On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 01:14:29AM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 01:06:20AM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > > Again, this is not "all the scholarly Bible Research there is" -- > > this is "All the Public Domain scholarly Bible Reserach there is."
Hoorah! The Oxford Text of the Revised Standard Version is available as PDF, HTML, and Text online: http://www.anova.org/sev/ (The Koran will be up there "in a while" -- too) including the all important "commentaries". This is what makes it the most useful for scholarly research because you'll be talking about the same stuff. It is still a copyrighted work; and is totally not DFSG-free, but it could be automatically downloaded by a Debian package like the Microsoft Fonts were. This could be the basis for a really fantastic Free software package that just downloads the data manually. Here is the bits about using what it is and how you can use it: [begin] The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) was chosen for this site due to its scholarly and ecumenical approach along with its accuracy, readability, and clarity. The list of xcellent Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant scholars who worked on the NRSV translation makes this translation by far the most robust and apt for scholarly biblical studies in the 21st century. The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The New Revised Standard Version Bible may be quoted and/or reprinted up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without express written permission of the publisher, provided the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Bible or account for fifty percent (50%) of the total work in which they are quoted. All introductory content is found in the New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. Ed. Michael D. Coogan. 3rd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001). All text is used by permission from Oxford University Press. The New Revised Standard Version is copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and its text is used by permission. [end] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
