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Posted by: sagely Original: 1/28/2008 12:33 PM Views: 100 Comments: 2 eProps: 4 Read Comments Post a Comment Back to Your Xanga Site

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Monday, January 28, 2008

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so i'm going to geek out about something right now. fair warning.

recently i've been mourning the way our bibles constrain us to read them. they been so battered, first by liturgical setting and then by private devotional reading, that the stories they present are completely lost in the apparatus. i've been secretly plotting to make my own edition, sans chapter verse markings, where single works (like luke-acts) are put together, and without any annoying section headings. and then i found this. this is cool.

the books of the bible

it's the edition of the bible that i just described. finally some people are freeing scripture from unthought out traditions; finally people are free to hear what the Spirit says in the text. i am excited.

also check out this review.

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wait. "free"? people are now free when they read the text? I dunno about you, but I don't think it's possible to decontextualize one's knowledge of the Scripture enough to hit it free, eh? it's a nice move, though, on the part of publishers, I agree.

Posted 1/30/2008 11:59 AM by exquisiteirony - reply

You know, I've always thought that would be a good idea. The verse and chapter bit seems to lend itself to taking parts of scripture out of context and using them for one's own ends. Not that it's all bad, or anything, but I think it would be neat to read the Bible as a book.

We would love to see you and Cindy sometime. Anytime, really. I'm so sorry to hear about your car, that's a real bummer. Any time you do have the capability, do come up and stay with us. There is nothing like the company of friends to make miserable winter weather an excuse to drink a lot of tea, eat a lot of food, and have great conversation