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Bob Russell · 11-17-2006, 10:13 AM

Great news. I'm glad to see the Bible posted both because it's available now for the Reader (thanks elf!) and also because I had missed the previous Morning/Evening post by frquixote! Excellent stuff.

I think devotionals and daily Bible readings are the best use for the Reader with the Bible. Daily devotionals are self-evident how they would work.

But for the Bible, I would think there are two main ways to handle it...
1) The Bible as-is, to be read straight through front to back. Eventually a TOC for each book would be nice, and maybe even another TOC for each book by chapter. Might even be useful in church with that navigation.
Edit: Just noticed elf did a BBeB Bible with some navigation! Cool. I look fwd to trying out!
2) The Bible organized by your favorite reading plan.

This second alternative is the one that interests me the most. One Year Bible, for example, is available at eReader but only for a modern language translation as opposed to the more common: NIV, NASB, NKJV, KJV, AMP. I'd love to see a version of the OYB in one of the top translations, especially NIV or NASB.

KJV based on a daily reading plan should be pretty straightforward and copyright-free. Personally I like the plans that have OT/NT/Ps/Pr each day, and move through passages consecutively. Unfortunately, like a lot of people, I can't always tell what the words mean. Because of the age of the KJV, some of the language is old and incomprehensible, and others are misleading because they have a different meaning than the obvious modern interpretation of a word. (No, I'm not ripping that translation... let's not get into that here. I really like it, it's just harder for me to understand.)

Good news is that there is something called the Modern KJV that I think is copyright-free. It's included in the excellent and free e-sword software for example.

While we could each potentially create our own NIV daily reading Bible for personal use if we have already bought an electronic Bible on the desktop (not sure what the copyright rules would be for that, even), we definitely couldn't start sharing it. So what I'm suggesting is that someone creates a daily reading Bible with MKJV as a reasonable compromise until Sony Connect can get hold of an NIV One Year Bible, or equivalent.

Any thoughts? Any public domain or freely usable daily reading plans that you would suggest?

11-17-2006, 10:13 AM	#35
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Great news. I'm glad to see the Bible posted both because it's available now for the Reader (thanks elf!) and also because I had missed the previous Morning/Evening post by frquixote! Excellent stuff. I think devotionals and daily Bible readings are the best use for the Reader with the Bible. Daily devotionals are self-evident how they would work. But for the Bible, I would think there are two main ways to handle it... 1) The Bible as-is, to be read straight through front to back. Eventually a TOC for each book would be nice, and maybe even another TOC for each book by chapter. Might even be useful in church with that navigation. Edit: Just noticed elf did a BBeB Bible with some navigation! Cool. I look fwd to trying out! 2) The Bible organized by your favorite reading plan. This second alternative is the one that interests me the most. One Year Bible, for example, is available at eReader but only for a modern language translation as opposed to the more common: NIV, NASB, NKJV, KJV, AMP. I'd love to see a version of the OYB in one of the top translations, especially NIV or NASB. KJV based on a daily reading plan should be pretty straightforward and copyright-free. Personally I like the plans that have OT/NT/Ps/Pr each day, and move through passages consecutively. Unfortunately, like a lot of people, I can't always tell what the words mean. Because of the age of the KJV, some of the language is old and incomprehensible, and others are misleading because they have a different meaning than the obvious modern interpretation of a word. (No, I'm not ripping that translation... let's not get into that here. I really like it, it's just harder for me to understand.) Good news is that there is something called the Modern KJV that I think is copyright-free. It's included in the excellent and free e-sword software for example. While we could each potentially create our own NIV daily reading Bible for personal use if we have already bought an electronic Bible on the desktop (not sure what the copyright rules would be for that, even), we definitely couldn't start sharing it. So what I'm suggesting is that someone creates a daily reading Bible with MKJV as a reasonable compromise until Sony Connect can get hold of an NIV One Year Bible, or equivalent. Any thoughts? Any public domain or freely usable daily reading plans that you would suggest?