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ESV Illuminated Bible, Art Journaling Edition {Bible Review}

Title: ESV Illuminated Art Journaling Bible

Author: Crossway

Genres: Bible

Publication Date: October 31, 2017

Publisher: Crossway Publishers

Source: Hardcover

Purchase: Green Hardcover | Navy Cloth | Burgundy TrueTone | Top Grain Leather

Synopsis:
The ESV Illuminated Bible places the full ESV text alongside over 500 elegantly hand-lettered gold ink illustrations by renowned artist Dana Tanamachi. Printed on thick cream-colored paper, the Bible's single-column text setting and wide margins provide generous space for additional notes, prayers, and designs—inviting readers to creatively engage with and reflect on the beauty of God's Word. 
Bible includes the following: 
  • 9-point, Lexicon
  • Black letter text
  • 2-color printing
  • 64 full-page, custom book opener illustrations
  • 50 full-page verse illustrations
  • 250+ hand-lettered margin verses
  • 100+ other illustrations throughout
  • Illustrated by Dana Tanamachi, whose work has been featured by Google, The Wall Street Journal, Random House, USPS, and Target
  • Thick, cream-colored paper
  • Wide margins
  • Single-column, paragraph format
  • Smyth-sewn binding
My Rating: 
This is an absolutely stunning Bible! I was highly impressed with the illustration by Dana Tanamachi. Her artwork is absolutely amazing and draws me in to the scriptures. The wide margins are spacious enough for not only art, but notes, journaling and/or prayers. Works great with any pen. I have found that writing with a .5 or .7 pen works best. Black ink is good, but blue ink truly pops off the page. Highlighters work great as well.

The illustrations are stunning! My favorite ones have to be Psalms, Isaiah and Ephesians:
The creation of this Bible from start to finish is outstanding. I have the green hardcover with beautiful gold foiling. The green color is just amazing to the eye. The gold gilded edges add to the sophistication of the Bible. 

My dust jacket did come with a bit of a tear to it, however, I love that the green hardcover has the actual design on the Bible itself. Overall, this is a Bible I highly recommend for both creative people and those looking for a Bible to take notes or study in.

Blessings,
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