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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Build Your Own Bible

HT: ElShaddai Edwards
Image courtesy: BRYON’S WEBLOG

Well just yesterday I was blogging at Lingamish on the link between Rock music and the Psalms and now Bryon mentions some editions of the NLT with bright metal covers: The NLT Metal Bible Series. What is the world coming to? Back in June I mentioned the LOLCatBible. While the proliferation of Bibles in English may sometimes seem bizarre, I have noticed the tendency for niche Bibles even in Africa where people don't have any Bible in their language. It is quite common for a Catholic translation to be rejected by Protestants and vice versa. Sound familiar?
In this age of print on demand I can imagine people being able to order their own Bible with customized cover, version and even contents. Lulu.com meets BibleGateway.com. Why not?!?

2 Comments:

At Wed Aug 20, 12:54:00 PM, Blogger J. P. van de Giessen said...

The "metal Bible" was already selled some year ago in the Netherlands, but I don't think people are going to read it. It's more a collectors item.

 
At Wed Aug 20, 01:40:00 PM, Blogger Bradford said...

The variety of Bibles is amazing once you start digging. I run a little blog ( http://biblereadersmuseum.blogspot.com/ ) that lists new and interesting Bibles and versions. Back in July I noted one called the "PG-13" Bible: "with passages that conflict with contemporary Western moral values and religious standards in bold face."

 

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