On 08/27/2012 04:53 AM, Chris Little wrote: > I've updated the list of OSIS abbreviations at http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/OSIS_Book_Abbreviations
Thanks for that list. > Some things that are strictly excluded: > - The Ethiopic broader canon. (Identified here: > These books, though considered canonical are not considered biblical, by > which I mean they aren't part of Bibles printed in this tradition. PsJos is the only book you list, that is not dedicated to church governance. I'm not sure where PsJos comes in, since most lists omit it, and some of the papers I've read on the topic have claimed that they found no evidence that anybody outside of Europe ever claimed it was canonical. Regardless, as best as I've been able to tell, The books on church governance are part of the Broader Canon. A work that hasn't been printed in any language, since 1900, and probably much earlier than that. > without some input from someone in the community (meaning the Bible Society of Ethiopia, probably). It only publishes the _Narrower Canon_, which, whilst problematic for most Biblical Software, is at least reasonable defined. The 1986 _Haile Selassie Edition of the Bible_, is the current definitive edition in Amharic. > the Ascension of Isaiah I'd have to double check, but I think it is included within one of the books that are part of the Narrow Canon COE81. > Acts of Paul & Thecla That was tossed out of the canon before the end of the first millennium. What confuses people, is that Thecla remained a popular apostle for several centuries after she was demoted by the Catholic church. That popularity "encouraged" jonathon _______________________________________________ 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
