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Similarly, the books of the Old Testament have been reorganised into three sections: Covenant History, Prophets, Writings. Another change is that all Paul’s letters are now in chronological order (according to the most recent scholarship) so you begin with 1 and 2 Thessalonians rather than Romans which allows the reader, in some ways, to experience the life of Paul through his letters from his second missionary journey up to his impending death in Rome (2 Timothy). For example, Luke and Acts are rejoined to form one book, as they were originally intended to be read, instead of being divided by the Gospel according to John. the major and minor prophets and Paul’s letters). This is, for me, one of the best features of The Books of the Bible because the way the books are ordered seems much more logical than the traditional ordering which was generally based on book length more than anything else (e.g. This return to presenting the Bible as literature to be read and enjoyed, as it comes in whole books, rather than harvested for a verse for today here or a daily promise there is further promulgated by a change in book order. My preference for single column formatting is purely aesthetic but shouldn’t beauty be a factor in Bible design? That day, thankfully, is over and we can now easily print Bibles in a single column format, though granted, they are considerable bulkier. The practice of double column formatting can largely be traced back to the early days of the printing press when, due to the immense amount of text to be contained in each Bible, it was not cost effective to print in single column format. Of course, the Bible is more than just great literature but it is not less, so why shouldn’t it be presented as such? As a big fan of single column formatting (and an avowed dissenter of double columns) I am very supportive of this move. The Books of the Bible is a way to reengage Christians, and non-Christians, with the Bible as a book of many books and to help them immerse themselves in the storyline of the Scriptures.Īs a great lover of books I applaud the tremendous effort on Biblica’s part to return the Bible to its rightful place as a wonderful piece of literature from its exile as a mere book of references.
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The reasoning behind this move is that, according to their research, less and less people are reading the Bible, especially those unfamiliar with the traditional formatting of the Bible (double column with headings, chapters and verse numbers). Biblica have aptly named this Bible format: The Books of the Bible in order to emphasise a return to the original literary nature of the books in the Bible. This specially formatted Bible has a single column of text with all the headings and chapter and verse numbers removed as well as having the books in a different order. It is quite a peculiar plan because you need to purchase a specially formatted Bible in order to take part. The Community Bible Experience is more than just another Bible reading plan. This week we will consider The Bible Dimension and next week we will conclude by looking at The Community Dimension. I found the Experience to have two separate yet complimentary dimensions: The Bible Dimension and The Community Dimension. I just finished on Friday past and so I’d like to share my thoughts on the experience and in the process encourage you to consider trying something similar in your home church, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Last week was the 8th week from the beginning of the year which marks the end of the reading plan for those of us who began in the first week of January.
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This year my home church embarked upon Biblica’s Community Bible Experience which is a reading plan that takes you through the New Testament in 8 week (39 days: 5 readings per week plus a grace day at the end).