2702 pages : 25 cm The ESV Study Bible, Personal Size compresses nearly all the features of the award-winning ESV Study Bible into a smaller size for easier carrying. This Personal Size edition retains all of the original's 20,000 study notes, 240 full-color maps and illustrations, charts, timelines, and introductions - more than 2 million words of Bible text, insightful explanation, teaching, and reference material Includes bibliographical references and index I. The Old Testament -- The theology of the Old Testament -- Old Testament timeline: An overview -- The date of the Exodus -- The Hebrew calendar compared to the Gregorian calendar -- Introduction to the Pentateuch -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Leviticus -- Numbers -- Deuteronomy -- Introduction to the historical books -- Joshua -- Judges -- Ruth -- 1 Samuel -- 2 Samuel -- 1 Kings -- 2 Kings -- 1 Chronicles -- 2 Chronicles -- Ezra -- Nehemiah -- Esther -- Introduction to the poetic and wisdom literature -- Job -- Psalms -- Proverbs -- Ecclesiastes -- Song of Solomon -- Introduction to the prophetic books -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Lamentations -- Ezekiel -- Daniel -- Hosea -- Joel -- Amos -- Obadiah -- Jonah -- Micah -- Nahum -- Habakkuk -- Zephaniah -- Haggai -- Zechariah -- Malachi -- II. Background to the New Testament -- The time between the testaments -- Jewish and Roman rulers -- Intertestamental events timeline -- The Herodian dynasty -- The Roman empire and the Greco-Roman world -- Jewish groups at the time of the New Testament -- III. The New Testament -- The theology of the New Testament -- New Testament timeline -- The date of Jesus' crucifixion -- Reading the Gospel and Acts -- Matthew -- Mark -- Luke -- John -- Acts -- Reading the Epistles -- Romans -- 1 Corinthians -- 2 Corinthians -- Galatians -- Ephesians -- Philippians -- Colossians -- 1 Thessalonians -- 2 Thessalonians -- 1 Timothy -- 2 Timothy -- Titus -- Philemon -- Hebrews -- James -- 1 Peter -- 2 Peter -- 1 John -- 2 John -- 3 John -- Jude -- Revelation -- IV. Articles and resources -- God's plan of salvation -- Biblical doctrine: An overview -- True theology: Knowing and loving God -- The Bible and revelation -- What it means to know God -- The character of God -- The Trinity -- The person of Christ -- The Holy Spirit -- The works of Christ -- Mankind -- God's relationship with creation -- Sin -- Salvation -- The church -- Last things -- Biblical ethics: An overview -- Biblical ethics: An introduction -- The beginning of life and abortion -- Bioethics -- The end of life -- Marriage and sexual morality -- Divorce and remarriage -- Homosexuality -- Civil government -- Capital punishment -- War -- Lying and telling the truth -- Racial discrimination -- Stewardship -- Interpreting the Bible -- Interpreting the Bible: An introduction -- Interpreting the Bible: A historical overview -- Reading the Bible -- Reading the Bible theologically -- Reading the Bible as literature -- Reading the Bible in prayer -- Reading the Bible for personal application -- Reading the Bible for preaching and worship -- The canon of scripture -- The canon of the Old Testament -- The canon of the New Testament -- The Apocrypha -- The reliability of Bible manuscripts -- The reliability of Old Testament manuscripts -- The reliability of New Testament manuscripts -- Archaeology and the Bible -- Archaeology and the Old Testament -- Archaeology and the New Testament -- The original language of the Bible -- Hebrew and Aramaic, and how they work -- Transliteration of Hebrew words -- Greek, and how it works -- Transliteration of Greek words -- The Septuagint -- How the NT quotes and interprets the OT -- OT passages cited in the NT -- The Bible in Christianity -- Roman Catholicism -- Eastern Orthodoxy -- Liberal Protestantism -- Evangelical Protestantism -- Evangelical Protestantism and global Christianity -- The Bible and world religions -- The Bible and contemporary Judaism -- The Bible and other world religions -- The Bible and Islam -- The Bible and religious cults -- Mormonism -- Jehovah's Witnesses -- Christian Science -- New Age Movement -- History of salvation in the OT: preparing the way for Christ -- Concordance -- Weights and measures -- Colophon -- Map supplement