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October 28, 2009

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Behind the news

Author Q&A

Bible Beat Redux 1

  • More Literary than Literal, Poets Find Beauty in Bible
    Two poets, one also a professor of comparative literature, bring their skills to new Bible translations. Willis Barnstone’s  The Restored New Testament speaks with immediacy, showing how the New Testament reflects its Jewish background. David Rosenberg, in A Literary Bible, wants to give readers a sense of the original reading experience of the Hebrew Bible. Both include literature that is not part of the canonical work. more » » » 

Bible Beat Redux 2

  • Bibles to Go: Apps, Flash Drives
    Desktop computer-based resources for Bible reading and study have been around a while. The leading edge of the digital publishing market now is applications for iPhone, Blackberry, and other smart mobile devices. With phone apps a rapidly growing field, there are possibilities—and jobs and fees—to be had transforming Bible texts, study aids and commentaries into tiny and full-featured Bibles-to-go. RBL checks some of the newest in the field. more » » » 

Books Briefly

  • It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like....
    RBL highlights some Christmas-themed books. In fiction there’s The Christmas Dog by Melody Carlson and three novellas in An Amish Christmas by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Barbara Cameron. In nonfiction, there’s a choice among inspirational (Chrismas Miracles by Cecil Murphey and Marley Gibson), political (Mike Huckabee’s A Simple Christmas), and a critique of consumerism (Advent Conspiracy by Rick McKinley et al.). more » » » 

Short Takes

  • Thomas Nelson Introduces Self-Publishing Division;
    Fiction Notes
    Thomas Nelson and the self-publishing company Author Solutions Inc. announced the launch of WestBow Press, a Christian self-publishing imprint; popular evangelical Christian romance novelist Francine Rivers (left)will publish her first full-length novel since 2003, Her Mother's Hope (Mar., 2010), a historical novel that draws from Rivers's own family ancestry. more » » » 

Religion in Review
 


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