[sword-devel] LXX versification ?

[David Haslam]

Forwarding to sword-devel to elicit potential responses from the wider community.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 09:30, David Haslam <[dfhdfh at protonmail.com](mailto:On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 09:30, David Haslam <<a href=)> wrote:

> Who can explain why the SWORD [versification](https://wiki.crosswire.org/Alternate_Versification) LXX includes I Enoch ?
>
> - It's not even mentioned as part of the LXX in the [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint)!
> - The [Book of Enoch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch) is part of the Ethiopian canon.
>
> Admittedly, the [Lexham English Septuagint](https://lexhampress.com/product/188040/the-lexham-english-septuagint-2nd-ed) does list I Enoch as one of the books.
>
> - Does anyone have further details?
>
> Could it be a mistake that I Enoch was ever included in LXX from SWORD 1.7.2 onwards?
>
> - If the answer is "yes", then please can this be rectified asap.
> - It seems an unwanted burden to have an large empty book in the various LXX modules that we host & support.
> - Then, once that's done, all the LXX modules built using Versification=LXX would need to be rebuilt and updated by CrossWire, as well as by eBible.org and STEP Bible.
>
> NB. As yet, there's no versification for the Ethiopian canon.
>
> - As and when we are sent (or made aware of) a TextSource for such a Bible, it might be better to develop a proper versification called Ethiopian to cater for this requirement.
> - Then, for any subsequent Bible module that might include the Book of Enoch, it would have it's needed support.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
>
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