Some people have asked about the progress of the book with the working title of "LDS Study Bible" (which actually just covers the NT), so I finally got around to making an inquiry with the project manager. The work had ground to a halt for about a year or 18 months for commercial reasons (the original publisher no longer exists), and the book is now planned to come out in two parts: I = introduction, Matthew - Acts; and II = the epistles, Revelation and appendices. Part I is due out in December or January and I think I'm allowed to say now that the publisher is Covenant (possibly under one of their imprints called Cornerstone Books), and Part II will come out some time in 2003 -- probably the summer of 2003.
Like Mormonism 201, which I've told most of you about, this book is also being written by committee over the Internet, but this one will also be printed on paper (probably trade paperback, but I'm not sure). I'd better get moving. My assignment is I and II Corinthians and Romans. I've finished my draft of I Corinthians, have 4/13 of II Corinthians done, several of the appendices (on the Greek nature of the NT and an introduction to Jacobean English), and I haven't even begun Romans yet. I can't say yet who the other authors are yet because some of them are still negotiating (that is, we're still trying to recruit one or two of them), but one I think I can mention is John Tvedtnes, of FARMS, who has the assignment to cover the Johannine materials (Gospel of John, the epistles of John), and co-author Revelation with another person. If you want to see what it sort of looks like, I've put my draft of I Corinthians 13 on the web in MS Word format; you can download it at http://www.geocities.com/marcschindler1/ICOR13.doc (note that it's the letter I then COR then the number 13). This draft doesn't show the actual layout. In the final book, a chapter, or portion of a chapter will be given, and then these notes will be added. Because they're more extensive than footnotes (and have a different purpose than most of the footnotes in the official LDS Bible, which are meant to cross-reference scriptures thematically) the notes will be in a block on the page, or in a split-page format. -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." --Michelangelo Buonarroti Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
