I am in the process of moving the commentary posts on Open Source Theology to a separate site: www.opensourcetheology.net/bible. Hopefully this will add a bit of structure and order to things - and reinforce the point that an emerging theology needs to be thoroughly biblical. It will take a little while to get it working properly, but you should be able to login with your OST username and password and post comments there, should you so wish.
I am not sure whether to make this commentary fully 'open source' and allow others to contribute posts (rather than just comment on what I have posted). I like the idea of an open source commentary on scripture in principle but my fear is that it will become rather inconsistent and incoherent. Perhaps a set of hermeneutical guidelines would help. I am also considering having two distinct types of post: technical exegetical commentary, on the one hand, and more personal or practical reflections on the passage, on the other.
Of course, it may be that there is no real interest out there in contributing to something like this, in which case I will probably just work on it as a personal project. In any case, your feedback would be most welcome.
Re: An open source commentary on scripture?
Hey Andrew,
I like the idea of a seperate subdomain. And agree that the risk of an incoherent commentary is almost certain if opened up…however…what’s the point and what’s the end-goal?
Keep personal and (semi-)scholarly commentary seperate and perhaps add some writing style guidelines along with hermeneutical ones.
Just my thoughts… — www.mars-hill.co.nz
Re: An open source commentary on scripture?
“Keep personal and (semi-)scholarly commentary seperate and perhaps add some writing style guidelines along with hermeneutical ones.”
Do you mean keep them separate from the new commentary subdomain or separate from each other in the main domain?
My reason for asking is that one of the things that I think has great potential, even if not often realised, is the mix of types and levels of dialogue. If we can embrace the differences of language and ideom, there is an interesting mutual enrichment. At least, I find it so.
In terms of the subdomain… I think Andrew is being pretty brave as a writer to have his process so publicly developed. Or, perhaps, it will work as a sort of teaser marketing campaign. Those who follow the commentary will be itching for the next book when it comes!
Hey, here’s another one… what if there were a separate section for Andrew and Peter’s discussions, with the rest of us cheering them both on. I find their ways of responding to each other enormously helpful.
Re: An open source commentary on scripture?
Hi Chris,
I meant putting them on one (sub)domain but asking contributors to make their intentions clear. Hopefully this will sharpen the writer’s thoughts aswell as make the resulting site more user-friendly.
Cheers, Craig — www.mars-hill.co.nz | www.indietravelpodcast.com