Important Notes for The Revised English Bible (Apocryphal Books) (REBA)
October, 1997
Parallel REB Text
A separate text module named REBA is used for the Apocryphal books of The Revised English Bible. This text module is treated as if it were a separate text, so that the equivalent texts in both the REB and REBA module can be searched separately, but displayed in parallel (such as the two translations of the book of Esther). Both texts can also be searched together in the Search All window or by use of the LINK command. Both text modules must be added to Accordance in order to have access to both modules.
Viewing Equivalent Verses
When multiple panes are opened in a search window in Accordance, all of the same verses in multiple text versions will scroll together in parallel. Because of the more irregular versification in versions of the Apocrypha, the following points must be noted when viewing parallel verses:
1. The verses in each pane appear in the order of the verses of the search text.
2. For parallel equivalent verses, the contents, rather than the reference, are viewed in parallel. Therefore the verse numbering may not be be same between versions, even if the contents are equivalent.
3. If there is no equivalent verse in a text that is parallel to the search text, two dashes (--) will appear to indicate missing verses or lacunae.
4. Sometimes the contents of a verse are divided differently from one text version to another. Since Accordance supports only a one-to-one correspondence of parallel verses, a best judgment is made to give the closest equivalent contents of a verse, even if some of the contents are also present in another verse.
5. If some of the contents of parallel verses are also present in another verse, you may view the entire contents surrounding any verse (even a missing verse) by selecting the Context item in the Amplify menu or palette.
Changes to Individual Books
For convenience and for compatibility with other Bible translations, the following changes were made to the names and locations of the following books:
1. The Prayer of Azariah, Susanna and Bel are merged respectively as chapters 3, 13, and 14 of Daniel.
2. The Epistle of Jeremiah is merged as Chapter 6 of Baruch.
Modifications to Individual Verse Reference Numbers
The following verse references were modified to conform to a conventional verse reference format:
1. The prolog of Sirach is set to be chapter 0, with partial verse numbering that follows Rahlfs’ printed version of the Septuagint.
