Collaborative handwritten Bible created across America

Quidam — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:39:15 -0800

"To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, the best-selling translation with more than 300 million copies in print, Zondervan has launched Bible Across America, a cross-country RV tour. Bible Across America features an RV, piloted by a four-person team, that is traveling across the continental United States, making stops at churches, universities, retail stores and special events where people are invited to contribute a verse to complete a handwritten Bible – America's NIV." The RV launched today in Grand Rapids, MI, and will stop in 90 cities, inviting a different person to hand-copy each of the 31,173 verses. From the article linked above: "Two young married couples will be living in the RV, driving it cross-country and setting up each stop. They'll give out 500 index cards a day, each with a verse from the NIV printed on the front, to 500 people to copy twice onto special paper. A photo facsimile of all the verses will be compiled and published in time for Christmas 2009; the index will list each participant's name and the number of the verse he or she copied. One set of originals will be bound and offered to the Smithsonian. The second set, also bound, will be auctioned to benefit the International Bible Society, which holds the NIV copyright and is co-sponsoring the project with Zondervan." Also: Track the RV's current location via GPS. List of cities and dates for the tour.

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Horace Rumpole — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:42:29 -0800

Move over, Jack Chick. Zondervan's gone manga.

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Collaborative handwritten Bible created across America

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