ESV-CE Catholic Bible, Cornerstone Edition, Burgundy Imitation Leather, ESC662:T Imitation Leather – September 8, 2022

I had to return two previous cowhide editions due to binding issues, but this one is gorgeous with excellent craftsmanship. I love it!

I wanted an Anglican ESV Bible and this one is pretty great. I love the red letters of Christ. I’m glad it has a concordance. Good maps as well. The pages are pretty thin but if you use a no bleed pen or highlighter it will be fine. It’s a little more than I wanted to spend for a Bible but that’s ok. All in all it’s a high quality book. And it’s the word of God so you can’t go wrong there!

I love the paper. And unlike what Crossway does with their genuine leather Bibles, the text block is correctly aligned inside the leather cover. The whole thing just screams of quality and careful attention to detail. If Now if Cambridge would make a similar binding of the ESV Study Bible...

Very nice sized print. Nice to find a larger print Catholic ESV.

I'm happy with the calf split leather and ink/paper quality. The overall look and feel of the Bible is nice. I'm glad to have the expanded Apocrypha between the Testaments. It is well worth the hefty price tag. I recommend it to anyone considering and on the fence!

constructed well

Overall it’s not bad but for this price it should be better. It’s a glued binding and the paper isn’t that great, and the cover is already starting to curl. I honestly expected more. I knew I wasn’t getting a premium bible but I did expect better based or reviews and the brand. However, if it was $50 or less it would be totally worth it IMO.

So this Bible is fantastic I want to say that first of all.I want a Bible that is nice and comfortable size and very nice to feel and hold. Is it pricey? Yes, absolutely, but that is not much of an issue since the hardcover version exists and look very nice.I am not YET an Orthodox Christian (I am an inquirer into the church), and I carry a "bag of faith/prayer bag" on me carrying my prayer book, prayer ropes, some icons, etc. I wanted a portable Bible Orthodox Bible but it's somewhat hard.I decided to look for Bibles with the Apocrypha since it has the other books in the Orthodox canon (+ 2 Esdras & 4 Maccabees). I initially had the NRSV with Apocrypha but found out that in SOME jurisdictions, it is prohibited for liturgical and private use (no matter as I do not like the NRSV anyways).That Bible was quite heavy anyways, but thought okay maybe this will be nice judging by YouTube videos.I got the Bible today and immediately went to check Esther--and this is really my only disappointment.So the Orthodox Study Bible translates ALL of Esther from the Greek, and the NRSV translates Esther in Greek AND Hebrew (in the Apocrypha section, they translated it according to the Greek so that the additions may be read in their proper context). I saw some reviews for this Bibles and was relieved seeing the table of contents because I was worried it was just the additions, or Hebrew Esther with the Greek additions.Getting the Bible today, I immediately checked it as I said and felt immediate disappointment. The book of Esther in the Appcrypha section is the Hebrew Esther with the Greek additions.Again, this is disappointing because I would like the additions in their PROPER context, not stripped from the Greek text.NOW, the footnotes do read that where the Hebrew and Greek is extant, it is kept the same as the regular ESV Esther, but why would you have an entire section for two books of Esther when they both translated from the Hebrew? The difference is minimal, and that don't exactly keep it the same, such as Esther 1:10 reading differently due to the different renderings of the names. Because the difference is minimal and I like the Bible as it is, I decided keep this Bible.It truly is a beautiful Bible, and if you want all the Deuterocanonical books, then get it! The ESV, in my opinion, is one of the best translations out there. Just be aware of how they do Esther, as it is somewhat disappointing.If you want to know, know that the text is extremely small.