Cool projects skreutzer! I was going to check out your Vimeo but I think it's broken?
The freiebibel project sounds interesting. Offene bibel was really nice! 100% agree!
I'm going to return there and try to read it properly, later.
I totally support that kind of effort.
If you mean to say that there is something wrong about copyrighting the bible, I agree.
Just to assure you that no copyright crime is being committed: by Swedish law, anybody can request a copy of official state documentation. The Bible is proposition
SOU 2000:100, as per
http://www.jure.se/ns/default.asp?ur....asp?tuid=6338
If I was in Stockholm I'd consider popping by the national library and request a copy. However, I am in London at the moment.
in general; fine, for a physical book they may need to charge something as there is effort involved in producing the book and selling it. But an electronic copy - why? No. The Bibel 2000 translators got paid a salary while they worked on the project. Nobody is owed anything.
I think it's unbiblical to restrict access to the Bible.
So did Luther, so I am not going to apologise for this viewpoint. Just like Luther, I also believe the bible should be available in people's local language and not so ancient grammar/spelling/vocabulary that people struggle to understand the text.
Of course, an open source translation is better than my current approach BUT I don't know Ancient Greek or Hebrew! I am not trained in theology... So what can I do?
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Originally Posted by skreutzer
you have to wait for 70 years after the death of the authors
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In the case of the Bible, the last authors to contribute died in the first century
and they sacificed their lives to spread the message.
I don't plan to be part of standing in the way for that effort.
[-sorry I had to....]
Actually there is a project in Sweden which you might want to be aware of?
There are some scholars working on a full modernization of the Karl XII version because it was based on Textus Receptus - they reject the later manuscripts. It's called Reformationsbibeln. http://www.bibel.se/bibeln/
They are providing it for free and they did all the New Testament + the books of Moses. It's available to download for free from the site, as PDF.
They seem really nice and enthusiastic.
The Swedish 1917 bible and the Karl XII bible are obviously without copyright, so they ought to be added to these online libraries, I'll submit them later. But like I said, it's a pain in the neck for a normal modern person to read read them. The grammar sounds like German, lol... too complicated!
As for the page at the front of the book, that's in case somebody borrows my personal copy that I am making
so they have a professional experience.
Also, if I am putting in all this effort I might as well do a proper job!
Status of my project:
I discovered that there were some errors (about 100 sentences missing at various places in the online version) so I had to manually copy them from another bible version and modernise the grammar. It took quite a long time.
Now I am ready to do the final polishes and merging as all the text is in place!