Anyway... I found an example. It looks like the answer is that if it is a whole bible, it gets called Old or New testament, but if it is just a book of the bible, like just Genesis, then it does not get called Old or New Testament. Which still seems odd to me... So the way the RDA powerpoint slide quoted bellow says "Multiple biases!" means that the JSC is afraid that Christians will claim a Jewish bias if we designate a Hebrew or Jewish version of the bible. Rachel
From a random flier on RDA examples (www.rda-jsc.org/docs/RDA-Examples-MDLA-May2011-rev.doc): "4.a. Testament RDA record: 130 0# $a Bible. $p Old Testament. 130 0# $a Bible. $p New Testament. AACR2: 130 0# $a Bible. $p O.T. 130 0# $a Bible. $p N.T. When the authorized access point is for a book or group of books of the Bible, omit the name of the testament. 4.b. Book or group of books RDA: 130 0# $a Bible. $p Genesis. 130 0# $a Bible. $p Gospels. AACR2: 130 0# $a Bible. $p O.T. $p Genesis. 130 0# $a Bible. $p N.T. $p Gospels." Quoted from an RDA Powerpoint (www.rda-jsc.org/docs/rda-ajl-20090707.pdf): "The Hebrew Bible is still named as a part of the Christian Bible, i.e., “Bible. Old Testament” -JSC rejected a proposed alternative instruction to use “Hebrew Bible” -Concern about consistency within a single shared authority file -Recognition of the complexity of the various canons of the Bible Names of books and parts of the Bible are to be taken from the Authorized Version [6.23.2.9.2] -Christian -Protestant -English -Anglican -Multiple biases! Analysis of the Biblical texts -In FRBR terms, what are the fundamental works? -Are the “testaments”fundamental works or are they aggregates? -Is the Christian Old Testament the same work as the Hebrew Bible? Naming conventions for individual books of the Bible -Is there a need for a consistent name for each book, regardless of the context? -Does that name need to be structured hierarchically, e.g., Bible. Genesis vs. Genesis (Biblical text)"
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