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[MJ_]

Hi,

 

First, my disclaimer: I am not a legal expert at all. But this is what I found doing a quick search.

 

I found the Moffatt Old Testament (or half of it) on archive.org here:

 

https://archive.org/...t-1925/mode/2up

 

According to this page, it is public domain and was published in 1925. According to Wikipedia, all works published in the US before January 1, 1928 are in the public domain (in the US), so it would seem that the Moffatt OT is indeed in the public domain already.

 

I pulled down this file in the text format. It's rough with lot's of OCR errors. 

Y's are v's, E's are c's and also including some characters that the OCR software seems to have invented.

I finished A rough copy of Job and parts of the Psalms, and probably invested 9,10 or 11 hours into it, I lost track. haha. Tooltip NT compiled it ok but in the book of Job, Moffatt got really creative with the chapters so I think what I'll have to do is include king James line numbers for esword indexing and inset Moffatts verse numbers along with the verse text. Probably will be able to make that determination by chapter. 

I'll probably just call this a beta and call it good when I run out of steam!

 

Kind regards,

 

MJ

Edited by MJ_, 19 February 2023 - 12:20 AM.

[MJ_]

Ten days later I have the first complete draft of this Moffatt work. Job to Malachi.

I'll need to proof it a bit. 

The quality of OCR is really not changed a whole lot in the last ten years when I did my first bible. 

Fortunately now I can write my own tools to simplify a bit. 

 

Kind regards,

 

MJ

[MJ_]

I have completed my work on this Moffatt old testament comprising of Job through Malachi and I've combined it with the new testament Moffatt. 

Should anyone desire a copy of the combined Moffatt  bible including my work or just the Job through Malachi work please feel free to send me a private message with an email address and I'll get a copy to you.