This is a project working on Bible that includes its several common versions in English and Chinese. It intends to show the text of each version in a line-by-line manner for, maybe not better reading but, better comparison.
objective: compile bible.pdf, ot.pdf, nt.pdf
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/michaelchanwahyan/Bible.git
cd Bible
git submodule init
git submodule update --depth 1- Operating System : Unix-based
- Software Library : LaTeX (OSX: MacTex; others: tex-live)
- special LaTeX packages required : xeCJK, BiauKai (for Chinese Character typesettings)
- LaTeX Engine : XeLaTex
- LaTeX build option : syntax=1
python3 genBibleTexSrc.py
/bin/bash buildBibleTex.sh
python3 genOtTexSrc.py
/bin/bash buildOtTex.sh
python3 genNtTexSrc.py
/bin/bash buildNtTex.shand finally the output file "bible.pdf", "ot.pdf" and "nt.pdf" should be ready.
// remark : bible_small.pdf is small-characters version of
// the bible that greatly reduces the number of pages
// remark : as of 2021, ot and nt (Old and New Testament) are to be packed with original Hebrew and Greek from openly accessible original texts)
- CCV (新漢語譯本)
- CUV (Chinese Union Version 和合本)
- LZZ (Lu Zhen Zhong Bible Translation 呂振中譯本)
- KJV (King James Version)
- CUVR (Chinese Union Version Revised 和合本修定版)
- CNV (Chinese New Version 新譯本)
- WWBV (Worldwide Bible Version 環球聖經譯本)
- NRSV (New Revised Standard Version)
- WL (Wenli Version 文理本)
- MSGV (The Message Bible by Eugene Peterson)
- NETS (New English Translation of Septuagint)
- SBLGNT (Society of Biblical Literature Greek New Testament)
- JPSV1917 (Tanakh 1917 edition according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society)
- TCV2019 (Today's Chinese Version 2019 現代中文譯本2019)
- CCB (Chinese Contemporary Bible 當代譯本修訂版)
for Masoretic typesetting, assistance font shall be downloaded and installed from SBL (Society of Biblical Literature), namely the font file :
SBL BibLit.ttf
from https://www.sbl-site.org/educational/BiblicalFonts_SBLBibLit.aspx
contact person : Michael via michaelchan_wahyan@yahoo.com.hk