{"id":64,"date":"2008-11-13T17:29:40","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T17:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/textmessages\/2008\/11\/deversifying-the-bible-essay.html"},"modified":"2008-11-13T17:29:40","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T17:29:40","slug":"deversifying-the-bible-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/textmessages\/2008\/11\/deversifying-the-bible-essay.html","title":{"rendered":"De-versifying the Bible essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Without further ado, here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/textmessages\/2008\/10\/deversifying-the-bible.html\">promised<\/a> essay by Glenn Paauw on International Bible Society&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Faiths\/Christianity\/Bible\/Why-We-Deversified-the-Bible.aspx\">additives-free Bible.<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>I must say, I&#8217;m rather fond of the deck:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Bible literacy is lower than ever. Who&#8217;s to blame? Try Bible publishers.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Faiths\/Christianity\/Bible\/Why-We-Deversified-the-Bible.aspx\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without further ado, here is the promised essay by Glenn Paauw on International Bible Society&#8217;s additives-free Bible. I must say, I&#8217;m rather fond of the deck: Bible literacy is lower than ever. Who&#8217;s to blame? Try Bible publishers. 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