Glo Bible for digital-age Christians

The multimedia makeover of the Old and New Testament has more than 600 works of religious art, such as Michelangelo's Creation of Adam Photograph: The Gallery Collection/Corbis

Glo features illustrations of key sites such as the Mount of Olives, which appears in both books of the Bible and is important to Christians and Jews Photograph: Historical Picture Archive/Corbis

Glo users are given virtual tours of sites in Jerusalem as they are in modern times and as they may have appeared thousands of years ago. This image shows the Wailing Wall/Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock mosque Photograph: Michele Falzone/JAI/Corbis

More than 20 people worked full-time to compile information, shoot footage and develop the technology for Glo. This illustration shows Daniel in the Lions' Den Photograph: Blue Lantern Studio/Corbis

Old City, Jerusalem, Israel. The Golden Gate on the eastern side of the Temple Mount was formerly a gate of the Jerusalem city walls. It is also known as the Gate of Mercy (Bab el-Rahma), and Jewish tradition holds that the Messiah will enter the city through this gate. The gate was walled up in the 7th century Photograph: Hanan Isachar/ Hanan Isachar/Corbis

'Instead of just reading the Bible, you see it, feel it, you get it,' says the perky trailer for the Glo Bible, whose digital image archive includes Rembrandt's Storm on the Sea of Galilee Photograph: Barney Burstein/ Burstein Collection/Corbis

Israel in Egypt from the painting by Sir Edward J Poynter. The Glo Bible exhorts Christians to 'dive into the world of the Bible' because it’s 'kinda cool' Photograph: Classic Image / Alamy

'Glo is always there, it tracks what you’ve read and watched and what’s next on your reading plan,' the advert says, ominously. This image shows Gustav Dore's Pentecost Photograph: Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy

The Destruction of Jerusalem in AD70. Engraving by Louis Haghe after a painting by David Roberts Photograph: Stapleton Collection/Corbis

Al-Khasneh, or the Treasury, in ancient Petra. Glo has 2,382 high-resolution photos, 7,500 articles, 463 virtual tours and 3.5 hours of high-definition video Photograph: Frank De Luyck/Getty Images/Gallo Images

Night at Golgotha 1869. 'It’s not about mimicking paper, it’s about offering an experience,' says Glo's creator, Nelson Saba Photograph: The London Art Archive / Alamy