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ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible Review

January 16, 2023 by notesfromtheparsonage 4 Comments

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Is the ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible right for you? Let’s find out!

The ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible was a joy to review! Crossway sent me this beautiful journaling Bible to review. I have had this Bible before. I have personally purchased a different color version of this Bible myself several years ago as my first journaling Bible.

ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible with leather cover and strap on a table.

It comes in a box, so it is really nice for gifting. This cover is the Natural Brown Leather (Amazon) with flap and straps. It also comes in a leather-look cover with a cross (Amazon). They don’t make the plain natural cloth cover that I purchased years ago.

The box of the ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible on a table

When it arrives, the strap is not on the cover. No worries! The strap is in a plastic bag under the Bible. It is super simple to put on.

Opening the box of a new Bible with leather wrap around cover

This cover also features a pen holder on the inside of the flap! You can easily place you pen or highlighter for grab and go study!

Close up of pen loop on the inside of the leather cover.

My favorite feature of this Bible is that every other page is completely blank! This is my preferred style of journaling Bible for artistic Bible journaling. You’ll never have to worry about covering or not being able to read the Scriptures! You get a full page (the front and back are blank) to create without having to cover the Scripture. It is also great for journaling your Bible study or taking sermon notes.

interleaved pages of journaling Bible

Now, this Bible is quite thick. Since every other page is blank– that is double the Bible pages! The paper is a standard Bible paper. For that reason, I only paint on one side of mine and leave the other side completely blank. You’d get a lot more use if you use both sides, but I didn’t want to obsess about ghosting and bleed through since I usually Bible journal with watercolor or India ink –which does work perfectly fine on this paper– you just have to be a little water conscious with your watercolor and not go too wet. I also place a blank sheet of printer paper behind the page I’m painting so if there is bleed through, it doesn’t get on the Scripture pages. (Here is a link to my Amazon Idea List for Bible Journaling.)

ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible strap and leather cover close up

This is an example of painting in this Bible. This is from my previous ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible that I have had for a few years. (And I do not claim to be an artist, but I find art Bible Journaling fun and find it helps me meditate on Scripture in quite a different way.)

Art Bible journaling entry for the book of Nehemiah

You can see that if you aren’t water conscious when using watercolor, you can ripple the paper a bit. However, with every other page blank– this literally only effects this page. No Scripture is distorted since the back is a blank page.

Curled pages of interleaved journaling Bible from artwork done with watercolor
slight page curling with watercolor and washi tape
slight page texture in Bible journaling with watercolor and markers
no page curling with mindful use of water with watercolor blank Bible page

This Bible does not have any extras. It has one ribbon marker (super sad face). It is a pretty basic Bible. No notes, maps, study guides, etc. Just Scripture and blank space to create or write.

Picture of the strap and flap closed on interleaved journaling Bible

Would I recommend the ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible?

Yes! For art Bible journaling– I HIGHLY recommend this Bible! If you’re wanting to take huge amounts of study notes– I HIGHLY recommend this Bible! People who take extensive sermon notes– I HIGHLY recommend this Bible for them! But as a daily study Bible, this would likely be a bad choice. It also would make a pretty terrible preaching Bible with the size, layout, and the cover and straps would be cumbersome.

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