Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-10-01 Thread SonWon
​Thank you for the links. I now see several sources for downloading and reading online. This begs the question, why isn't this available in Sword?​ On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 4:01 PM, David Haslam wrote: > I just found this information about the copyright. > "Scripture

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-10-01 Thread Peter von Kaehne
Copyright law and our attitude to it. We tend obey it. Others don't. Also, interest. You are the first who asked for it. If it is important to you you can now of course explore how you could obtain permissions. And then hou could submit a module. So if a text is in copyright and no one was

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-10-01 Thread Peter von Kaehne
On Thu, 2015-10-01 at 21:32 +0200, SonWon wrote: > What is the process to obtain permission to add to the Sword library? > Are there any forms to fill out by the copyright holder? It is up to the copyright holder who will tell us what they want. Some sent us a letter, some want a licence

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-10-01 Thread SonWon
Thanks Peter. What is the process to obtain permission to add to the Sword library? Are there any forms to fill out by the copyright holder? John On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Peter von Kaehne wrote: > Copyright law and our attitude to it. We tend obey it. Others don't. >

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-10-01 Thread SonWon
Thank you for the honesty. Now I need ti evaluate if I have the time to commit and if this is something that would please God. On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Peter von Kaehne wrote: > On Thu, 2015-10-01 at 21:32 +0200, SonWon wrote: > > What is the process to obtain permission

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-10-01 Thread Matěj Cepl
On 2015-10-01, 20:44 GMT, Peter von Kaehne wrote: > FWIW, I am not interested in the text, so you would have to do > the whole work - from obtaining the licence in CrossWire's > name to producing a text and a conf file ready for import. I found it easy for the copyright owners to talk about

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-09-30 Thread David Haslam
I just found this information about the copyright. "Scripture quotations marked Lamsa are from the Holy Bible From Ancient Eastern Manuscripts, George M. Lamsa, Copyright © 1933, 1939, 1940, 1957 A. J. Holman Company." See http://www.topical-bible-studies.org/other.htm This page may be of

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-09-29 Thread Michael H
There used to be digital versions available at http://peshitta.org . I'm not sure, but I think Lamsa's version is the source of the English in the interlinear you can see there. My copy of Lamsa's Bible is at work, but I could verify some verses once I'm back at my office. On Tue, Sep 29, 2015

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-09-29 Thread SonWon
I was guided to here, http://www.biblesupport.com/e-sword-downloads/file/2584-lamsant-holy-bible-from-the-ancient-eastern-texts-aramaic-of-the-peshittabblxexe/ so it appears maybe the copyright has expired? On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:36 PM, Michael H wrote: > There used to be

[sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-09-29 Thread SonWon
Hi Everyone, I am looking for a copy of the Lamsa Bible to use with my studies. "Lamsa produced his own translation of the Bible in the form of The Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts, which is commonly called the Lamsa Bible.[5]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lamsa Can anyone

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-09-29 Thread Greg Hellings
Is that even out from copyright yet? --Greg On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 2:59 PM, SonWon wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I am looking for a copy of the Lamsa Bible to use with my studies. > > "Lamsa produced his own translation of the Bible in the form of The Holy > Bible from Ancient

Re: [sword-devel] Lamsa Bible

2015-09-29 Thread SonWon
hmm, 1933, I guess not now that you ask the question. Guess I'll need a paper copy. :( On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Greg Hellings wrote: > Is that even out from copyright yet? > > --Greg > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 2:59 PM, SonWon wrote: > >