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Segmenting [the Bible into chapters and verses] may have been a boon for checking references, but it was otherwise a disaster. It encouraged proof-texting, obscured the integrity of narratives, and dismembered cohesive discourses under the control of inspired authors into fragments manipulated by uninspired readers.
Mark Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
Segmenting [the Bible into chapters and verses] may have been a boon for checking references, but it was otherwise a disaster. It encouraged proof-texting, obscured the integrity of narratives, and dismembered cohesive discourses under the control of inspired authors into fragments manipulated by uninspired readers.
Mark Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
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