Abram K-J Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I would love it if Accordance were able to produce modules of John William Wevers's Notes on the Greek Text Of... series that covers each of the books of the Pentateuch. Publisher's page is here. I don't believe these are currently available electronically anywhere, in any format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 The Septuaginta-Unternehmen made searchable PDFs available a few weeks ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 I noticed those--was thrilled to see them. I thought those were the text histories, though. Are there the Notes, as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Just checked the site--no Notes on the Greek Text, though, James, if you know where any free/legal pdfs of those are, I'd love to hear about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Yes, I don't see the notes. I've mentioned these resources several times—along with a gamut of other LXX resources (and even creating several databases). There has been little interest. Perhaps if more people chime in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 I hate to say, "Another Bible software program seems to have just licensed this resource," but the fact that all 5 Notes on the Greek Text volumes have been publicly announced as in preparation elsewhere... makes me want to at least re-open this thread and see if other users would be interested in asking Accordance to pursue developing such resources? (Personally I'd rather have it here.) Suffice it to say: Wevers + Accordance would = sweet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Pyles Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 It must have taken a lot of restraint not to say Wevers + Accordance would = (better than) Swete! I, too, would love to see this in Accordance! Bring on the LXX resources! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Well, at least we know there are three of us interested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I would be too. But I don’t count for much - except here! I am worth 25% at the moment! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Burgess Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Count me in... I would love to see these in Accordance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Pyles Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Did Ken's worth here just drop to 20%? And would he reckon that a good thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Yes it did, and I am gutted! Gutted! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Burgess Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I hereby take back my support, so that Ken will feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Thanks for thinking of my feeling Matthew - but I’d rather have your support, I must decrease so our access to Weaver may increase. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilT Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Count me in guys. You have just fallen again Ken. Hope you don't mind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I'm getting used to it Phil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 (edited) Sounds good; but can you delineate the excellencies of this? Anything sour? And I am wondering what would be the cost of such a thing. I would like to have it. Edited November 19, 2014 by Enoch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 I've only used it here and there (though have gone in-depth with a couple of passages), but it has seemed really helpful across the board. If memory serves, Wevers was particular that these were "Notes" (and not a commentary proper) compiled as a result of his work in editing the Göttingen Septuagint critical editions for the Pentateuch. There's nothing like it, really--Brill has started its own Septuagint commentary series, and there is a volume on Genesis. But Wevers covers the whole Pentateuch, and often makes mention of the Hebrew, yet treats the Greek in its own right. Not sure I can think of any drawbacks--it may leave some detailed analysis left to be desired, but these are "Notes," so it's understandable. Maybe someone else can weigh in. In print I've rarely seen even a used hardback edition for less than $50; $35 or so for paperback, per volume. The pre-pub version elsewhere is under $150. Not sure how Accordance would price it, but $200 or under would be worth it, I would think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Λύχνις Δαν Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Hi Abram, I actually had the same question. Are these basically text critical notes, or grammatical notes or simply a variety of observations on the text of things that appear to have struck him as he was studying it ? These sound interesting but I'm not sure how much use I would make of them. Thx D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 I don't have my hard copy of Deuteronomy with me now to confirm, but I think his Text Histories (available free here) are more the text-critical side of things, and recall that matters of grammar and other textual observations are more the focus in the Notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Here's a sample page from Genesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Λύχνις Δαν Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Hmmm..... thanx for that Abram. It seems they could be interesting to have. Thx D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Even with its increasing popularity, there is still a surprising lack of good electronic resources like this available in the field of Septuagint studies. Though there's a lot more available electronically now than there was 10 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Well... another Bible software (one of the ones re: which Accordance is offering the generous Switcher discount) just cancelled their preparation of this resource. That may or may not have anything to do with Accordance, licensing, etc. But it is to say that if Accordance were to decide to pursue this now, they'd be the only software platform offering this important Septuagint studies resource. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Bennett Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Well... another Bible software (one of the ones re: which Accordance is offering the generous Switcher discount) just cancelled their preparation of this resource. That may or may not have anything to do with Accordance, licensing, etc. But it is to say that if Accordance were to decide to pursue this now, they'd be the only software platform offering this important Septuagint studies resource. We've looked into these, and SBL Press does not have a viable e-text for these resources, so they would need to be OCR'd. As you can guess, this would be very time-consuming and expensive, and we are not interested in undertaking it at this time. Thanks for the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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