Copying the Bible by hand, one person per verse
By Joanna Lin | Tribune Newspapers
February 17, 2009
Reading the Bible aloud start to finish takes about 77 hours. Writing by hand the entire holy book? Try six months.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New International Version of the Bible, the publishing house Zondervan is inviting people across the U.S. to copy a verse in their own hand.
“What better way than to let everyone participate?” said Moe Girkins, chief executive of Zondervan, the North American publisher of the NIV Bible, as it’s commonly known. “Anywhere people love the Bible, we want to go.”
The six-month Bible Across America tour is visiting 90 cities and will include contributions from all 50 states. When the tour ends next month in Dallas, more than 31,000 people will have written a verse.
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