A Free Bible?

Scott Wells from boyinthebands.com and I have been having a discussion about Freedom and the Bible. As Scott puts it:

A few months ago, “Demas” from “Live from Thessalonica”

blog and I began a correspondence on freedom

and the Bible. Not “Bible” in an an abstract or theologized

sense, but as a text which is printed, spoken, translated

and edited. Nor “freedom” from a theologized sense,

but directly related to the use of the text and how the text

may be shared or restricted, and what that says about

Christian community.

A few months ago, “Demas” from “Live from Thessalonica” blog and I began a correspondence on freedom and the Bible. Not “Bible” in an an abstract or theologized sense, but as a text which is printed, spoken, translated and edited. Nor “freedom” from a theologized sense, but directly related to the use of the text and how the text may be shared or restricted, and what that says about Christian community.

The Bible may be a shared resource of our religion, but (with the partial exception of the World English Bible) the available translations are either written in a language the age of which puts a barrier between a modern reader and the text, or are copyrighted and subject to the control and power of the copyright owner.

The first part is written up in the latest edition of The Liberal Christian – available now! Check it out.

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Thanks to the life and work of N A Woychuk I found part of my childhood spiritual life to include scripture memorization. Much of what I memorized has stayed with me as an adult. Woychuk’s organization used the 1611 King James translation.