Guides, by purpose

• Choosing a first Bible What to decide before you buy a first Bible, what the labels on the box mean, and how to use the spec sheets here to check the facts.
• Reading the Bible with children The three kinds of children's Bibles, what the ages on the box mean, how the kids' meters here work, and what to check about apps and shows.
• Word for word, thought for thought: what the labels mean Where the labels come from, what each one changes on the page, and why no translation is purely one or the other.
• Why some verses are in footnotes: textual basis explained Why a verse numbered in the KJV can sit in a footnote in the NIV, where the Greek texts behind English Bibles come from, and who holds which position.
• Catholic canon and approvals: imprimatur, the USCCB list, and what they mean Why a Catholic Bible has 73 books, what the nihil obstat and imprimatur certify and do not certify, which translations the USCCB lists, and the difference between approval for reading and approval for Mass.
• Reading the Bible on a phone without ads Why some Bible apps and sites carry ads and others do not, what to check on a listing's spec sheet, and how to read offline.
• Gender language in English Bibles: what changed and who says what What the gender-language question is and is not, how it reached English Bibles from 1989 to today, what each major translation does, and the positions on each side, attributed.