Old Britannica Pre-Pub

I bidded on the old Britannica Pre-Pub when it was on CP for $100:

https://www.logos.com/product/33266/encyclopedia-britannica

It seems to be almost funded, which means it looks promising it'll finally be produced.

My question is, how complete are the articles in it? I know it's an old work, but if the articles are in-depth, it'll still be heavily useful for me.

I need something more in-depth than the Noet edition of Britannica I have now, but the articles I need to look up are general information that wouldn't need to be updated (so I wouldn't need a Britannica Premium subscription). If the articles are pretty in-depth in there, that would be great.

Thanks!

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Jonathan Bradley

I'm curious about this as well.

Justin Gatlin

It is available for free online since it is in the public domain, so you can scan some articles if you want. I am still going to buy it in Logos for it to be searchable, if it ever becomes available. Wikipedia

It couldn't possibly disappoint me more than the Noet edition.

Nathan Parker

Thanks for the link. The articles look good enough where I'd get some solid use out of it.

I may download the TXT files and index them with Nota Bene while I wait for this to be produced.

ReformedDoc

It seems like it is fairly detailed by looking at all the volumes and what it covers.

Nathan Parker

It seems like it is fairly detailed by looking at all the volumes and what it covers.

It does. I went ahead and downloaded all the TXT files and indexed them with Nota Bene so I have a searchable copy of it. Seems I could use this and not need a Britannica subscription since most of what I'd look up is established stuff that doesn't necessarily need to be current.

All-in-all, looks like a great encyclopedia.

Jack Caviness

It is available for free online

While doing research on a project, I needed information on Phylacteries, so I consulted both the online edition and the Logos edition. Here are the results

Britannica Logos: According to rabbinic regulations, one of the phylacteries is worn on the left arm facing the heart and the other on the forehead at the morning service (except on the Sabbath and festivals) and at the afternoon service on the Ninth of Av.

Britannica Online: According to rabbinic regulations, one of the phylacteries is worn on the arm (the left arm if one is right-handed, the right arm if one is left-handed) facing the heart and the other on the forehead at the morning service (except on the Sabbath and festivals) and at the afternoon service on the Ninth of Av. “Phylactery,” Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/phylactery, accessed 08/12/2023.

The online edition has the notation that it was Last Updated: Jul 19, 2023

millershidt

Thanks for this interesting solution!

Dale E Heath

Here's a $65 set.

https://www.logos.com/product/259569/encyclopaedia-britannica-11th-edition

Justin Gatlin

It is available for free online

While doing research on a project, I needed information on Phylacteries, so I consulted both the online edition and the Logos edition. Here are the results

Britannica Logos: According to rabbinic regulations, one of the phylacteries is worn on the left arm facing the heart and the other on the forehead at the morning service (except on the Sabbath and festivals) and at the afternoon service on the Ninth of Av.

Britannica Online: According to rabbinic regulations, one of the phylacteries is worn on the arm (the left arm if one is right-handed, the right arm if one is left-handed) facing the heart and the other on the forehead at the morning service (except on the Sabbath and festivals) and at the afternoon service on the Ninth of Av. “Phylactery,” Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/phylactery, accessed 08/12/2023.

I missed this reply for a long time, but for the sake of future readers, the version that Jack quoted is from the Noet edition of Brittanica, which is already in Logos. The version that is in PrePub is the 11th edition. Its article on pylacteries is:

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PHYLACTERY (4 u)aicriipcov), a Greek word meaning "guard" (sc. against misfortune), i.e. an amulet. It is applied in the New Testament to the tefillin or "prayer-thongs" worn by orthodox Jews daily at morning-prayer (whether at home or in the synagogue). The title employed in Hebrew, tefillin, seems really to be derived from an Aramaic term meaning "attachments," "ornaments"; it corresponds to the Biblical Hebrew word rendered "frontlets" (totafoth). The tefillin or phylacteries are worn, one on the left arm (the "hand-tefilla"), and the other on the head (the "head-tefilla"). In each case the leather thongs support a small satchel which is fastened to the arm and the forehead respectively, and contains certain passages of the Law written (in Hebrew) on parchment, viz. Exod. xiii. i-io amd 1 i-16; Deut. vi. 4-9 and xi. 13-21. The custom of wearing phylacteries seems to have been derived in the first instance from the Pharisees. By the Sadducees and the generality of the people in the time of Christ it seems not to have been practised. Later it became - not without protest - one of the badges of orthodox Judaism. It is significant that the custom is entirely unknown to the Samaritan community.

The phylacteries, together with the "fringe" (tsitsith) and door-post symbol (mezuza) - which latter consists of a piece of parchment, containing the Hebrew text of Deut. vi. 4-9 and xi. 13-21 enclosed in a glass or metal tube, and fixed upon the right hand post of the door of each dwelling-room in a house - form the three sets of visible signs by which the Israelite is constantly reminded of his duty to God (cf. Num. xv. 39-4 0; Deut. vi. q; xi. 20). The "fringe" (or "tassels") was originally attached to the common outer garment - a large square wrap - the loose end of which hung over the left shoulder. This garment with tassels is mentioned in the New Testament (cf. Matt. ix. 20; xiv. 36; xxiii. 5 and parallels). Among modern Jews it has survived in two forms: (r) the fringed praying shawl called talith worn by every male orthodox Jew at the synagogue morning service; and (2) an under-garment, shaped like a chest-protector, one part covering the chest, the other the back, which is worn continuously by male orthodox Jews. It is called Arba Kanfoth (i.e. " Four Corners," Deut. xxii. 12) or "little Talith," and is, of course, "fringed." Both phylactery and mezuza were supposed to keep off hurtful demons (Targ. on Cant. viii. 3) .

See Surenhusius, Mischna, i. 9 seq.; and Bodenschatz, Kirch. Vc f. d. heutigen Juden, iv. 9 seq. (W. R. S.; G. H. Bo.)

You can see it here and pre-order here, although it is nowhere close to production. If they ever drop the prepub, I will upload a personal book.