The Dake Bible can be useful as part of an overall study, but due to its strong Charismatic emphasis, it should not be used as a primary study tool. Due to its strong Pentecostal/Charismatic emphasis, there are far better study Bibles available than the Dake Bible. The bottom line is that, like any study Bible, the Dake Bible has its good points and its bad points. Many people like to use several different study Bibles when they do an in-depth study, because each set of notes carries with it the personality of the person(s) who helped edit it. Each section is numbered separately (i.e., the New Testament page numbers do not begin where the Old Testament page numbers left off, but with the number 1). The Dake study Bible is divided into 3 sections: The Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Concordance. There are many study Bibles to choose from, and some are better than others. Finis Jennings Dake, The Dake Annotated Reference Bible (Lawrenceville, GA: Dake Publishing, 1961), preface. Dake wrote from a Charismatic viewpoint, so the Dake Bible definitely is of that persuasion. Get this from a library Dakes annotated reference Bible : the Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments of the Authorized or King James version. The Large Print Dake Bible was easy to read, but too big to carry around.
Most Bible scholars consider Dake’s notes to be the personal viewpoints of Finnis Jennings Dake rather than objective or strictly based on the Bible. IN A PERFECT SIZE Available NOW Our customers told us that the Dake Compact Bible was a great size to carry, but the text was just too small. The Dake Bible itself is an extensive work, with some 35,000 commentary notes and over 50,000 cross references, using the King James Version as its basic text. He later joined the Church of God but in later years became independent of any denomination. As a result of a criminal conviction, his ordination as a pastor with the Assemblies of God was revoked. The Dake Bible was first published in 1961 and is the result of the work of a man named Finnis Jennings Dake (1902-1987), a Pentecostal minister.