New Bible Version Released
Posted on 8/12/2009 by Jeremy Aldrich
HARRISONBURG - Large-print Bibles are nothing new, but one local organization is shaking things up by publishing a Bible filled with, mostly, very small print. Later this week, the Harrisonburg-based Valley Family Forum is releasing a new translation of the Bible printed almost entirely in 2-point font, with several specially selected passages and sentence fragments printed in 12-point font.
For example, the seven scattered verses condemning homosexuality are printed so that they can be read without a magnifying glass, while large sections detailing the sins of the Pharisees are not. The most popular Bible memory verses are generally in the larger font, while the swathes of verses surrounding them are, for the most part, not.
"Let's make this very clear," says VFF leader Don Waltzy. "We are NOT removing any verses from the Holy Scriptures. We're just making it easier to see the really important ones."
Waltzy stated that a team of experts, some of whom had up to three semesters of Greek and/or Hebrew in their Bible College educations, worked to translate and edit the new publication. The team added sidebars with excerpts from popular Christian fiction like This Present Darkness in Ephesians, the Left Behind series in the book of Revelations, and Janette Oke's Love Comes Softly in the Song of Solomon. An appendix with quotes from the Founding Fathers was also added.
"We feel like this will be a valuable contribution to the local Christian community," Waltzy says. "It will also help to counter some of the arguments we get into with people who want to quote verses that challenge our godly, conservative worldview. We'll simply hand them our new Bible and say, 'Would you mind reading that verse aloud for me?'"
Photo by J. Mark Bertrand.
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