How to Make a Reader's Bible w/ Christopher Smith
For nearly 500 years, the Modern Reference Bible has been the only option most people have ever known. What if we said that’s not good enough? What if we created a new category – the Reader’s Bible?
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Show Notes
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 them with literary structures which actually honor and display the natural contours of each book. He and Glenn tell the story of how they met to create The Books of the Bible, a Reader's edition which became the precursor to Immerse: The Reading Bible.
The Rev. Dr. Christopher Smith is a writer and biblical scholar who is also an ordained minister and served local churches as a pastor for nearly twenty years. He has an A.B. from Harvard in English and American Literature and Language, a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Gordon-Conwell, and a Ph.D. in the History of Christian Life and Thought, with a minor concentration in Bible, from Boston College, in the joint program with Andover Newton Theological School. He was heavily involved in the design and creation of Immerse: The Reading Bible.
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