Some interesting news from Iyov this week…
via Iyov: Jewish Publication Society new projects: e-books, web commentary, and apocrypha
Print-on-demand and electronic version of NJPS
Web-based “Yavnet”
Apocrypha
The Lost Bible [is] planned for publication shortly after the turn of the decade. Comprised of translations left out of the Jewish Bible, including texts in Latin, Slavonic and Aramaic, Frankel called it “the lost library of second-temple Judaism.” More commonly known as the Apocrypha, the texts that will be included in The Lost Bible will be some of those which were left out of the Five Books of Moses – known to Christians as The Old Testament – when it was codified. Frankel said the trio of editors behind the project has assembled 75 scholars on six continents, who are “either translating or modernizing translations of about 100 texts, and providing a commentary that restores these ancient Jewish texts to their Jewish setting.”
[I wonder what relationship, if any, The Lost Bible will have to the old Dropsie College translations of the Apocrypha. Some more details are here and here – reportedly, the project still needs a donation of $150,000, will be 2000 pages long, and will contain two million words.]
Joel Landon Watts is a Masters of Theological Studies student with a focus in Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific ideals of the past century. Currently, he is a TA for Old Testament at United Theological Seminary under Dr. Vivian Johnson, Associate Professor of Old Testament. His first book, Rhetorical Strategies of the Evangelist: Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark, is expected to be published by Wipf and Stock early next year. He is currently co-editing a book on moving from Fear to Faith (Energion, 2013).
