Special
formatting features of the Holman
CSB®
The HCSB has several distinctive formatting features:
1. OT passages quoted in the NT are set in boldface
type. OT quotes consisting of two or
more lines are block indented.
2. In dialogue, a new paragraph is used for each new
speaker as in most modern publications.
3. Many passages, such as 1 Corinthians 13, have been
formatted as dynamic prose (separate block-indented lines
like poetry) for ease in reading and comprehension. Special
block indented formatting has also been used extensively
in both the OT and NT to increase readability and clarity
in lists, series, genealogies, and other parallel or
repetitive texts.
4. Almost every Bible breaks lines in poetry using automatic
typesetting programs
with the result that words are haphazardly turned over
to the next line. In the HCSB, special attention
has been given to break every line in poetry and dynamic
prose so that awkward or unsightly word wraps are avoided
and complete units of thought turn over to the next line.
The result is a Bible page that is much more readable
and pleasing to the eye.
5. Certain foreign, geographical, cultural, or ancient
words are preceded by a superscripted bullet (• Abba)
at their first occurrence in each chapter. These words
are listed in alphabetical order at the back of the Bible
under the heading HCSB Bullet Notes. A few important
or frequently misunderstood words (• slaves) are
marked with a bullet more than one time per chapter.
6. Italics are used in the text for a transliteration
of Greek and Hebrew words (“Hosanna!” in
John 12:13) and in footnotes for direct quotations from
the biblical text and for words in the original languages
(the footnote at John 1:1 reads: “The Word (Gk
logos) is a title for Jesus...”).
7. Since the majority of English readers do not need
to have numbers and fractions spelled out in the text,
the HCSB uses a similar style to that
of modern newspapers in using Arabic numerals for the
numbers 10 and above and in fractions, except in a small
number of cases, such as when a number begins a sentence. << back |
