"The Books of the Bible" Bible

Post by **_Mort_Coyle** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:31 am

The International Bible Society recently published a Bible in a new format which they call "The Books of the Bible".

Some of its features include:

* chapter and verse numbers are removed from the text (a chapter-and-verse range is at the bottom of each page)
* individual books are presented with the literary divisions that their authors have indicated
* footnotes, section headings and other supplementary materials have been removed from the text (translators’ notes are available at the back of each book)
* the books of the Bible have been placed in an order that provides more help in understanding, based on literary genre, historical circumstance and theological tradition
* single books that later translations or tradition divided
into two or more books are made whole again
(example: Luke-Acts)
* single-column setting that clearly and naturally presents the
literary forms of the Bible’s books

Here's a blog entry by one of IBS's "Wordwrights" about it:
http://blog.christianitytoday.com/outof ... c_bib.html

Looks intriguing!

http://thebooksofthebible.info/about.php

Post by **_Paidion** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:04 pm

Thanks, Mort! I hadn't realized that someone had actually produced a Bible in this format. You may have noticed that I often quoted passages in paragraph form with the references at the bottom. I think it facilitates better understanding when set out like any other book.

Post by **_Mort_Coyle** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:45 pm

I agree. The horrible malady of "versitis" runs rampant in Christian circles.