While we were on holiday, Lingamish was extremely productive and produced an interesting series of posts (rants may be a better term) on a couple of related subjects.
One thing that aroused his ire was Logos software company giving away luxury Bibles.
David wasn’t so much angry at the contest itself, but at the concept of Bibles costing over two hundred US dollars when so many people in the world can’t afford a Bible at all.
I have to say that I am with David on this. I’ve been using the same paper Bible for years now and I think it cost me about a fiver. I can understand that people might want to spend a bit more money on a Bible so that they can get a decent study Bible or to ensure that the book will stand up to long use. But no one needs a two hundred dollar, luxury Bible. If you have two hundred dollars to spend on a Bible, then why not get a twenty five dollar Bible and give one hundred and seventy five dollars to support Bible translation or Bible reading around the world?
The other issue which enraged the excitable hippo was the way in certain translations of the Bible (particularly in Portuguese) and Greek and Hebrew manuscripts are not readily available online. Lingamish draws these two issues together in this lovely bit of purple prose:
Yesterday I had students begging me for a copy of the Portuguese NIV Study Bible. If they only knew that people in America are spending the equivalent of several months salary on yet one more Bible when their shelves are already sagging from the weight of an endless collection of devotional Bibles and study Bibles in colors to match your every Sunday outfit and target each and every consumer niche.
Read Lingamish’s posts here:
- Illegal sources of the Portuguese Bible in digital format
- Logos.com hawks luxury Bibles while the world starves for God’s Word
- Ezekiel and the Submarine
- Feast on hummingbird tongues and throw scraps to the rabble
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Bibles for everything .. women, men, childrens, Americans, singles, etc, etc … my old King James met my need when I started reading it!!!
Eddie,
I have linked here – this post has sat with me for a few days for some reason.
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