I am pleased with the success of Verbum in seminaries -- a good way to build a financial base. However, I am not pleased that more hasn't been done to give Verbum a Catholic flavor. The small things are still overwhelming evangelical in terminology and perspective. We have been told for several years, "yea, yes, we agree, it's coming" .... and what we have seen is zip, nada, nothing.
Here are some things, not for the seminarian, that would help give a Catholic flavor - just the top few to nudge you along and to remind you it's not always the big things:
Note a few of these e.g. the Catholic Book of Lists could likely be crowd sourced in this forum.
Orthodox Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."
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This is good stuff MJ.
I will try to find some things that might be added to the list.
Thanks,
KSC
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MJ. Smith:8. Okay, this is a biggy but the alignment of the Vulgate to the Hebrew/LXX/Greek NT as appropriate
Nice list.
But I'm not sure what you mean by alignment. Rick ran the latin against the hebrew (OT), and greek (duo/NT), to include BWS and even latin roots. Granted, the inline display doesn't include sense, without the bottom ribbon.
From threads last week, it would be nice if they'd aligned latin to the LXX as you mention, instead of just hebrew. As much as Jerome tried to use hebrew, the latin fathers were often working off the greek.
The elements that I would most like to see are the ones that I think would be most often used, which are 3 and 4.
Have you pre-ordered A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament yet?
DMB:But I'm not sure what you mean by alignment. Rick ran the latin against the hebrew (OT), and greek (duo/NT), to include BWS and even latin roots. Granted, the inline display doesn't include sense, without the bottom ribbon.
Thanks for making me clarify -- I was thinking along the lines of Tov rather than an interlinear. I would have liked to include the Peshitta to complete the project but I had to allow for some realism.
This is a great list, MJ, not just as punctual items, but also as examples of the types of projects that the Verbum team should be constantly pushing for! Thanks for putting this together!
It is a great list. Thanks, MJ.
Nice list! I would also love to have an interactive rosary tool.
That's a good list, MJ. I'd particularly appreciate 4-6 and 9.