[xiphos-users] Pericope

[Guy Desautels]

Quote, "I would describe this module as acceptable for routine reading,"
Thanks for the update.

On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM Karl Kleinpaste <karl at kleinpaste.org> wrote:

> On 5/22/25 8:29 PM, Guy Desautels wrote:
>
> Downloaded engNET2016eb ; it has the pericope.
>
>
> I took a fresh look at this module. It's Second Edition content, though
> the module version reflects eBible's module generation habits and currently
> calls itself 35.24. The content is basically OK, but be aware that it has a
> few problems.
>
> - It has Strong's numbers, but the markup is bad now and then. It looks
> like all OT refs to "LORD" are broken. For example, Jeremiah.8.4 renders
> poorly:
> « The Lord said|strong="H0559" to me, »
> This comes from some broken OSIS source:
> « The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said|strong="H0559" <w
> lemma="strong:H0413">to me</w> »
> Somebody's convert-to-OSIS script has a bug.
>
> - Its configuration file claims it has footnotes, but no footnotes are
> actually present. To me, the singular, defining, top-tier feature of NET is
> the footnotes because they provide a running commentary from the
> translators' minds about how and why they chose their manner of
> translation. These include text critical notes, translators' notes, and
> study notes, plus map references, and collectively they're a vast
> repository of understanding for how this translation came about.
>
> Errrr... actually, I'm partly wrong about there being no footnotes. Some
> extra analysis just showed me that there are 30 verses in the whole module
> that have footnotes. Half of them are in Isaiah 43, and the rest are
> "[[EMPTY]]" references for the 16 NT verses no longer found in any modern
> translation because textual criticism has determined that they were never
> found in the original autographs, being mostly assimilations to related
> verses elsewhere, esp. in gospels e.g. Matt.17.21 → Mark.9.29.
>
> Isaiah 43:13-15,17-19,21-24,26-28; Matthew 17:21; 18:11; 23:14; Mark 7:16;
> 9:44,46; 11:26; 15:28; Luke 17:36; 23:17; John 5:4; Acts 8:37; 15:34; 24:7;
> 28:29; Romans 16:24; 2Corinthians 13:14.
>
> - Every single chapter contains some blank introductory material. Now,
> each book's chap.1 has at least the book title as intro material, but I
> find it odd that every chapter shows this, which I see because I play some
> CSS games in ~/.config/xiphos/default-style.css just for the purpose of
> visibly exploiting some of the weirder markup I see in modules.
>
> I would describe this module as acceptable for routine reading, but for
> serious study -- to have the good features -- you will do much better if
> you get the First Ed. modules from the bible.org standard repo.
>
> On that note...
>
> On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM oldschoolcowboy <
> oldschoolcowboy at protonmail.com> wrote:
>
> she responded and said they were dropping the requirement; she put the key in the email and said this should work; let me know if it does not; and the key was right there in the email; i tried it and it worked;
>
>
> That being the case, folks might as well know that the key for both
> original NET First Ed. modules, NET + NETnotes, is "8064xdok7473VGUe".
> Given Second Ed.'s existence, with a free, key-less Second Ed. module
> being distributed, it seems sure they no longer care about First Ed. as
> evidenced by their willingness to give the key away. And that's fine.
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