Chris, good work. Can I recommend names of the Greek form, such as the following:
Esias Jeremias Osee Obdias Michaeas Naum Ambacum Sophonias Aggaeus Since they are associated with the LXX and appear Anglicized in English versions. ~A On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 7:53 AM, DM Smith <dmsm...@crosswire.org> wrote: > Thanks for the heads up. I'll update JSword accordingly. Let me know if you > think I should wait a bit for greater stability. I'm guessing that the > Paratext abbreviations are reasonable abbreviations for user input? > > Regarding the possibility of objections of inclusion: To me an osisID is of > value if it might be in a SWORD module that conforms to BCV addressing. To > SWORD and JSword it is just a normalized name that has robust lookup. Until > it is part of a canon*.h (or JSword's equivalent) it is not of much use to a > front-end. > > In His Service, > DM > > On Aug 27, 2012, at 12:53 AM, Chris Little <chris...@crosswire.org> wrote: > >> I've updated the list of OSIS abbreviations at >> http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/OSIS_Book_Abbreviations >> >> These aren't strictly SBL abbreviations, so they aren't strictly OSIS >> identifiers, but those abbreviations that aren't official are >> SBL-abbreviation-inspired as much as possible within the parameters of legal >> Sword book identifiers. I'm planning to add all of the books on this list to >> Sword as our pool of Bible books, so please identify any books you would >> recommend adding or removing. >> >> The basic criteria for inclusion are: >> - appearance in any modern Bible accepted by any Christian church >> - appearance in any critical or scholarly edition of the Bible >> - appearance in biblical manuscripts or editions of historical >> significance >> - appearance in Paratext's book code set, plus those books recommended >> for inclusion by Neil Rees in the document linked from the >> wiki but minus those intended for private use (XXA-XXG) or used >> to identify non-biblical material (front matter, concordances, >> etc.) >> >> In addition, since a significant portion of the apostolic fathers have been >> included in Bibles, I added all the apostolic fathers books to the list. >> (Five have to be included based on the above criteria. Another 14 have to be >> included to complete the set.) Including the full set of apostolic fathers >> in our Bible books pool will permit us to issue 'Bibles' consisting of just >> the apostolic fathers, as OLB & BibleWorks do. And we could conceivably >> start making references to the apostolic fathers as we currently do to the >> Bible and do apostolic fathers interlinears, etc. That said, I'm certainly >> will to hear objections to inclusion of the full set of apostolic fathers >> within our book pool. >> >> >> Some things that are strictly excluded: >> - The Ethiopic broader canon. (Identified here: >> http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Talk:OSIS_Book_Abbreviations#Ethiopic_Broader_Canon) >> These books, though considered canonical are not considered biblical, by >> which I mean they aren't part of Bibles printed in this tradition. So they >> aren't Bible books by the above criteria. I'm not completely averse to >> adding them, but sources I could find on the broader canon weren't in >> sufficient agreement for me feel comfortable assigning identifiers without >> some input from someone in the community (meaning the Bible Society of >> Ethiopia, probably). >> - Pseudepigapha and Apocrypha that do not meet the above criteria >> - Books mentioned in lists of canonical books or stichometric catalogs that >> don't meet the above criteria >> >> >> Some books I'm still somewhat uncertain about are listed on the Talk page: >> http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Talk:OSIS_Book_Abbreviations#Books_of_questionable_canonicity.2Fbiblicality >> >> In particular, there are claims that the Ascension of Isaiah and the Acts of >> Paul & Thecla belong to the Ethiopic & Armenian Orthodox biblical >> traditions, respectively. But I can find no concrete evidence of this. If >> you have reliable information on either of these, please speak up. >> >> >> --Chris >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
