Friday, July 25, 2008

thenational.ae, ‘Indianised’ Bible is a best seller, 24 Jul 08 ""The scholars felt that any serious and contextualised and inculturated commentary on the sacred text, made specially for India, could not ignore the rich cultural and religious heritage of the land," said Fr Tony Charanghat, a spokesman for the archbishop of Mumbai." Not sure if this will be online, but it is an interesting story. Also see Mumbai Mirror, The Bible with a touch of India, 9 Jul 08

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Reuters/msnbc, 1,600-year-old version of Bible goes online: Technology brings one of oldest cultural artifacts accessible to everyone, 21 Jul 08 "From Thursday, sections of the Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the oldest complete New Testament, will be available on the Internet, said the University of Leipzig, one of the four curators of the ancient text worldwide.

"High resolution images of the Gospel of Mark, several Old Testament books, and notes on the work made over centuries will appear on www.codex-sinaiticus.net as a first step towards publishing the entire manuscript online by next July."

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

AFP, Pope's message goes hi-tech in Australia, 15 Jul 08

"Pope Benedict XVI took a new hi-tech road to spreading his message Tuesday, sending a mobile phone text to pilgrims attending World Youth Day celebrations in Australia, organisers said.

""Young friend, God and his people expect much from u because u have within you the Fathers supreme gift: the Spirit of Jesus - BXVI," read the first of the daily texts."

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