Peter Kirby

We could save some time and make some money by directing people to buy the Harpercollins Bible Dictionary.

best,
Peter Kirby

Ted Hoffman

More:
Terminus post quem
FGT
MkH
dMk
Ur-Markus
FH
UrG
LTH
AH

Ted Hoffman

That sounds good (for infidels). I would then carry this project to my site and allow people who are interested in quickly checking for the meaning of a term or two. Since placing an order for the book till one receives it takes at least a week. And costs money.

For me, its a learning process. And it enriches the forum.

Now, I would appreciate it if you gave us an idea concerning how Amazon pays - is it per number of people who visit the site and actually use the link to Amazon, or per people who actually end up buying the book?

Peter Kirby

It really depends on whether someone is willing and able to do the work of defining the terms. (And I have no hope that trying to find 12 people to do a little each would be easier than finding one person to do the whole thing!)

Amazon pays a percentage of the sale for those people who visit the site from our link, buy a book within a day of that visit, and do not return the book. Just looking at amazon.com pages makes Infidels nothing.

best,
Peter Kirby

Ted Hoffman

Thanks Peter for that,
I am willing to bust my ass and do it alone (it can take time, but I am willing). But I need someone standing over my shoulder.

If CX and Vork can come out (or whoever else who is interested), we can do it collaboratively as three people. Vork with his monumental command of English, CX with his rich background in this very subject. Me with my energy and enthusiasm and you standing watching us closely.

Celsus cordinating it.

And this %age they pay, it varies with the price of the book or number of people that buy?

Peter Kirby

What items qualify for fees and how are the fees calculated?

From the horse's mouth

Infidels makes a minimum of 5% of the revenue for products purchased from Amazon and 2.5% of the revenue for products bought from third parties at Amazon.com. The revenue is logically calculated based on the price of the items sold and the number of items sold. I do not know whether Infidels is "Classic" or "Tiered."

best,
Peter Kirby

Ted Hoffman

Thanks, Peter. Very informative.

Jackalope

Last I checked, a codex is a manuscript that's been bound in book format. This makes it different from a scroll. Hmm, looking further, the term seems to also cover manuscripts made up of loose sheets cut to uniform size (again, not a scroll).

Celsus

Sorry for being a little slack lately, I just got a puppy. Anyway, I have to disagree with including op cit., ff, passim(?) etc. since they are really generic reference terms and have nothing to do with Biblical Criticism. Anyway, I'm away from my usual computer so I'll have to get back to this on Monday at the earliest. Apologies everyone... (and no there won't be any time limits of course)

As for JA:
That is correct. I'll double check the references and definitions with what I have as well. Encyclopaedia Britannica will be extremely useful for this sort of thing (anyone got web access to the EB?).

Joel

CX

Correct ALk is shorthand for "the author of The Gospel According to Luke". Ditto with AMk, AJn, AMt. I'd certainly be happy to either compile everything together or work on some definitions.