This story about a new Bible software called “GLO” was sent to me by one of my ex-co-workers from 13 years ago!
Check out these videos:
Cool. One thing I would add to this software is resources for allowing people to explain the Bible to their neighbors. Probably the most useful thing would be to evaluate major passages to see when they were written, how closely the passage is based on eyewitness testimony, whether it appears in other New Testament sources, whether it passes criteria like embarrassment and dissimilarity, and whether it is confirmed by archaeology or even non-Biblical sources.
Additionally, commenter Matthew has some concerns:
Translations? Only NIV, which is OK but far from exemplary. For $90 this needs every translation known to man, in most languages. And full text of all historic bibles as well.
Scholarship? An article found through google critiques Glo for not having a panel of scholars advise on the extra-biblical resources offered.
I don’t think this thing is meant as a scholarly resource – they are aiming for a different market.
Debates about the Bible
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- Richard Bauckham defends the reliability of the gospels against James Crossley
- Richard Bauckham defends the divinity of Jesus against James Crossley
- Crossley debated against William Lane Craig before on the resurrection
- Crossley against Michael Bird on the origins of Christianity, (part 1, part 2)
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Not too sure on this one yet.
Huge resource? Yes. Apparently over 18GB installation.
Good interface? Not sure, but it looks simple and efficient.
Translations? Only NIV, which is OK but far from exemplary. For $90 this needs every translation known to man, in most languages. And full text of all historic bibles as well.
Scholarship? An article found through google critiques Glo for not having a panel of scholars advise on the extra-biblical resources offered.
Great idea? Yea.
I hope this spurs other publishers to develop similar, and better, technology-driven bible resources.
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Oh that sounds bad, I’ll update the post.
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The video (video 1 around 1:10) the narrator says that the KJV and “other translations” are available as well.
The glo website reports NIV, KJV, and others “coming soon.”
I do agree though, I’d like to see every translation included.
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The NIV is one of the worst versions, imo — Too much paraphrasing, as well as a significant Catholic/Calvinist bias.
Also, it seems to me like all the pictures might kinda spoil the imagination element.
I guess some of the filtering and categorizing features might be useful for beginners, though.
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I’m an NASB man, myself.
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Sweet. I might have to pick up the mac version when it’s available.
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I got a demo disc of glo at my Christian bookstore last week, I’ll install it and take a look at it now. I wasn’t going to because it only had the NIV on it.
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This is Ken with Immersion Digital, the creators of Bible Glo. Thanks for your post and comments. While Glo currently is available in the New International Version (NIV) and King James Version (KVJ), additional translations are coming soon.
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