Digitized Gutenberg Bible Available 432
Prince_Ali writes "A digital copy of the Gutenburg Bible, the first major Western book printed from movable type, has been made available by The University of Texas, available through the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The Ransom Center's copy of the Bible is claimed to be the finest in the world, and is now freely available to anyone who would like to examine it. More information can be found via this CNN.com article."
Easy Now (Score:5, Funny)
This is great... (Score:2, Funny)
The Bible (Score:5, Funny)
I already read it, what else you got?
Not Impressed (Score:2, Funny)
Important copyright notice (Score:5, Funny)
Yours etc.
Supreme non existent being
Movable Type??? (Score:5, Funny)
Wait, cowboyneal uses Movable Type. Hmmmmmm.
3 out of 10 (Score:1, Funny)
The author seems to be didactic and often instead of retelling the stories tells his/her own opinion on what the readers should do with their life. Such style is permissible with self-help or political literature whereas Bible is somewhere in between Spiritual and Science Fiction sections.
Overall I would suggest waiting for the movie and perhaps a re-write. The end of the book is sort of a spoiler since everyone does. The author looks promising, however, I do not see Bible hitting the NYT best-seller list any time soon.
Real Bible (Score:2, Funny)
Unfortunately, The University of Texas... (Score:3, Funny)
In a related story, God is suing Johannes Gutenberg ...
Re:Christianity and the Gutenberg Bible (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory old joke (Score:5, Funny)
A man went to a rare book shop and noticed an old bible on display. He struck up a conversation with the book shop owner.
"Yeah, actually, I had an old bible which I threw out last week. It was by someone called Guten... something."
"Not Gutenberg, I hope?"
"Yeah, that's the one."
Upon seeing the look on the book shop owner's face, the man replied:
"Ah, don't worry. It wasn't worth anything. Some guy called Martin had scribbled in it."
Re:Easy Now (Score:2, Funny)
If you want to be blasphemous on
But.... (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, the Mormons made their own Bible, why can't I? What does Joseph Smith have that I don't? (well, maybe a loyal following and charisma, but those are overrated. Aren't they?)
Are the sure... (Score:2, Funny)
Looks like they missed a page. (Score:5, Funny)
Hmmm, it looks to me like they missed the page at the beginning that reads:
Yaz.
Are those coffee stains? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Write in the margins?! (Score:2, Funny)
Hotel copies of the Bible (Score:2, Funny)
Guttenberg's Bible? (Score:3, Funny)
Bible, schmible! I much prefer Guttenberg's [imdb.com] movie [imdb.com].
Re:This is great... (Score:3, Funny)
Now I have a reason to take my comp to church!
Or a reason not to go to church... no thanks, mom. I'm just going to sit here in front of my computer and read my, uh... "bible".
-a
Re:Duh... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:regardless of religion.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:An excellent excuse to learn latin (Score:1, Funny)
Thank you humbly kind sir for setting this gross fallacy straight!
Re:regardless of religion.... (Score:1, Funny)
Makes since what?
1st grade grammar is down the hall to the left.
Re:Christianity and the Gutenberg Bible (Score:2, Funny)
GPL-ed Bible (Score:2, Funny)
*evil grin*
Re:Cool (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Props to UT (Score:2, Funny)
well, not countin them aggies, we still ain't figured them out yet (i think they're in one-a them cults, like in waco)...