Original agenda items are in black. Discussion of these items is in green.
Barbara Aland, General Editor of the ECM, "Novum Testamentum Graecum Editio Critica Maior: Presentation of the First Part: The Letter of James"
Bart D. Ehrman, "Novum Testamentum Graece Editio Critica Maior: An Evaluation"
D. C. Parker, "A Critique of the Novum Testamentum Graecum Editio Critica Maior"
Peter H. Davids, "Novum Testamentum Graecum Editio Critica Maior: A Non-Specialist's Perspective"
William L. Petersen, "Some Remarks on the First Volume (The Epistle of James) of the Novum Testamentum Graecum Editio Critica Maior"
Klaus Wachtel, Co-Editor of the ECM, "Response to Four Reviews of the James Volume of the Editio Critica Maior"
Raymond F. Person, The Kings-Isaiah and Kings-Jeremiah Recensions (Hermann-Josef Stipp, reviewer)
Timothy H. Lim, Holy Scripture in the Qumran Commentaries and Pauline Letters (R. Glenn Wooden, reviewer)
Johann Cook, The Septuagint of Proverbs: Jewish and/or Hellenistic Proverbs? Concerning the Hellenistic Colouring of LXX Proverbs (Claude Cox, reviewer)
Kathryn L. Beam and Traianos Gagos, eds., The Evolution of the English Bible: From Papyri to King James (CD-ROM) (D. C. Parker, reviewer)
David Noel Freedman, general editor; Astrid B. Beck, managing editor; Bruce E. Zuckerman and Marilyn J. Lundberg, associate editors; James A. Sanders, publication editor; Bruce E. Zuckerman, Kenneth A. Zuckerman, Marilyn J. Lundberg, and Garth I. Moller, photographers, The Leningrad Codex: A Facsimile Edition (James R. Adair, Jr., reviewer)
J. Lust, E. Eynikel, and K. Hauspie, with the collaboration of G. Chamberlain, A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint, pts. 1-2 (Bernard A. Taylor, reviewer)
Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, Klaus Wachtel, Gerd Mink, eds., Novum Testamentum Graecum Editio Critica Maior, vol. IV, installment 1: James (J. K. Elliott, reviewer)
$2950 to improve the Web site and develop E-Canon, a system that uses hyperlinks to display the biblical text in a variety of versions
Some discussion with David Lull, Director of Bible Translation and Utilization section of the (U.S.) National Council of Churches, indicated the possibility that we might be able to use either the RSV or the NRSV as the standard English version in the E-Canon. The Board suggested that the RSV would be preferable to the NRSV for two reasons: (1) more literal translation; (2) probably easier to get permission to use.
The need to translate variant texts, which are not found in any standard English version, was discussed. This problem cannot be addressed in the first phase of the E-Canon, so authors will have to provide their own translations within the text of the article. Future versions of the E-Canon might provide the original language texts of variants, if not translation.
advantages of sponsorship, with associated financial support:
The advantages of some sort of sponsorship were acknowledged by everyone present, and discussion ensued about the pros and cons of sponsorship by institutions of higher education and/or businesses (e.g., publishers). Nothing specific was agreed upon, other than the legitimacy of pursuing the issue.
disadvantages?
None were noted.
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We discussed this matter is some detail and arrived at several conclusions.
- The consensus was that we need to distinguish between responses to articles (including review articles) and responses to simple book reviews. TC should publish appropriate responses to articles in TC itself, but the tc-list is the proper venue for responses to book reviews. However, it is possible to link the discussions of a book on the tc-list back to the original review in TC, and we will do that. Of course, articles that might arise partially in response to comments in a review are permissible, provided that they go through the regular review process.
- It was suggested that it might be useful to have an official TC statement on the review process, including guidelines for potential reviewers. One issue that several editors were interested in was how reviewers are assigned to do specific books.
- It might be helpful on occasion to have one or more TC editors look at a review before it is published.
I asked Board members to let me know of potential articles for TC, particularly among papers presented at the annual meeting. A couple of people have responded already, and I await other recommendations.
It was noted that more articles relating to the New Testament than to the Hebrew Bible appear in TC, and it was suggested that since the two Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible seminars this year dealt with the two big Hebrew Bible projects, it might be useful to solicit articles describing the two projects and comparing one with the other.
TC Editors present at meeting: Jimmy Adair, Mike Holmes, Larry Hurtado, David Parker, Melvin Peters, Bill Petersen, Arie van der Kooij
Prepared by Jimmy Adair, General Editor