Understanding biblical genres (poetry, narrative, letter, etc.) strikes many people as too boring or too academic to prioritize. But the authors chose these genres for a reason, and knowing how to read them can make all the difference. “The way we’ve read the Bible is very much monochromatic – as if it’s all the same […]
Understanding biblical genres (poetry, narrative, letter, etc.) strikes many people as too boring or too academic to prioritize. But the authors chose these genres for a reason, and knowing how to read them can make all the difference. “The way we’ve read the Bible is very much monochromatic – as if it’s all the same […]
What is the Bible? What are we supposed to do with it? Simply changing the format can change how we answer those two questions. In this episode, the last in our series on the Bible’s format, we dive into the ways Reader’s Bibles fundamentally change how we interact with the text. Comparison of poetry in […]
In Episode 4 we outlined the deficiencies of the Modern Reference Bible. But what’s the alternative? What could the future of the Bible look like? Christopher Smith joins us to talk about the work and research that goes into the creation of Reader’s Bibles – Bibles which remove all of the modern additives and replace […]
The physical format of our modern Bible is often taken for granted. But where did chapters and verses come from? How did we go from stories, letters, and song lyrics to something resembling an encyclopedia? And what are the implications of a Bible that invites us to use it like a reference manual?
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