A highly respected and faithful friend of mine heard me deliver this lecture on "Why Bible Typography Matters", which aimed at getting people to read "reader's editions" of the Bible, printings with no verse or chapter numbers. The presentation also included a call...
Bible Typography
Insights from Cool People that Know Stuff About Things
I like working with cool people who know stuff about things. I was talking about Bible typography with one such person at my office recently, an editor at Lexham Press, and he made a little comment that belongs on my Internet weblog: It’s wrong to say that if you...
ESV Reader’s Bible, Six-Volume Set
So excited! The ESV Reader's Bible is coming out in a Bibliotheca-like edition! As one of the top fifteen redheaded Bible typography enthusiasts in the nation (see my Bible Typography Manifesto and assorted other resources here), I can only go on record as saying,...
Speaking at BibleTech Conference
I've always wanted to go to Logos Bible Software's BibleTech conference, and this May I get to go and speak on Bible typography! I'm really excited. And you can come! We’ll be exploring the intersection of faith and technology in Seattle, April 30th–May 2nd. I've got...
Why Bible Typography Matters
Download Audio File Download Manuscript Download Keynote file Sign the Bible Typography Manifesto Reader's Editions The NIV Books of the Bible edition is the best reader's Bible available, typographically speaking. The binding, the typeface, and tiny...
Scrivener’s Bible Typography Manifesto, 1873
Scrivener beat me to it: The help afforded to an attentive reader of Holy Scripture by the simple plan of arranging its unbroken text in paragraphs accommodated to the sense, is by this time too well appreciated to require, for adopting that method, either apology or...
Hilarious Story: The Name of Abraham’s Servant REVEALED!
True story, told with permission: Dr. Dan Olinger was once an editor for Faith for the Family magazine, a publication of Bob Jones University. It was his (occasional and usually unenviable) task to review unsolicited submissions to the magazine. He had to read these...
New Experience with the ESV Reader’s Bible
Neat comments on the ESV Reader's Bible: When I saw that Crossway had published the ESV Reader’s Bible, I must say I was a bit skeptical. “Ahhh, yes,” I thought to myself, “another way to get us ESV affectionados to purchase yet another ESV related product … clever...
Excellent Thoughts on the New Reader’s Bibles from J. Mark Bertrand
Excellent thoughts. I concur completely, both in theory and in personal experience.
Bible Typography Manifesto Signatories, Rejoice
It's time you checked out the amazing new project called Bibliotheca. A full-fledged typography nerd and Bible-lover has put together a truly groundbreaking reader's edition of the Bible. It was all a little mind-boggling when I first heard (hence the time it's taken...
ESV Reader’s Bible 50% Off at WTS Books
The ESV Reader's Bible is now 50% off at WTS Books. Not sure how long this will last. Get one now! ESV Reader’s Bible: Hardcover Edition $14.99 ESV Reader’s Bible: Walnut TruTone Edition $22.50 ESV Reader’s Bible: Black TruTone Edition $22.50 HT: John Mark Bertrand...
Bible Typography Question
omeone asked me today, "If you're going to take out chapter and verse numbers from the Bible text,* why not go all the way back to Pauline practice and remove the punctuation and spaces, too?" Well, because. It's a question of meaning. What would taking out all modern...