Religious Fervor: The Development of an Open Source Religious Document
12 Pages Posted: 12 Oct 2006
Date Written: March 13, 2006
Abstract
According to Robles (2004), the basic elements of open-source software include users being treated as co-developers, early releases, frequent integration, several versions, high modularization and dynamic decision making structure. Another product that neatly fits these definitions is the development of religious texts. I present the development of the sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity as a model of the open-source development of religious texts. I review three competing hypotheses for the development of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament) and compare their features to identifying attributes of open-source collaboration.
Keywords: open source, bible, authorship
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