<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A study Bible is an edition of the Bible prepared for use by a serious student of the Bible . It provides scholarly information designed to help the reader gain a better understanding of and context for the text . </P> <P> Perhaps the first edition of an English language Bible that qualified as a "study Bible" was the Geneva Bible; it contained extensive cross-references, synopses, and doctrinal points . The text of the Geneva Bible was usually not printed without the commentary, though the Cambridge edition was printed without commentary . </P>

Is a study bible the same as a regular bible