I also have to confront the fact that the Great Adventure study inserts are relatively sparse. The glued binding doesn’t fit the production quality of all the other features in this bible. When the HarperOne NRSV Standard Bible can offer a sewn binding, imitation-leather-wrapped hardcover, and nice type setting for less than $20, I’m scratching my head at why Ascension can’t do the same at $60. On the other hand, I can’t shake the thought that a glued binding is an unnecessary cost saving measure in a bible like this. In many cases, I think glued bindings can hold up surprisingly well. I haven’t seen any pages falling out of it, despite years of use. I know a person with an old paperback NAB (with a simple glued binding) that has been extensively used. At times, I wonder whether the binding is really all that important. The excellent paper and print quality juxtaposed with a glued binding make me swing back and forth like a teeter-totter. In most other ways, it offers excellent quality and features. Aside from the binding, I can’t find much fault with it. The Great Adventure Bible has some important positive points. As a stand-alone Youth Study Bible I don’t think this paper medium would be appealing to today’s young people.įor my purposes the excellent $5 fold-out timeline, available at Ascension Press, and a $55 Bible, of my choice, would be a much better investment. In a Catholic High School using this program, this Bible would be the right text book. I think the excellent Great Adventure Bible study (or something like it) should be a pre-requisite for starting out the study of the Bible.
The price is right and the materials are immediately at hand. So if you are relatively new to Bible Study, and don’t have a good Bible available, and are joining a Great Adventure Bible study group this may be the perfect Bible or rather text. (Look at Ascension Press site for cost of study materials) Hence we have $60.00 a fair value. The stand-alone study materials cost about $40.00. The elements are a $20.00 Bible and integrated within it study materials, for a specific Bible Study. I don’t think we are looking at this Bible in the context of its intended use. With no further information, I am forced to conclude that the Great Adventure Bible continues to be printed with a glued binding.
I have since sent two follow-up emails over the course of a few weeks with no response. When I provided photos of the replacement bible, one of the representatives promised to look into the matter further. I exchanged emails with two customer service representatives before Christmas, both of whom assured me that the Great Adventure Bible is printed with a sewn and glued binding. As the photo below shows, the new edition also has a glued binding: A replacement edition of the Great Adventure Bible with a glued binding. Ascension promptly sent a replacement bible. I contacted Ascension for more details and included a picture of the glued binding on my bible (which arrived with a split in the binding when I first received it). mentioned that he contacted Ascension Press to ask whether they plan to release this bible with a sewn binding in the future, and Ascension replied that the bible is already printed with a sewn and glued binding. At a price of nearly $60, this was a major disappointment, and it led me to recommend alternative bibles like the Oxford Catholic Study Bible (for serious study) or the HarperOne NRSV Standard Bible with Apocrypha (for a good quality bible with a nice type-setting).Ībout a month ago, reader Michael P. Unfortunately, the bible I received featured a glued binding, rather than a sewn binding. The imitation leather cover (called “alpha cowhide” on Ascension’s website) is very good quality, the paper is opaque, the printing is large and readable, and the colorful information pages and bible timeline tabs offer good resources for anyone who is beginning to study the bible. Many aspects of the bible are very nicely done. I purchased a copy soon after the initial release, and I posted my review here. Ascension Press released the Great Adventure Catholic Bible (based on Jeff Cavins’ influential Great Adventure Bible Study) in September of 2018, and the first printing quickly sold out.
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