Internet Bible Catalog - new forum threads

New Contributions

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:03:53 +0000

As I'm new to this biblewiki, I'd like to introduce myself to the forum: My name is Simon Birnbaum from near Karlsruhe, Germany. Since 1984 I collect Bibles in German, English, Hebrew and Greek. In 2008 I decided to put my collection in form of an archive into the Internet (www.bibelarchiv-birnbaum.de and, lately as a successor, www.bibelpedia.com). So I'm sharing quite the same passion as biblewiki does - just in some other form and with different accents.
As my father presented to me an English New Testament already when I was a child, I got acquainted with this sort of literature from my early years on and later started collecting Bibles (also) in English.
Earlier today I filled in the templates for two new entries: The 1870 copy of Henry Alford's NT and Fr. Lazarus' Holy Psalter from the Septuagint (1966). As I've never done this before, I hope the template-entries work. Scans of the these first two entries I've e-mailed to the webmaster.
As I could read, there's at least another contributor from Germany - I'd appreciate to get some more infos from him! Thanks & blessings! Simon

1816 small testament (old & new)

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:16:56 +0000

I was trying to find out information on a Bible I have. It is a pocket size new and old testament dated 1816. It says "American Bible Society Instituted In The Year 1816 New York". I was curious about if it is rare or was there a lot published in 1816? I was wondering if it was common back then to print the old and new testament pocket size?

Dana

Concordances.

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:37:34 +0000

Hello call, I just joined this site as I really enjoy collecting old Bibles. But I have noticed that there are no listings for older Concordances. I own a few, including a 1635 copy of Clement Cotton's concordance which is, according to greatsite anyway, the first KJV concordance. I know these aren't as collectable but do you all think there should be a section at least for the older ones (Cotton's, Strong's, Cruden's, etc.)? I ask this because when doing research on the cotton's, I've found virtually no information, so maybe it would be nice to compile what info there is out there and maybe dig to find some more.

What's New Page

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:03:51 +0000

I love the What's New page! I can see it is extra work, but it is a big help and much appreciated!

D&M Reprint by Maurizio Martino

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:52:17 +0000

A note should be put in to the DM Reprint section that states that the DM reprint is not likely to be found. With only 55 copies in existence, you are unlikely to find it.

how to add a new item

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:54:16 +0000

Hello wiki-master and senoir members,

as I was not really successful with my first try, I'm asking for help here in the forum. Maybe I am not the only one to need advice, and maybe there is someone who can easily write up a small recipe here for newbees.

Apparently, the Bible Catalog has some logic and structure. Therefor it would be most helpful to have instructions or even rules, in which sequence to proceed such that any additional page appears in its most suitable location and is also registered in all lists.

Thanks!
Michael

The CrossWire Bible Society and The SWORD Project

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:21:51 +0000

The CrossWire Bible Society is an organization with the purpose to sponsor and provide a place for engineers and others to come and collaborate on free, open-source projects aimed at furthering the Kingdom of our God. We are also a resource pool to other Bible societies and Christian organizations that can't afford, or don't feel it's their place, to maintain a quality programming staff in house. We provide them with a number of tools that assist them with reaching their domain with Christ.

CrossWire is a non-income organization, which means that not only do we offer our services for free, but we also do not solicit donations to exist. We exist because we, as a community come together and offer our services and time freely.

For more information, please visit http://crosswire.org/.

A word about valuation

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:41:53 +0000

I have seen some descriptions posting a dollar value for a particular edition. I think this is a fine idea. However I don't think using Ebay prices is useful at all. There are too many situations whereby an Ebay price may not reflect the actual price paid. Ebay sellers also may not be qualified to identify a book, or even describe it properly. It is for that reason, that I believe only reputable auction house prices should be quoted for value. This is a well documented type of price for which records are maintained. Otherwise, people may as well just stick in whatever price they feel something is worth, as ABE, Ebay or other internet sources are just not verifiable except for a short duration, and maybe not even then. Thoughts?

Links to electronic and hard copies?

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:01:25 +0000

In my directorydirectory of online Bible translations I link to any known electronic copies or references to hardcopy facsimiles and reprints, I suggest this would also enhance The Internet Bible Catalog. For instance a rare translation like William Whiston's Primitive NT may be downloadeddownloaded for free as a facsimile in PDF as a part of the Microsoft Live Book Search.

Printer friendly pages

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:28:31 +0000

When pages are printed now, about 1/3 of the left hand side of each page is wasted and the title page pictures are mostly illegible except for the largest type. Could a page be designed to fill up laterally, and make the images larger? Thanks!

Site Organization question

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:22:32 +0000

How should Bible Version entries be arranged? Several possibilities include:

1) Alphabetical based on either the version name of translator name. Advantage - easy to find a given entry. Disadvantage - does not reveal any structure.

2) Topical based on general criteria. For example a section on Complete Bibles versus portions versus New Testaments. Or topics based on who created the version (original languages, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, other)

3) Chronological - listed by date.

What do you think?