Traditional features found in the Holman CSB®

In keeping with a long line of Bible publications, the Holman CSB has retained a number of features found in traditional Bibles:

1. Traditional theological vocabulary (such as justification, sanctification, redemption, etc.) has been retained in the Holman CSB, since such terms have no translation equivalent that adequately communicates their exact meaning.

2. Traditional spellings of names and places found in most Bibles have been used to make
the Holman CSB compatible with most Bible study tools.

3. Some editions of the Holman CSB will print the words of Christ in red letters to help readers easily locate the spoken words of the Lord Jesus Christ.

4. Nouns and personal pronouns that clearly refer to any person of the Trinity are capitalized.

5. Descriptive headings, printed above each section of Scripture, help readers quickly
identify the contents of that section.

6. Small lower corner brackets indicate words supplied for clarity by the translators.

7. Two common forms of punctuation are used in the Holman CSB to help with clarity and ease of reading: em dashes (a long dash — ) are used to indicate sudden breaks in thought or to help clarify long or difficult sentences. Parentheses are used infrequently to indicate words that are parenthetical in the original languages.

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