Spent some time checking out ebible.com this morning. This looks to be one more reason for me to get a mobile phone with WiFi. Among ebible’s features, one stands out to me as particularly intriguing – the user’s ability to tag or “book mark” a verse. In other words, anyone with an account can can add a tag (like “peace” “hope” or “thundercats”) to a verse. While I’m sure this is monitored, it would be interesting to know what criteria deem a tag acceptable.
Tagging the bible,while on one hand a very clever tool, could get rather complicated. Following are some questions for consideration … and possibly discussion?
- Does ebible leave interpretation up to the user?
- If so, is that a good thing? Why or why not?
- Should there be a person of authority discerning the tags?
- If so, who should that person be? What biases are helpful/unhelpful?
While I have a few reservations (including thoughts on advertising goods/services alongside the Bible) they are just that – few. I’m personally pretty stoked about this – especially some of the tools.
I installed the ebible FF search bar with one easy cliick. There’s a search bar available for IE too, but why would anyone want to use that browser?