The (Un)Stable Digital Bible:

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" The (Un)Stable Digital Bible: "
David G. Ford

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082561
Doc. No	:	LA126190
Call No	:	‭10.1163/21659214-00803002‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	David G. Ford
Title & Author	:	The (Un)Stable Digital Bible: [Article] : A Destabilising Peritext and Stabilising Epitext\ David G. Ford
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	8/3
Page No	:	361–381
Abstract	:	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.
Descriptor	:	Digital Bible
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Sociology of Religion
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/21659214-00803002‬