Jesus Loves Web 2.0: eBible

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1. Ari Mir
   

   May 9th, 2006 at 10:07 pm

   you have no need for karma points…why didn’t you defend yourself? those posts were idiotic and had no merit.

2. Michael Arrington
   

   May 9th, 2006 at 10:11 pm

   Ari, are you referring to squidoo? That’s not what I need karma points for… Do Christians allow karma, anyway?

3. Reid Levy
   

   May 9th, 2006 at 10:16 pm

   What about a web 2.0 site that’s devoted to non-believers? By the way, how do you find out about these web 2.0 sites?

4. Ari Mir
   

   May 9th, 2006 at 10:21 pm

   oh lol…yeah i was referring to Squidoo, my bad…you’re actually right, forgiveness is inevitable…sooo i say we “out” the heathens!

5. Bandi
   

   May 9th, 2006 at 10:30 pm

   Pardon my ignorance but exactly how many versions of Bible exist? I thought Bible is just one holy book.

   j

6. Joshua Jarman
   

   May 9th, 2006 at 10:36 pm

   I just told my Dad about this last night, it is something he’d be interested in.

   Any chance you have an invite I can send him? (worth a shot at asking)

   I also would love to see a similar engine that covered the range of world religions.

   It would be interesting to compair similarities and differences based on searches.

   Christians don’t beleive in karma, but they do beleive “you reap what you sow”.

7. Stan Stefano
   

   May 9th, 2006 at 11:11 pm

   @Bandi

   Every mighty nation with ambitions for an Empire rewrites the bible therefore: King James followed by The New American Standard

   S/S

   P.S. Nice engine. Maybe some day all books will be made into a searchable and widely accessible eBible-like stuff.

8. Michael Arrington
   

   May 9th, 2006 at 11:11 pm

   Joshua, I’m happy to share this with you. Just email me the email you’d like me to use. And I need one promise: the account comes with only one invite. I ask that you give it to anyone who asks for one here in this comment string (the first one after you, actually), and then ask that person to do the same. Ok?

9. Michael Arrington
   

   May 9th, 2006 at 11:12 pm

   @Bandi, see no. 8 above. Also, see the drop down box in the large screen shot above, which shows the different versions. There are lots of them.

10. Ric Fischer
    

    May 9th, 2006 at 11:21 pm

    I promise to pass along my one invite to the next person in line after me.

    So, Joshua, may I please be the recipient of the one you were given?

    Thanks.

11. Adam
    

    May 9th, 2006 at 11:21 pm

    Worst, TechCrunch, post, ever. But don’t worry Michael, we still love you (in a non-church-conforming sexual way).

    @Bandi: Way, way, way too many.

12. Bandi
    

    May 9th, 2006 at 11:24 pm

    Thanks Stan & Mike. That’s interesting and worth a research.

    Joshua, “you reap what you sow” is infact Karma as per Hinduism.

    j

13. KILLDxM
    

    May 9th, 2006 at 11:31 pm

    I would like an invite, if there is any available. :}

14. KILLDxM
    

    May 9th, 2006 at 11:35 pm

    …if there ARE any available! Wow…

15. Pete Son of Ted
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 12:04 am

    Great link. Thanx! If Bandi’s question (far) above about versions of the Bible was serious, the answer is that as the English language changes (which is an accelerating phenomenon) translations are added that update the language.

16. Lelia Katherine Thomas
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 12:10 am

    …what I’d really like to see is something like eBible, but that includes search across texts of all religions.

    I would really enjoy that, being a writer who incorporates religion into her writing, as well as finding it fascinating and beautiful in many ways.

    If something like that comes about, I hope it has a way to pull up a scripture from one religion’s text as well as pull up similar scriptures from other religious texts. I think it’d do a lot of people good to see some of the foundational material that many people adhere to is quite similar to that of other faiths.

17. Marshall Kirkpatrick
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 12:47 am

    I already blogged about Church 2.0 last month, what is this - the second…oh never mind.
    http://socialsoftware.weblogsi.....you-think/

18. Tom Wright
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 1:12 am

    Hey, err, I’d really like an invite if anyones got one.
    My email is tom at the domain listed as my website; hover my name!
    Thanks all!

19. Matthew Bischoff
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 4:25 am

    If anyone has an invite to spare, I’d like one as well. You can send it to mb at matthewbischoff.com.

    Thanks,
    Matt

20. elidourado
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 4:53 am

    I’d like an invite, and will play by the rules. Name above at gmail.

21. Greg
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:01 am

    I’d like an invite as well…

    This looks like a great tool!

22. Jeff Dalton
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:04 am

    TerraNova — church 2.0

    The pastors have blogs. The church plays contemporary christian rock music.

    Online tithing beta coming soon! (you think I’m joking)

23. Mark Schambach
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:10 am

    Hi:

    I would very much appreciate an invite. I’ll alos play by the rules. Looks like a terrific resource.

    Thanks,
    Mark
    markschambach (AT) gmail (DOT) com

24. Greg
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:19 am

    Whoops, I forgot my e-mail address…

    webmaster at ifjesushadawebsite dot com

25. Jeff Haemer
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:22 am

    I’m sucking up to one of the beta users, as instructed on their Beta login page. Could I pleeeeese have an invitation?

26. Jean-Marc
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:29 am

    I took a look at their blog and it seems like it’s being run by four people, doing this full time in an office. How do they expect to make money off this? Even if they became myspace-like-popular they’d only get a few thousand a month of ads, right?

27. Financial Reflections
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:29 am

    This is a great concept. Is there a social networking aspect involved? I guess the Bible is the ultimate “evergreen” content. I wonder what else they add to make it more than just a computerized index.

28. Troy
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:45 am

    Could I get an invite to eBible as well? Email is troyc AT fusemail.com

    Thanks!

29. Arun
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:47 am

    Hello,
    Would very much appricate an invite if someone could kindly email it to me at : arun@doyouget.net

    Many thanks
    Arun

30. Viper18
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:56 am

    Hey,

    looks like a great resource, i would really like an invite, please i’ll pass it on too, email is name at gmail.com

    Thanx in advanced

    Mark

31. Jeremy Flint
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:57 am

    I would like an invite if anyone has one.

    jflint at gmail dot com

    Thanks!

32. Jonathan
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:58 am

    I would LOVE an evite if anyone has one available!

    jonathan at memorysnap.com

33. Abhinav Kaiser
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:02 am

    I use biblegateway extensively and I can’t imagine this one or anything else being better than bible gateway.

    However, I would like to check this out. If anybody has a free invitation left, could you please send it to abhinavkaiser at gmail dot com.

    thanks

34. Ahmaud
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:09 am

    Well that Web2.0 site looks too nifty. If at all possible, could I get one of those invites as well? My sincere thanks in advance.

    raydirector at comcast dot net

35. Ren
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:14 am

    Any chance of getting an invite to the Ebible site. As a teacher, it could come in handy for school stuff.

    Ren renrenrenren@gmail.com

36. Kevin Kallsen
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:16 am

    Please invite me to ebible! kallsen@e101.com

    Thanks

37. Alex
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:19 am

    Rock on! This looks cool. Hey, if anyone has another invite, hit me up at alexlinebrink at gmail.com . Thanks!

    -A

38. Matt
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:20 am

    This looks like it will be a great tool. But why are they making it private (for now)?

    Does anyone have an extra invite? I would appreciate one please.

    raven566@hotmail.com

39. dan
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:22 am

    If anyone has an invite, I would love to check this out!

    Thanks,

    dan.gephart at gmail dot com

40. TheOzz
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:25 am

    Micheal,

    I would like to get a look inside eBible as well.

    Hank Osborne
    aka TheOzz

41. armeck
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:25 am

    Very slick! Email an invite and I’ll keep teh chaing going as well.

    Use the above name and gmail.com.

    Thanks!

42. Melissa
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:30 am

    great article. I would love an invite as well if anyone has any.

    melfelk at gmail dot com

    Thanks

43. llj
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:32 am

    Try the Library search at the site for the Center on Religion and Democracy at the University of Virginia . It searches acros a number of religious texts (the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Morman) as well as texts on religious and phiosophical topics.

44. Jason
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:33 am

    Might I have an invite if one is available? I am eager to see what this site can offer.

    Thank you in advance.

45. Greg Reynolds
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:33 am

    Would someone be willing to email me an invite? Use greg@sentrywest.com

46. Jason
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:34 am

    Sorry, I did not include my email..

    jason dot moseley at gmail dot com

47. Karthik Pandian
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:42 am

    HI Arrington,

    I am big fan of your blog. I was wondering how you find out about these Web 2.0 sites??

48. nathan
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:48 am

    FWIW, you don’t get karma for posting about christianity, you get days out of purgatory. That’ll be two less days for you.

    Nathan

49. isaac
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:50 am

    dont we have, in my own opinion a better software which is the http://www.e-sword.net/ ?

50. Percy
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:51 am

    Could someone e-mail me an invite, that’d be great!

    contact@sevenlight.com

    Thanks!

51. Chris
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:54 am

    I would like an invite as well. I fanyone is able to help, I would really appreciate it.

    ccastle at second.org

52. Kenrick
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:54 am

    Likewise, if someone could invite me, would be appreciated:
    kenrickt@gmail.com

    Cheers!

53. Vespar
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:54 am

    Would someone be willing to email me an invite also? vespar1@yahoo.com

54. Mike Montana
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 6:58 am

    @Brandi: You asked “How many versions of the bible are there?”

    What a great question. Should be a simple answer, and the simple answer is “many”. Why? Well, for one, the actual books that make up the bible are a varying collection. Most ppl agree on most of the books: stuff like Genesis, Exodus, Matthew, Mark - all the standard favorites.

    Outside of that there are a handful of Old Testament books that are accepted/rejected by some groups, and a handful of New Testament books that are also accepted/rejected.

    The fun comes in where there are obviously missing books. For example, in “1 Corinthians”, Paul refers “..to the letter I previously sent you”, and there is another “hole” in the Corinthians books.

    Some gospel statements refer to something obscure in the Old Testament, but, the references cant be found. Unless, you look in the “rejected” books of the Old Testament. Paul has quite a few of these, as does some of Jesus’ sayings (found in the Book of Enoch).

    These “extra” books are usually rejected for good reason. They have magical stories, illogical constructs - contradictory statements… but they make for great reading!

    As for “versions” specifically: The Old Testament was written in primarily Hebrew - so there is one language. The New Testament was written in Greek, but, was a translation of the spoken language Aramaic. Since then a newer set of languages came up: Latin, English1, Spanish, English-2 and so on. English-1, the language of the 1200s is barely recognizable today. English-2, of the 1600s is difficult, but recognizable (the King James Bible for example).

    Each generation wants a translation of the Greek into their common language of the day - so a new version is “commissioned” every so often. I much prefer to read the modern version to understand the message, then flip around through various translations to see if there was something missed/insightful about different translations. Different translations (”versions”) are a good thing - anything that makes it easier to understand why it was so important to write this stuff down 2000yrs ago is welcome.

    It’s great to know that you can, with just a little effort, verify that the translation you read today matches the originals by simply Googling for a particular passage’s history. Many of the words you will recognize in their original Greek text! It is said that many hands have “manipulated” the bible into something that wasnt intended, but, the available, public, history shows that nothing significant has been altered (yes, there are really editorial hands at work! but we’re talking nuances of phrases, not sinister plots)

    Hope that helps.

    MikeMontana@Hotmail.com

    PS: Anyone have an Invite for this site that they could throw my way? Thanks!

55. Gene
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 7:03 am

    Michael,
    as you can see by the comments, there’s quite a bit of interest in this space.
    Could you put together a review of other sites in this space?

    The one I’ve used the most is http://www.biblegateway.com/

56. Tim
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 7:09 am

    could i also have an invite? i’ll play by the rules. timwoolsey at gmail dot com

57. Harris Reynolds
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 7:15 am

    I’d like an invite as well… mhreynolds gmail com

58. Jordan
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 7:19 am

    I currently use http://www.blueletterbible.org for reading and searching the Bible online. I’ll be interested to see how this compares.

59. Daniele Levy
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 8:25 am

    Well, that is a book that can benefit from a better index and definitely a large, committed audience. Good idea in a quirky bubble 2.0 kind of way

60. ScottMGS
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 8:53 am

    What about BibleTime and the Sword Project?

61. Huw
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 9:04 am

    Hi

    If anyone has an invite to spare, I’d love one. I have to do research on Bible attitudes all the time, and this would be a godsend (pun unintentional!)

62. James
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 9:11 am

    I have to say this is actually awesome…but why is everything always in beta?

    http://www.animalcameras.com

63. Jason Wendorf
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 9:14 am

    While not very web 2.0 in presentation, the NET translation at http://www.bible.org/netbible/ is a great translation that was put together using web 2.0 principles. From the preface:

    The NET Bible is the first Bible ever to be beta-tested on the Internet. In this beta-testing process all working drafts of the NET Bible were posted on http://www.bible.org for public review and comment. The significance of this is that the NET Bible team, from day one, has been listening to its readers. The purpose of the public review and comment was not to achieve a consensus translation, but to be accountable, to be transparent, and to request that millions of people provide feedback on the faithfulness and clarity of the translation as well as on the translators’ notes.

    Worth checking out, there are over 60,000 translators notes attached to verses, as well as an explanation of the translation methods used to produce the NET.

64. Matthias Heil
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 10:26 am

    Applying for the next free invite
    Webmaster at MatthiasHeil dot de

65. Skeeterbytes
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 11:01 am

    I would love to beta this site if anyone has an invite they’d be willing to share with me.

    You can e-mail it to skbytes at yahoo dot com

    Thanks!

    Bill

66. faithbrowser
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 11:49 am

    Those excited about eBible may also be interested in faithbrowser.com, a set of tools for incorporating the Bible into your browser. Not quite Web 2.0, but we’ve had a lot of positive response so far…

    Best,
    Josh

67. Michael
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 11:51 am

    I would like an invite if any come available.

68. John Koetsier
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 12:28 pm

    Umm, me2! Invite, that is … if anyone has one to spare. john . koetsier @ gmail . com.

69. eetion
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 2:12 pm

    I would also like an invite if anyone would be nice enough to give me one. Thanks in advance!

    eetion AT gmail DOT com

70. Jared Powell
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 2:17 pm

    In my eBay browsing today I came acorss the following ad for an invite.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA.....T&rd=1

    I’d down with a t-shirt if they have plans of giving them out…?

71. Joshua Jarman
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 3:42 pm

    Thanks Michael!

    The email address is jjarman [AT] email [DOT] com

    I’ll make sure the invite gets passed down the list.

    Cheers!

72. Andrew Ferguson
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:38 pm

    I suppose I’ll get in line for a Beta Invite if anyone has one:

    andrew [at] fergcorp [dot] com

73. Jim Gilliam
    

    May 10th, 2006 at 5:51 pm

    where’s the edit button on ebible?

74. Brian
    

    May 11th, 2006 at 8:37 am

    would like an invite if someone has one!
    phoebus AT gmail DOT com

75. Otis
    

    May 11th, 2006 at 8:45 am

    That’s a pretty timely post.
    Have you seen God Does Simpy? Jesus doesn’t, but god does!

76. Brandon
    

    May 11th, 2006 at 9:26 am

    could someone please send me an invite?
    Thank you.

77. Johnny
    

    May 11th, 2006 at 10:40 pm

    I’d love to take a look at this if possible… If there is a kind soul out there, please send me an invite to iloveperl (at) gmail (dot) com. I owe you a debt of gratitude. Thank you.

78. Tim Bednar
    

    May 12th, 2006 at 5:38 am

    FYI: I track the fledgling church web 2.0 space on my blog.

    http://www.e-church.com/Blog.asp?EntryID=55518

    Admittedly, it is a weak niche for web 2.0. Another bible related project that I have high hopes for is Redlettr which seems to mash the Bible up with tagging,

    http://www.desertfather.com/micah/

    Another stand out project is,

    http://www.people2pray.com/

    Which is a social prayer network. And also,

    http://www.crossconnect.com/

    A really nice web 2.0ish church web site is (includes blog and other social networking),

    http://jacobswellchurch.org/

    If you are interested in this space, we have nice community,

    http://www.godbit.com/

    Which supports the church in building better sites. I have been in contact with lots of designers and all I can say is stay tuned.

79. Philipp Keller
    

    May 13th, 2006 at 12:08 am

    Hopefully they’ll have nice urls!
    I once did a bible search just to have nice urls: http://bible.ckoma.net
    Then you can bookmark/tag your bible verses with delicious or rawsugar.
    I’m hoping this service comes with something similar?

80. Sean
    

    May 15th, 2006 at 11:22 am

    Sounds interesting. If anyone has an invite I would be interested in one as well. sean.montgomery at gmail.com

    Thanks in advance.

81. David Mackey
    

    May 16th, 2006 at 6:48 pm

    Do you think it is better than e-Sword (software, not web app.)? Does it integrate Bible.Org articles?

82. Luciano Evaristo Guerche
    

    May 17th, 2006 at 7:46 am

    If anybody has an invitation available, could pass it to me?

    Kindly regards,

    Luciano Evaristo Guerche
    guercheLE at hotmail dot com
    Taboao da Serra, SP, Brazil

83. Aaron Sebesta
    

    May 23rd, 2006 at 5:20 pm

    If anybody still has an invite i’d appreciate it.

    Thanks!

    Gmail account, Aaron.Sebesta

84. till
    

    June 3rd, 2006 at 2:56 am

    How does Karma and the bible go together? Just curious…

85. morgan
    

    February 12th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

    help

86. morgan
    

    February 12th, 2007 at 2:36 pm

    h

87. morgan
    

    February 12th, 2007 at 2:36 pm

    b