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273,578 Free NET Bible Downloads and Counting

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Earlier today I happened to check one of the administrative pages for the NET Bible website and added up the downloads for all the various free versions of the NET Bible available from the bible.org website: the HTML version, the Word doc version, e-Sword version, etc. I was surprised and pleased to note that in just under two years 273,578 free copies of the NET Bible in various forms have been downloaded.

NET Bible Interview for Midlands Bible College, UK

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I have just completed an interview on the NET Bible with Andy Cheung of Midlands Bible College, UK. They have posted the interview online at http://www.midbible.ac.uk/content/view/124/.

The NET Bible off and running

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After returning from Philadelphia it was not long until a formal proposal was ready for the new translation (which at this time had the working title The Internet Study Bible – the name NET Bible came along a number of months later), with the NT books of 1, 2, 3 John (with the full set of notes) done on my Mac PowerBook 165c as a proof of concept. This proposal was accepted by the sponsor in January 1996 and we were off and running.

Early origins of the NET Bible

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I was in Philly in November 1995 for the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, a professional society I have belonged to for just about my entire teaching career. It was cold and windy but without rain or snow, and I was just on my way from the convention center across the street to grab a cheesesteak sandwich for lunch at the 12th Street Deli. I was crossing the street in one direction and met Hampton and his friend crossing the street toward me. In the middle of the

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