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NASHVILLE (BP)–Newsweek magazine featured recently the invention of a digital Bible called Glo (pronounced “glow”), which includes “HD video, photographs, maps, reading plans, 360-degree virtual tours and a unique zoomable interface for fast, easy, visual navigation on PC computers.”
“Designed for people who prefer to read while they’re watching TV and texting and downloading music, GLO is to the Bible what SimCity is to the comic book: an interactive scriptural immersion experience,” Newsweek said.
For instance, when reading Exodus 25 about the building of the tabernacle, the user can click on an image of the structure and see it from various angles, and even go inside to see the Ark of the Covenant.
Glo was developed by a Brazilian evangelical Christian and a Taiwanese businessman who was ordained at Fuller Theological Seminary in California. The goal, they said, is to change the way people interact with Scripture.
Newsweek noted that during the Reformation, Scripture moved from the hands of the few to the hands of the many, thanks in part to the technology of the printing press and also to the efforts of the Reformers to translate the Bible into the languages of the world.
The developers hope the digital Bible will introduce the content to a new generation of people who don’t read books. Glo is available at amazon.com.