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Request Zahn's commentaries

Theodore Vance

I am informed that Theodor(e?) Zahn's public domain commentaries on several Bible books are great, but never published in English.  I checked with an AI and got quickly a procedure for translating them into English, using modern technology and AI to convert the awful old German font (named something like Fractur, since the font fractures your eyes!) into modern German font and then more tech (AI probably ) to translate it (or maybe Google translate), even renderning the footnotes in different languages into English). The technical process today seems rather simple, tho practically impossible when Zahn published.  So I request that Accordance make the Zahn commentaries available in German and English modules.  I think that the German commentaries are online at Archive.org.  Here are some statements on them: “The German New Testament commentaries authored by Theodor Zahn (1838–1933) were published as part of his monumental multi-volume series titled Kommentar zum Neuen Testament (Leipzig: A. Deichert), edited by Zahn himself alongside a few other conservative scholars. Zahn personally wrote comprehensive, full-length commentaries on several specific New Testament books within this series”

"Commentaries Authored Personally by Theodor Zahn

  • Gospel of Matthew: Das Evangelium des Matthäus (1903 / rev. ed. 1922)
  • Gospel of Luke: Das Evangelium des Lucas (1920)
  • Gospel of John: Das Evangelium des Johannes (1908)
  • Acts of the Apostles: Die Apostelgeschichte des Lucas (1921 / 1927)
  • Romans: Der Brief des Paulus an die Römer (1910)
  • Galatians: Der Brief des Paulus an die Galater (1905)
  • First and Second Thessalonians: Der erste und zweite Brief an die Thessalonicher (1915)
  • First and Second Peter and Jude: Der erste und zweite Petrusbrief und der Judasbrief (1921)
  • Revelation (Apocalypse): Die Offenbarung des Johannes (1924–1926) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]" Commentaries Authored Personally by Theodor ZahnGospel of Matthew: Das Evangelium des Matthäus (1903 / rev. ed. 1922)Gospel of Luke: Das Evangelium des Lucas (1920)Gospel of John: Das Evangelium des Johannes (1908)Acts of the Apostles: Die Apostelgeschichte des Lucas (1921 / 1927)Romans: Der Brief des Paulus an die Römer (1910)Galatians: Der Brief des Paulus an die Galater (1905)First and Second Thessalonians: Der erste und zweite Brief an die Thessalonicher (1915)First and Second Peter and Jude: Der erste und zweite Petrusbrief und der Judasbrief (1921)Revelation (Apocalypse): Die Offenbarung des Johannes (1924–1926). Mark, Cor,& Eph were by contemporary conservative scholars Wohlenburg, Bachmann, Ewald. "
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  • Theodore Vance

    BTW Zahn's German commentaries should be available on Archive.org

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  • Theodore Vance

    I understand that if you download Zahn's commentaries from Archive.org, the font is automatically changed to modern legible German font.

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