Paratexts and the Hermeneutics of Digital Bibles

Abstract

I note that in early 2016, youversion.com was reporting just over 1,200 Bible versions in nearly 900 languages, suggesting that in just over two years, around 500 Bible versions and more than 200 languages have been added.https://www.youversion.com/[accessed 14 Jan 2016].3 "Inspired Mobility Survey Results" (AT&T), 4, accessed October 10, 2018; online: https://about. att.com/content/dam/snrdocs/Inspired_Mobility_Research_Report.pdf.4 "Inspired Mobility Survey Results," 5. 5 Much of my work on paratexts and digital Bibles originated in a blog musing I wrote in 2013 and was developed into seminar presentations in 2015 (see: Joshua L. Mann, "Print vs. Digital: The Effect of Pagination on Interpretation," Joshua L Mann (blog), March 21, 2013, https://josh. do/print-vs-digital-the-effect-of-pagination-on-interpretation/).Some of the material has been published in an article exploring the hermeneutical effects of a mobile liturgical app (Joshua L. Mann, "Mobile Liturgy: Reflections on the Church of England's Suite of Digital Apps," Online -Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet 12 [2017]: 42-59); see also, Joshua L. Mann, "How

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