Greg Hellings wrote: > On 8/15/06, DM Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> For example, The Message Bible that I have does not have verse numbers >> at all. I seem to recall seeing a Message Bible with verse numbers. If >> we were ever to get The Message Bible (which I'd love) I think that we'd >> want the verses to be stored and searchable individually but have the >> verse numbers optionally displayed. >> > > I've certainly never seen this phenomenon - it seems like a concept > completely contrary to Peterson's reason behind making The Message. > If I understood his translation principles correctly, he doesn't have > any concept of verses in his translation. Certainly some other editor > may have put them in, but I don't believe that it's a display issue. > There are many contexts in which identifying a passage with verse numbers is very useful. When I see quotes of the Message in other works they provide verse numbers. (See Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life)
NavPress, the publisher of The Message, sells one with verse numbers. http://www.navpress.com/Store/Product/1576838382.html The verse numbers are in the margin and not in the text and many are a small range. Hopefully, Peterson created them. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
