Bug: Popular Patristics Series uses Septuagint Psalm Numbering
So in Basil's On the Human Condition, we read this.
For I reasoned in this way: how is the human great, that perishable living being subjected to a thousand passions, enduring a swarm of innumerable evils from birth to old age, concerning whom it has been said, “Lord, what is the human being, that you are made known to him?” [Ps 143:3]
Harrison, N. V., Sr. (2005). Preface. In J. Behr & A. Casiday (Eds.), N. V. Harrison (Trans.), On the Human Condition (p. 49). Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press.
This links to 143:3.
For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing my life to the ground,
making me sit in darkness like those long dead.
NRSV Psalm 143:3
But it really should link to 143:3.
O LORD, what are human beings that you regard them,
or mortals that you think of them?
NRSV Psalm 144:3
I believe this happens because the Popular Patristics series is following the Septuagint/Vulgate numbering pattern (no surprise since it is published by St Vladimir's Seminary) while the NRSV follows the Masoretic numbering of the Psalms. I would expect that Logos would recognize that it is moving from one numbering system to another and would adjust accordingly. Though I haven't checked, I would imagine that this would effect all products published by St Vlad's.
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The Fathers of the Church volumes I have seen use the Vulgate/LXX Psalm numbering as well. With the various bible types in Logos, they can tag it that way. I hope they do so.
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Ken McGuire said:
The Fathers of the Church volumes I have seen use the Vulgate/LXX Psalm numbering as well. With the various bible types in Logos, they can tag it that way. I hope they do so.
You mean the new CUA set? I hope they do too!
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Nick Steffen said:
I believe this happens because the Popular Patristics series is following the Septuagint/Vulgate numbering pattern (no surprise since it is published by St Vladimir's Seminary) while the NRSV follows the Masoretic numbering of the Psalms.
Interesting observation Nick.
I'm thinking the reference to the Septuagint is because the author (Basil) was referencing the Greek version of the Psalms. Common in the diaspora. That said, I suspect he may have been in meditation of both Psalms in the absence of the numbering system developed long after his time. Maybe?
I can see your rationale. However, in the context of reading the Psalms in their alternate numbering I can also envisage the author referencing the thought flowing from what we now identify as two separately numbered Psalms.
What do you think?
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Several years ago Logos had 80+ verse mappings and I know they've added more. This should be a simple mapping error. Logos tries to get it right but ....
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I'm positive it's an error. Since L4 we shouldn't have to do any manual/mental conversion of scripture references. I did some extensive testing since it was one of my major complaints in L3. It's one of the features that works so well we forget it's doing it.
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Good to know, MJ. When I checked the CUA Fathers of the Church Augustine Confessions volume, I discovered that it did indeed handle this shift correctly (the text uses a Vulgate reference, but Logos intelligently -- and invisibly -- showed the correct Biblical text). So I was relatively certain that it can be done, but I don't know how common the mistake is.
Thanks!
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I've created a case for this.
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