There were a handful of audio recordings of the bible. It was produced either for the visually impaired or for the unchurched. Then, famous performers began to get into the act. Most recently, The Bible Experience brought updated production values and A-list actors to a new generation of listeners.
It got me thinking…. what would the Bible sound like read by… well… regular people. Like you and me. What would we read? What translations would we choose? What langauges would we read in?
And so, the Bootleg Bible was born.
Basically, this is a broad attempt at a kind of performative ethnography, the exact details and outlines of which will follow shortly.
So, in the words of the text itself: Stay tuned.
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