The (Un)Stable Digital Bible: A Destabilising Peritext and Stabilising Epitext
Over the past 30 years the Bible has gone digital. This transition from paper technology to digital technology has attracted the interest of scholars because such a change has consequences for how the Bible is used and could lead to differences in how it is understood. Many are claiming that a digit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2019
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| In: |
Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 361-381 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ Digitalization
/ Paratext
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| RelBib Classification: | HA Bible ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Digital Bible
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Over the past 30 years the Bible has gone digital. This transition from paper technology to digital technology has attracted the interest of scholars because such a change has consequences for how the Bible is used and could lead to differences in how it is understood. Many are claiming that a digital Bible will result in a less stable Bible (; ; , pp. 189-190; , pp. 20-23; ; ), due to the peritext (the physical aspect of the text) of this new reading technology. However, I argue that this claim does not sufficiently take into account the Bible’s epitext (the nonphysical aspect of the text), through which evangelical Christians engage the scriptures. Ultimately, I argue that the epitext will limit the destabilising effect of the digital peritext. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-9214 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21659214-00803002 |