Description

With the NIV Bible Passaggio Setting Edition you'll receive and experience a Bible that takes the traditional and separate single/double column formats readers have been accustomed to and now have been merged together to display God's Word in a way that demarcates literary styles with a near musical flourish. Where appropriate this Bible changes the format from single column to double column marking the change in the literary style from prose to poetry. This provides you with a visual cue in your experience a mental and spiritual rest that enables you to subtly prepare for the change that has occurred in the passage. This type of change within music - called passaggio - allows you to not merely listen to music but experience it and heighten your emotional reception of the piece. This musical structure has been intelligently implemented into Scripture with the goal of deepening your involvement in the movement of the biblical stories as they unfold. Features: Complete text of the accurate readable and clear New International Version (NIV) Passaggio Setting skillfully unites single and double columns into one clear beautiful arrangement Presentation page Design concept developed in partnership with 2K/DENMARK Words of Jesus in red Two satin ribbon markers Exclusive Zondervan NIV Comfort Print typeface 9-point print size -Publisher.Publisher Description:**Elegantly Uniting Single and Double Columns in One Bible** *Passaggio Setting* Bibles elegantly shift between the visual beauty and clarity of a highly readable single-column text for prose and a clean double-column text for poetry. The term *passaggio* comes from the world of classical singing describing the shift a performer makes between vocal registers. Vocalists who can skillfully move from one register to another have mastered *passaggio* singing. Bibles that can skillfully move from single-column to double-column are in *Passaggio Setting*. *Passaggio Setting* Bibles allow the literary structure of each passage to determine the way you see Scripture on the page. This unique use of columns enhances natural readability while also allowing for more efficient use of the page. This *NIV Thinline Bible Passaggio Setting* is typeset in Zondervan's exclusive NIV Comfort Print® typeface delivering a smooth reading experience that complements the most widely read contemporary-English Bible translation. **Features:** * Complete text of the accurate readable and clear New International Version (NIV)* *Passaggio Setting* skillfully unites single and double columns into one clear beautiful arrangement* Presentation page* Design concept developed in partnership with 2K/DENMARK* Words of Jesus in red* Two satin ribbon markers* Exclusive Zondervan NIV Comfort Print typeface* 9-point print size