Online Critical Pseudepigrapha News

OCP now compatible with IE 8

2009-03-21T15:17:00.001-04:00

The OCP site has been upgraded for compatibility with Internet Explorer 8, thanks to Laurie Perrin.

Testament of Job updated

2009-02-20T10:12:00.001-05:00

Ian W. Scott has released the "the absolutely final corrected" version 1.14 of the Testament of Job.

Online Critical Pseudepigrapha changing hosts

2009-02-20T10:08:00.001-05:00

Following Ken M. Penner's move to St. Francis Xavier University, the Online Critical Pseudepigrapha has also changed hosts. The change should be transparent to users who are using the Permanent URL, http://purl.org/net/ocp as soon as the PURL database is updated. Those who had bookmarked the acadiau.ca site are advised to update their bookmarks.

Testament of Job updated

2008-04-02T13:15:00.002-04:00

Ian W. Scott has issued an update to the OCP's Testament of Job, correcting several typos in the transcription of Brock's edition.

New server for the OCP

2008-02-06T08:54:00.000-05:00

The Online Critical Pseudepigrapha is now being hosted on a new server, with new capabilities. Watch for improvements in the next months as we implement exciting changes to the user interface!

Ken

Changes to TJob

2007-08-14T11:56:00.000-04:00

Danny Zacharias passed on the following notes for TJob, from Rex Koivisto.

t.job 25:9, the two consecutive Job's both have graves in Kraft.
27:2,5 — Job should also have grave in Kraft's reading.
30:3 Kraft reading πιστευομεν ὅτι is missing acute over upsilon
30:7 ὑπάρχοντά , Kraft's text only has an acute on the final alpha (not sure about the others though)

Revisions to 2 Baruch title page

2007-08-14T08:28:00.001-04:00

David Miller made minor revisions to the 2 Baruch title page.

The text of the History of the Rechabites has now been proofread.

2007-05-01T15:27:00.000-04:00

The text of the History of the Rechabites has now been proofread.

2Bar title page

2007-03-30T14:47:00.001-04:00

A new title page for 2 Baruch has been submitted to the review board.

Abbreviations, contributors, Mois

2007-03-26T10:54:00.000-04:00

The abbreviations page and contributors page has been updated.

A final update of the Mois title page has been sent to the review board. (Notice the link at the bottom of the bibliography to a pre-formed search on the BiBIL database!)

The Vision of Ezra

2007-03-23T15:38:00.000-04:00

The editors of The Online Critical Pseudepigrapha are pleased to announce the publication of a new document, the Vision of Ezra. Although its provenance is uncertain, this Latin text is closely related to 4 Ezra (2 Esdras) and other Ezra pseudepigrapha. This new edition, edited by Ian W. Scott and David M. Miller, reproduces the text of manuscript Vat. Barberini lat. 2318. This manuscript, first published in 1984 by P.-M. Bogaert, is the fullest form of the document to survive. Since this manuscript was not available during the preparation of Charlesworth's Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, it contains material which is not included in the standard English translation by J. R. Mueller and G. A. Robbins. If Bogaert is correct, though, this manuscript represents the oldest extant form of the Vision of Ezra. This OCP edition of the Latin text is published without critical apparatus, but including the emendations suggested by Bogaert.

Revised Cleodemus Malchus

2006-05-30T10:09:00.000-04:00

Ian Scott has completed the proofreading of the Cleodemus Malchus fragment (www.purl.org/net/ocp/ClMal.html) and has added an expanded introductory page for the text.

Updated 2 Baruch

2006-05-30T10:05:00.000-04:00

Ian Scott has completed revisions to the Greek fragments of 2 (Syriac) Baruch (www.purl.org/net/ocp/2Bar.html). These revisions include a newly expanded introductory page, as well as a new layout of the Greek fragments which shows more clearly how the lines appear on the recto and verso of P.Oxy. 403.

Updated Aristobulus

2006-05-25T14:22:00.000-04:00

Ian Scott has just completed an updated version of Aristobulus (www.purl.org/net/ocp/Aristob.html). This update includes an expanded introductory page with full bibliographic information for the published sources of the Aristobulus fragments. The Grammateus reader interface has also been upgraded to allow the poetic quotations in the Artapanus fragments to be displayed in proper versified form.

The OCP moves to PURL

2006-05-17T13:34:00.000-04:00

The OCP site is now accessible through the permanent address www.purl.org/net/ocp. This is a PURL or Persistent URL which will remain active indefinitely. The actual OCP files are stored on servers elsewhere. Presently these are located at The University of Western Ontario, but this summer they will be moving to the servers of Acadia Divinity College. With the PURL address in place, however, users can access the OCP files through one permanent URL despite these sorts of moves from one institution to another. All published references to the OCP documents should cite the new PURL address, not the actual location of the files (visible in your browser's navigation bar). This will allow future readers to access the cited files, even if unforseen circumstances force another move to different servers.

New Apocryphon of Ezekiel Published

2006-05-17T13:30:00.000-04:00

A new, more complete edition of the Apocryphon of Ezekiel, edited by Ian Scott, has now been published to the OCP site.

Artapanus now fully proofread

2005-12-23T15:50:00.000-05:00

The surviving fragments of Artapanus have now been proofread, and in the process one correction has been made to Holladay's 1983 printed text.

Two more texts now fully proofread

2005-12-06T14:56:00.000-05:00

Two more texts on the OCP site have now been fully proofread and may be treated as reliable: 2 Baruch (the Greek fragments) and the surviving fragment of Eldad and Modad. More proofreading will be completed soon.

More texts published

2005-11-17T15:02:00.000-05:00

Five more texts have been published this week in preliminary editions. These provide one text-type in Greek without textual variants. Of these, only the text of Theodotus has been proofread so far. The new texts include:

The Apocryphon of Ezekiel
3 (Greek Apocalypse of) Baruch
Philo the Epic Poet
Testament of Solomon
Theodotus

Upgrades to the Grammateus user interface

2005-11-05T14:21:00.000-05:00

An upgraded user interface has recently been posted on the OCP site. The interface now allows users to select specific chapter/verse ranges for viewing. Users can also now produce a printer-friendly version of text displayed in the main reading window. Where texts have a critical apparatus, users now click on the main-text to view variants (instead of simply mousing over the text). This last change will help the interface to be more stable in general and will also allow users to retain variants in the apparatus window while they perform mouse operations elsewhere on the screen.

Texts Updated

2005-11-05T14:17:00.000-05:00

After a brief hiatus, work on the Online Critical Pseudepigrapha continues. Three texts have now been fully proofread and may be treated as reliable: Testament of Abraham (recensions A and B), Aristeas the Exegete, and Aristobulus. In addition, the text of Aristobulus has been expanded to include all of the fragments included in Holladay's edition but absent in the earlier edition of Denis. Look for updated versions of more texts soon.

Paraleipomena Ieremiou published

2005-02-25T11:12:00.000-05:00

Ken Penner has completed an OCP edition of 4 Baruch or Paraleipomena Ieremiou based on the electronic text provided by Craig A. Evans. The text is that of R. A. Kraft and A.-E. Purintun (eds.), Paraleipomena Jeremiou (TT 1; PS 1; Missoula: Scholars Press, 1972) , and is re-published as part of the OCP by permission of the Society of Biblical Literature.

Work progressing on 1 Enoch and Testament of Job

2005-02-23T14:04:00.000-05:00

Work is progressing on a full critical apparatus for two of the OCP documents. All three manuscripts are now available for Testament of Job up to chapter 15, along with the eclectic texts of Kraft and Brock. All of the Greek, Latin, and Aramaic evidence for 1 Enoch is now complete up to chapter 8.

Upgrades to the Grammateus user-interface

2005-02-23T12:34:00.000-05:00

Ken Penner and Ian Scott have now completed upgrades to the Grammateus user-interface for the OCP. These upgrades allow us to display multiple languages properly within a single critical apparatus. Users can also switch back and forth in the main-text view between manuscripts in different languages. To see this new functionality at work, see the OCP edition of 1 Enoch (In progress).

More preliminary texts published

2005-02-23T12:28:00.000-05:00

Ken Penner has completed preliminary editions of several more documents, based on electronic texts provided by Craig A. Evans. The new texts include:

Aristobulus
Artapanus
Cleodemus Malchus
Eldad and Modad
Eupolemus
Jubilees
The Lives of the Prophets
3 Maccabees
4 Maccabees
Psalms of Solomon
Pseudo-Eupolemus
The Sibylline Oracles

Greek manuscripts of 1 Enoch completed

2005-01-19T12:06:00.000-05:00

January 2005

Ken Penner has completed the encoding of the Greek witnesses to 1 Enoch, which are now available in a critical apparatus. This apparatus also includes, at present, the first column of 4Q201 (Aramaic) and two Latin witnesses.

Preliminary publication of the Testament of Adam

2005-01-19T12:02:00.000-05:00

January 2005

Ken Penner has completed a preliminary publication of the Testament of Adam, based on the Greek text encoded by Craig A. Evans.

Preliminary publication of The History of the Rechabites

2005-01-06T11:19:00.000-05:00

January 2005

David Miller has completed a preliminary publication of The History of the Rechabites based on the Greek text edited by James H. Charlesworth and encoded by Craig A. Evans.

Preliminary publications of The Letter of Aristeas and The Life of Adam and Eve

2004-12-27T11:16:00.000-05:00

December 2004

David Miller has completed preliminary publications of The Letter of Aristeas and The Life of Adam and Eve, based on the Greek texts encoded by Craig A. Evans.

Preliminary publication of Testament of Abraham

2004-10-04T11:15:00.000-04:00

October 2004

David Miller has completed a preliminary publication of Testament of Abraham, based on the Greek text encoded by Craig A. Evans.

Preliminary publication of 1 Enoch

2004-09-29T11:14:00.000-04:00

September 2004

Ken Penner has completed a preliminary publication of 1 Enoch, based on the Greek text digital by Craig A. Evans.

The OCP is now underway

2004-09-25T00:00:00.000-04:00

September 2004

Thanks to a generous research grant from King's University College, the OCP is now underway. Much of the summer was spent in preparation of the user interface and tagging scheme. Craig A. Evans has provided digital base-texts for several documents, which are being converted to Unicode and tagged in XML format by David Miller and Ken Penner. The project directors have begun work on a full edition of the Testament of Job.