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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 8:43 am
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edited to add more historical references and clean up links
I don't know whether to say that (helping convey that it is not just another book) is the reason it's a downside. Chapters and verses make for easy referencing. People considered the Bible the Word of God even back when it didn't use chapters and verses (the earlier versions, before the 13th century).
Wikipedia WROTE:
The Bible is a compilation of many shorter books written at different times by a variety of authors, and later assembled into the biblical canon. All but the shortest of these books have been divided into chapters, generally a page or so in length, since the early 13th century. Since the mid-16th century, each chapter has been further divided into "verses" of a few short lines or sentences. [...]
Also, the Gutenberg Bible: (picture) this is 15th century
4. [...] Gutenberg originally used red ink to print title headings, or rubrics, before each of the books of the Bible. When this process proved too time consuming, he abandoned it in favor of simply leaving a blank space in the margins. Professional scribes later added unique title and chapter headings by hand, and many owners also hired artists to add lavish illustrations and written characters into their copies. http://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-gutenberg-bible
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