A Word About the Harper Study Bible New American Standard Bible and the Exhorbitant Prices They're Advertised As

I have used the Harper Study Bible New American Standard Bible since it first was published in 1985. It is the only New American Standard Bible that contains the most literal and accurate text translation of the original Scriptures in the Englsih language. But the Harper Study Bible has much more than the rest of the New American Standard Bibles in print. I will list them here:

1.) The text is in paragraph formate, not columned like most Bibles, enabling easier reading.
2.) Above each paragraph is the subject heading, making it easier to find a topic for study.
3.) The chain reference is on the outside column of the page according to each verse, making it easier to look up.
4.) The words of Christ are in red, placing His words in a category all its own, as it ought to be.
5.) Notes which form a verse by verse commentary are at the bottom of each page written by Dr. Harold Lindsell.
5.) Each book of the Bible is prefaced with a background synopsis of the writer, historical context, and other valuable information.
6.) There is a limited concordance in the back of the Bible which, like any other which all Bible versions, of little use, because it is limited.
7.) There are maps in the back of the Bible which help with the study of God's Word.

Now a word about the late Dr. Harold Lindsell. He was a scholar with a conservative mainline Evangelical approach to God's Word, and therefore his notes througnout the entire Harper Study Bible New American Standard Bible is made with great care by him, balanced, fair, and without the doctrinal fallout of being in this "camp" or "that." He believed in the innerrancy of Scripture, and it is reflected in his writing and in his notes throughout the Scriptures.

This Bible is out of print, and up until earlier in 2013, one was able to purchase a copy of it either in hardbound, or leather for a decent price. I purchased fourteen of them during the first six months of this year, and the price ranges I bought them for were from $18.00 for one in GOOD CONDITION to $150.00 in LIKE NEW CONDITION. I did not pay the exhorbitant artificially inflated prices they're now advertised for. Ironically, I purchased many of my copies from some of the same vendors here at Amazon.com, others I purchased from other used book vendors for reasonable prices.

It is unfortunate that the Harper Study Bible New American Standard Bible is out of print, because it is the only Bible that features side-column reference, paragraphed text with topical headings per paragraph, the words of Christ in red, with commentaries at the bottom of each page, as well as a background to each book of the Bible written by conservative Evangelical Scholar, Dr. Harold Lindsell. None of the new study Bibles in print today offer all of these features in a single volume as does The Harper Study Bible New American Standard Bible.

But there is absolutely no reason for the sellers of these used Bibles to advertise them at inflated prices they've been posted as, especially when these same sellers sold them to people like me just months ago for more reasonably affordable prices. NOT ONE OF THEM HAVE SOLD UNDER THE NEW INFLATED PRICES, and NOT ONE OF THEM WILL SELL UNTIL THESE SELLERS BRING THEIR PRICES DOWN AND CUT THEM BY AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY ADVERTISED FOR. Thank you.