A year ago David Plotz at Slate magazine began blogging the bible.

He is done, having gone through the 39 books of the Hebrew Bible (part of the Christian OT) and is working on a book.

That’s it! After 39 books, 929 chapters, more than 600,000 words—and just over a year—I’ve finally finished reading the Hebrew Bible. I’ve been wondering if I should end with some grand, flourishing conclusion—a shocking revelation of my personal beliefs or incredibly impressive chin-scratching about the meaning of the Book in the age of the Web—but then I thought: Nah! While I’ve been blogging the Bible, I have tried not to take myself too seriously and not to pretend more insight than I actually have. I just wanted to read the book and write about what it’s like to read it. No essays, no philosophy, no experts. So, I’m glad to have Blogging the Bible end as it began, with a lot of the book, and very little of me.

That said, this is only a temporary stop. I’m writing a book based on Blogging the Bible—distilling it to its best parts and adding lots of new material. That will be published next year. And I’m also searching for a wry Christian writer who can blog the New Testament for Slate.