Bible Versions

Cambridge Annotated Study Bible (Cambridge, 1993) NRSV 
The Cambridge Annotated Study Bible is primarily the work of Howard Clark Kee, a New Testament scholar, with contributions by Richard L. Jeske. One hundred pages of general essays and book introductions precede 1,065 pages of biblical text (without Apocrypha) and annotations. The notes summarize sections and paragraphs of biblical texts. The cross-reference system is separated, but is not dramatically larger than the references offered in the notes of the editions below. Unique to this volume is a 65-page glossary, combining the features of a Bible dictionary and subject index. A Gospel harmony and eight color maps complete the features. 
HarperCollins Study Bible (HarperCollins, 1993) NRSV 
The HarperCollins Study Bible devotes 2,388 pages to biblical text (including Apocrypha) and study helps. The 61 contributors represent Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish perspectives and are all members of the Society of Biblical Literature. Three of the four associate editors and nine of the contributors are female. The book introductions and annotations share a modern critical perspective with the Oxford and Cambridge editions. Comments attempt to explain the text in light of modern linguistic and archaeological research without a theological bias; however, the authors do regularly point out what they consider to be errors and inconsistencies (see the introduction to Exodus and notes at Josh. 11:22; 1 Sam. 2:1). The notes are the most voluminous of the three and also contain 19 in-text maps, 25 charts, 16 color maps, and an index. 
New Oxford Annotated Bible (Oxford, 1977, 1991) NRSV 
This is the revised and enlarged edition of the Oxford Annotated Bible (1962, 1973, 1977), widely used in mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic churches and a standard textbook in colleges, seminaries, and divinity schools for three decades. It enjoys the prestige of having been coedited by Bruce M. Metzger, chairperson of the NRSV Bible Committee. Some 2,081 pages are devoted to the Bible, Apocrypha, and study helps from 36 contributors. Features include two- dozen essays, introductions and annotations to each book of the Bible and Apocrypha, 16 full-color maps, and indexes to annotations and maps. Available with and without Apocrypha, it is the standard nonconservative edition of the NRSV. 
Oxford Study Bible (Oxford, 1992) REB 
This volume is a revision and update of the Oxford Study Edition of the New English Bible (Oxford, 1976). Editor M. Jack Suggs served as NT editor to both works. Nineteen articles by 20 contributors fill 197 pages. Each book in each section has its own brief introduction, summarizing its contents and the scholarly consensus as to author, date, and setting. Brief annotations, containing commentary and cross-references, are at the bottom of the page. A 21-page index to people, places, and themes in the Bible follows. Fourteen Oxford Bible maps round out the features.