Talk:Books of the Bible

Article Checklist for "Books of the Bible"

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Article status	Developing article: beyond a stub, but incomplete
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Basic cleanup done?	Yes
Checklist last edited by	David Martin 10:22, 18 May 2007 (CDT)

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Well I gave up on building this complex table from scratch, and copied verbatim everything from the Wikipedia equivalent at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_the_Bible. ----Tim McCully 00:09, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

I'm not so sure WP can claim credit for the contents of this table, Tim. ;-) The intro is another matter. --Stephen Ewen 01:43, 16 --Tim McCully 03:10, 22 May 2007 (CDT)May 2007 (CDT)

Stephen, you seem to say someone else may deserve credit for this table. What should I do about that concern? What is the next step to getting this ready for approval? I am in the process of checking the external links for function and content. Plus I added a better link to the UMC website because it is full of information on how the canons were developed for example.--Tim McCully 03:10, 22 May 2007 (CDT)

No one need be attributed with the table mechanics, and the book names themselves are all in the Public Domain. I'd love to see some history of how the canons were selected by the varied Judaeo-Christian branches. Stephen Ewen 01:03, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

IMO the history of the canons belongs in a linked article. That last link to the UMC Book that spans Millenia site has a lot of material that could be used for such an article. Maybe that should indeed come next.--Tim McCully 03:10, 22 May 2007 (CDT)