Bible.me App

Next.js Bible reader with chapter routes and optional chapter audio.

Verse of the Day

• Homepage includes a Verse of the Day card in the header area.
• Rotation is deterministic and UTC-based: day-of-year modulo 20 curated verses.
• Card includes an Another verse button that cycles through the curated set client-side.
• Verse references deep-link to chapter verse anchors in this format:
  • /books/[bookSlug]/[chapter]#verse-[verseNumber]
• Source selection and lookup helper: src/lib/verse-of-day.ts

Story experience

• Story landing page: /story
• Story detail page: /story/[slug]
• Story manifest entrypoint: src/lib/story-data.ts
• Story content registry: src/content/story/index.ts
• Story content files: src/content/story/*.ts
• Story artwork assets: public/story-media/<slug>/*
• Shared story assets: public/story-media/_shared/*

Initial story set includes 9 curated stories with summary text, rich blocks (image/video/text/quote/scripture), and links to relevant source passages.

Bible Tree experience

• Tree page: /tree
• Tree dataset: data/en/bible-tree/persons.json
• First-mention index: data/en/bible-tree/mentions.json
• Tree loader types/helpers: src/lib/bible-tree/*

Tree nodes include a chapter link to the first mention in bible.me and a click modal that fetches Wikipedia summary data when available.

Data sources

• Bible text: data/en/bible-txt
• Audio files: data/en/audio
• Hebrew source: data/he/bible-txt/torahTeamimDB.json
• Hebrew generated outputs: data/he/bible-txt/index.json and data/he/bible-txt/books/*.he.json
• Hebrew audio files: data/he/audio
• Hebrew audio generated output: data/he/audio/index.json
• Audio source attribution: https://www.open.bible/bibles/english-hosanna-audio-nt

Scripts

• npm run dev runs the app in development mode.
• npm run audio:build scans data/en/audio and generates data/en/audio/index.json.
• npm run hebrew:build converts Torah Hebrew data into normalized files for chapter lookup.
• npm run hebrew-audio:build scans data/he/audio and generates data/he/audio/index.json.
• npm run tree:import imports person genealogy data from vyaron/bible-tree into local JSON.
• npm run tree:mentions precomputes first-mention chapter links for tree nodes.
• npm run build runs prebuild (audio + Hebrew text + Hebrew audio generation) and then builds Next.js.
• npm run start starts the production server.

Audio routing

Chapter audio streams from:

• /api/audio/[book]/[chapter]

Examples:

• /api/audio/MAT/1
• /api/audio/MRK/16

If audio is missing for a chapter, the chapter page still renders and shows an unavailable state.

Original Hebrew audio streams from:

• /api/audio/he/[book]/[chapter]

Examples:

• /api/audio/he/MAT/1
• /api/audio/he/MRK/16

Hebrew verses

• Chapter pages include an Original Hebrew Verse link.
• Torah books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) can render Hebrew verse text when available.
• Non-Torah books show a graceful unavailable message.

If Hebrew chapter audio exists for the current route, chapter pages also show a second player titled Original hebrew audio.