[sword-devel] Douai Version & Apocrypha
Michael Paul Johnson
sword-devel@crosswire.org
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:58:18 -0700
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At 01:42 PM 12/18/99 +0000, Rev. Chevalier Alan J Munday wrote:
>As many of you probably know, the (Roman Catholic) Douai Version has a
>different
>arrangement of verse numbers. This is showing up badly in Sword when
>comparing versions.
...
This is something that we need to do better. It would be really cool if we
could establish "parallel" equivalents to display such different
translations correctly.
>In relation to RC versions generally. I notice that the
>Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books are not yet available in Sword. It
>would be handy to have them sometime, perhaps in the NAB version if
>possible, although I believe there may already be text for the KJV/AV
>around which could be used.
KJV GBF text with the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books is at
http://ebible.org/bible/kjv/kjvgbf.zip for free use.
> Although many Protestant Christians do
>not accept the canonicity of the Apocrypha of course, it does at least
>provide useful background to the Bible and also for that matter, the
>Jewish faith. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians of
>course have no problems, but would be served well if Sword catered for
>them as well.
I'll leave such arguments alone, but I will comment that I once heard the
prominent evangelical pastor, teacher, and president of Dallas Theological
Seminary, Rev. Chuck Swindoll, quoting something from the Apocrypha,
because it provided useful background for the Bible study he was
presenting. If such a prominent and trusted Protestant theologian found it
useful, then I really don't think it should bother any of us to allow the
search and display of these books. They can always be excluded from
searches when a narrower search is desired with a simple check box.
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Michael Paul Johnson
mpj@eBible.org http://ebible.org/mpj
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At 01:42 PM 12/18/99 +0000, Rev. Chevalier Alan J Munday wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>As many of you probably know, the (Roman
Catholic) Douai Version has a different<br>
arrangement of verse numbers. This is showing up badly in Sword
when<br>
comparing versions.</blockquote>...<br>
<br>
This is something that we need to do better. It would be really cool if
we could establish "parallel" equivalents to display such
different translations correctly.<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>In relation to RC versions generally. I
notice that the<br>
Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books are not yet available in Sword.
It<br>
would be handy to have them sometime, perhaps in the NAB version if<br>
possible, although I believe there may already be text for the
KJV/AV<br>
around which could be used.</blockquote><br>
KJV GBF text with the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books is at
<a href="http://ebible.org/bible/kjv/kjvgbf.zip" eudora="autourl">http://ebible.org/bible/kjv/kjvgbf.zip</a>
for free use.<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite> Although many Protestant Christians do<br>
not accept the canonicity of the Apocrypha of course, it does at least<br>
provide useful background to the Bible and also for that matter, the<br>
Jewish faith. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians of<br>
course have no problems, but would be served well if Sword catered for<br>
them as well.</blockquote><br>
I'll leave such arguments alone, but I will comment that I once heard the prominent evangelical pastor, teacher, and president of Dallas Theological Seminary, Rev. Chuck Swindoll, quoting something from the Apocrypha, because it provided useful background for the Bible study he was presenting. If such a prominent and trusted Protestant theologian found it useful, then I really don't think it should bother any of us to allow the search and display of these books. They can always be excluded from searches when a narrower search is desired with a simple check box.<br>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
<div>Michael Paul Johnson </div>
<div>mpj@eBible.org <a href="http://ebible.org/mpj" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://ebible.org/mpj</a></div>
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