[sword-devel] expanding the Sword canon

[Chris Little]

As I'm sure many of you know, Sword is currently limited to the 66 book
canon of the Protestant Bible.  That leaves us unable to handle other
important canons and the Apocrypha.  I would propose expanding our
"canon" to 88 books that cover every book used in Protestant, Catholic,
& Orthodox churches and it all original language texts (BHS, GNT, LXX, &
Vulgate).  I think our current canon should comprise the first 66 books
in any case, but we may want to set up a mechanism by which books can be
re-ordered so that, for example, the Catholic deuterocanon can be placed
between the OT & NT.  Ultimately, we should probably use whatever is
chosen by OSIS for their canon, but I would like to propose a list (the
same as I will propose for OSIS) in case anyone has feelings that
more/fewer books should be included....

Additional books from the Catholic deuterocanon:
Tob		Tobit
Jdt		Judith
WisSol	Wisdom of Solomon
Sir		Sirach/Ecclesiasticus
Bar		Baruch/1 Baruch
1Mac		1 Maccabees
2Mac		2 Maccabees

Additional books from the LXX:
1Esdr		1 Esdras/3 Ezra/Esdras A
2Esdr		2 Esdras/4 Ezra/Esdras B
3Mac		3 Maccabees
4Mac		4 Maccabees
Odes		Odes of Solomon
PssSol	Psalms of Solomon
PrMan		Prayer of Manasses
LetJer	Letter of Jeremiah

Additional book from the Vulgate:
EpLao		Epistle to the Laodiceans

Additional books from the Orthodox canon:
1En		1 Enoch/Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch
Jub		Jubilees

Additional books from the Apocrypha (additions to canonical books named
separately in Protestant printings): 
AddEsth	Additions to Esther
PrAzar	Prayer of Azariah/Song of the Three Children
Sus		Susanna
Bel		Bel and the Dragon