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Biblical texts are never interpreted from a neutral position interests are always at play.
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From scholars to social commentators, from devout believers to staunch atheists, many people show an interest in biblical literature, both for its own sake and for its impact on the world. Primarily, biblical literature is sacred Scripture for Jews and Christians, but it also attracts the attention of a variety of other readers, some of whom have little to no connection to faith communities. And so when specific websites are mentioned below, these should be viewed as examples that are representative of larger trends in the world of networked technology.įinally, it should be noted that biblical literature is significant to many different people for many different reasons. Similarly numerous results emerge from keywords such as “Jewish,” “Christian,” “Jesus,” “ Scripture,” etc. A simple Google search on “Bible” results in tens of millions of hits, and one can only assume that this number will climb. Following the lead of these scholars, the present essays explores a number of critical, practical, and theoretical issues and questions related to the Bible and networked technology, albeit with a greater focus on popular readers.ĭue to the rapidly expanding nature of networked technology, this brief essay cannot be comprehensive. 4 The volume emerged from a work group of the Society of Biblical Literature. A recently published volume titled Digital Humanities in Biblical, Early Jewish and Early Christian Studies (Brill 2013) contains a number of essays that reflect on how the “Digital Humanities” 3 movement is affecting the scholarly study of the Bible, early Judaism and early Christianity. This brief essay, however, is not the first publication to explore how networked technology is affecting readers of the Bible. The world is changing and this essay assesses one aspect of that revolution, even while it is still in progress. I am keenly aware that this essay is a reflection on the Bible from within the digital age. The goal of this essay is to discuss how these changes are affecting access to the Bible, reading of the Bible, and interpretation of the Bible. How this revolution will change interpretive practices with respect to biblical literature remains to be seen. Cull notes, is “an achievement of literacy.” 2 It is a revolution created by and largely in service of the world's literate population. We are clearly in the midst of an information and reading revolution. The entire Bible, however one defines it, is available on devices that are thinner than a printed version of the Pentateuch. Readers are no longer bound to a physical page when they want to read a book. Not unlike the printing press, the digital age is fundamentally redefining and reconfiguring how readers with access to digital technology interact with biblical texts. Networked digital technology is changing how people read, study, and interpret the Bible 1.
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