Mac,
I suspect you have chosen the form intended by the RDA folks, but the form
has no rationale. The problem here is the two rules (18A1 and 18A)
contradict each other and therefore do not allow a decision to be reached
on the basis of the rules. If RDA is intended to be international, this
should be fixed. There also needs to be a consideration of canons other
than those of the western Church(es).
I do not understand why you bring in the rule about apocryphal books since
they are not considered part of the Bible, except perhaps by groups such
as the Jesus Seminar, whose inclusion of the Gospel of Thomas in their
Five Gospels might be considered as an attempt either to expand or to
demolish the notion of "Biblical canon."
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Laurence S. Creider
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New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
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On Mon, 9 May 2011, J. McRee Elrod wrote:
Jay Shorten asked:
Bible. Tobit
or
Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit?
Nobody has actually answered Jay's question.
My conclusion is the second example above.
"Bible. Tobit" would be more in keeping with the treatment of other
Biblical books.
But as I read 6.23.2.6 (in the last text I saw), one would enter
directly under the name of the book, with the Aprocypha as a whole
inconsistently entered under Bible. Apocrypha, as opposed to
Aprocrypha.
6.23.2.6 --> Overview
Apocryphal Books
Choose the title comonly found in sources in the language preferred by
the agency creating the data as the preferred title for an apocryphal
book (i.e., one included neither in the Catholic canon nor in the
Protestant Apocrypha).
BUT that contradicts 6.23.2.9.4 which says to further divide by the
name of the book, and has the example:
Bible. Aprocrapha. Esdras, 1st.
The inversion and "1st" has me scratching my head.
So Jay's question remains. With two rules in direct conflict, what
does one do?
I guess I would interpret 6.23.2.6 as telling me how to select the
name for use in futher subdivison, as opposed to entry form, and go
with:
Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit. as I said above.
