Matt Quintana Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Of the primary textual traditions of the Old and New Testament available as original language modules in Accordance, the Syriac Peshitta is the only one that lacks a corresponding English translation. (The NT Peshitta does come with an English translation, but it is from 1851 and is thus quite outdated.) The addition of such a resource would be extremely helpful, and would add great value to Accordance for scholars. The Antioch Bible / Surath Kthob series by Gorgias Press is the the most recent and complete translation project, and since 2012, has been publishing individual volumes covering the entire Peshitta (see https://www.gorgiaspress.com/antiochbible and https://www.gorgiaspress.com/surath-kthob). The project is now nearly completion (only Ezra-Nehemiah, 4 Ezra, and 3–4 Maccabees remain). I wonder what the chances are that Accordance could license this work from Gorgias Press? The editions also have the Syriac text on facing pages, but since Accordance already has text modules, perhaps it would be possible to simply acquire the rights to develop a module of the translations? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 I'm on limited Wi-Fi at the moment. Remind me about this in early July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrecht Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 I've heard this publisher generally doesn't license to Bible software platforms, but I will dig into it further when I'm back "on the grid" and get a definitive answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Allison Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 (edited) On 6/17/2024 at 8:04 PM, Dr. Nathan Parker said: I'm on limited Wi-Fi at the moment. Remind me about this in early July. I appreciate your efforts to represent Accordance on these forums while lacking any internet access @Dr. Nathan Parker, and since it appears that only @Sean Nelson and @Silas Marrs are able to fill in for you while you're off the grid, and so that @Matt Quintana won't have to wait till next month for a definitive reply, let me affirm your response: Gorgias Press has refused to license the Antioch Bible / Surath Kthob series to Accordance, in spite of several meetings with them at SBL. They've also pulled their licenses from Logos. If you want their translation in Accordance, contacting them directly is probably the only thing that might help move this forward. Edited June 19 by Mark Allison 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misulejoha Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 10 hours ago, Mark Allison said: I appreciate your efforts to represent Accordance on these forums while lacking any internet access @Dr. Nathan Parker, and since it appears that only @Sean Nelson and @Silas Marrs are able to fill in for you while you're off the grid, and so that @Matt Quintana won't have to wait till next month for a definitive reply, let me affirm your response: Gorgias Press has refused to license the Antioch Bible / Surath Kthob series to Accordance, in spite of several meetings with them at SBL. They've also pulled their licenses from Logos. If you want their translation in Accordance, contacting them directly is probably the only thing that might help move this forward. I wonder why that is @Mark Allison? I wonder what their concern is that would cause them to even pull their licenses from Logos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Allison Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 17 hours ago, Misulejoha said: I wonder why that is @Mark Allison? I wonder what their concern is that would cause them to even pull their licenses from Logos? It usually comes down to the mistaken belief that they can make more money with print. Accordance and Logos generally keep something like 50% of the sale price. But when you consider how much printing, advertising, and distribution costs are these days, that's still a very good profit for the publisher. Sometimes in these situations a publisher will wait several years to produce digital versions of their work, hoping they'll be able to saturation the print market first. Not sure if this is the situation with Gorgias or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 I second @Mark Allison's recommendation to please reach out to the publisher if you want to see this in Accordance. While no guarantees, sometimes publishers listen when enough customers push for something. And I'm trying to check in here at least a few times a week to let everyone know I'm still breathing in-between my Wi-Fi desert. :-) Although being without Wi-Fi has had some advantages. Almost read through all of Wellum's Systematic! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Allison Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 @Dr. Nathan Parker No internet AND no cell service. That must be rough!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Atnip Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 12 hours ago, Mark Allison said: @Dr. Nathan Parker No internet AND no cell service. That must be rough!! Yeah, welcome to the other 99.9% of human history. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solly Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 17 hours ago, Mark Allison said: @Dr. Nathan Parker No internet AND no cell service. That must be rough!! I call that a very delightful vacation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I have both ATT and VZ SIMs in my phone. I can occasionally get secent service but it’s spotty. Not enough for hotspot to be usuable. Now I wish my Morse Code was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Back to civilization. Here's what I was having to use for Wi-Fi access. Now I'm back in the city. Still not on fiber yet, but at least a decent cable connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Which during my time with limited Wi-Fi, I was able to spend a ton of time in Scripture reading and prayer. Spent quality time with Charles Stanley's Life Principles Bible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Update: We are discussing the possibility of licensing a handful of titles from Georgias, so we'll look further into this request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Mohr Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 I'll just do this anyway: +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 @Philip Mohr Definitely do this! Every little bit of interest helps! Thanks for chiming in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Atnip Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Well, +1 from my end as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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