.

@revchadbrooks I think that would work. I bought some faux leather a while back because I wanted to rebind, and I never tried it.

This might go down in history. Thanks friend.

Especially with my track record on attention to detail!

Thanks so much!

I hope you could tell how much this made me laugh.

Thanks!