Tech Critic Explains Why He Funded New Kickstarter Bible Campaign
A tech columnist recently explained why he has chosen to back the new Kickstarter campaign that seeks to reinvent the format of the Bible so it can be more easily read, looking for like a novel than the traditional Holy Book.
Rob Walker, tech columnist for Yahoo! News, recently wrote that at first he was skeptical of the Kickstarter "Biblioteca" campaign, writing that he "instinctively dismissed the idea" as another attempt by a designer to give another classic work an artistic overhaul.
Walker writes that after reading more about the creator behind Biblioteca, Adam Lewis Greene, his mind was changed and he decided to fund the project.
The tech critic hailed Greene's decision to split the Bible into four volumes that read more like novels, and also change the Holy Book's typeface, as well as do away with verse and chapter differentiations.
"[…] he's treating the object with respect and trying to make it genuinely readable," Walker recently wrote for Yahoo!
Since the campaign started its Kickstarter funding project in late June, it has managed to raise $1.4 million out of its $37,000 goal. The Kickstarter site also serves as an opportunity for customers to pre-order their new Biblioteca Bible.
"Today, our contemporary bibles are ubiquitously dense, numerical and encyclopedic in format; very different from how we experience other classic & foundational literature, and completely foreign to how the original authors conceived of their work," reads the description of the Biblioteca project on Kickstarter.
"By separating the text into several volumes, and by applying classic & elegant typography, Bibliotheca is meant to provide a fresh alternative to the reader who wants to enjoy the biblical library anew, as great literary art."
