1 Maccabees DRB .
This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/book-of-1-maccabees-by-douay-rheims-version/
1 Maccabees is an apocryphal/deuterocanonical book written by a Jewish author after the restoration of an independent Jewish kingdom, probably about 100 BC. It is included in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canons. Protestants, Jews, and some others regard it as generally reliable historically, but not a part of Scripture. The setting of the book is about a century after the conquest of Judea by the Greeks under Alexander the Great, after Alexander's empire has been divided so that Judea was part of the Greek Seleucid Empire. It tells how the Greek ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted to suppress the practice of basic Jewish religious law, resulting in a Jewish revolt against Seleucid rule. The book covers the whole of the revolt, from 175 to 134 BC, highlighting how the salvation of the Jewish people in this crisis came from God through Mattathias' family, particularly his sons, Judas Maccabeus, Jonathan Maccabaeus, and Simon Maccabaeus, and his grandson, John Hyrcanus. The doctrine expressed in the book reflects traditional Jewish teaching, without later doctrines found, for example, in 2 Maccabees. (Summary by Wikipedia, modified by Sam Stinson)
- Target completion date:
June 2008 - Text source (only read from this text!):
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8345 - Type of proof-listening required:
Word-perfect
(BC admin) - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end
of each file:
Start of recording (Intro)- "Chapter [number] of
1 Maccabees - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the
public domain. For more information, or to find out how you can
volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by
Sam Stinson " - Say:
"Title, by Author. [Translated by [translator]]. [Chapter]"
End of recording- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
- At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Title, by Author. [Translated by [translator]]."
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or
10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes. - "Chapter [number] of
- Example filename
1_maccabbees_01-05_drb.mp3 - Example ID3 V2 tags
Title: 01 - Chapters 01-05
Artist: Douay-Rheims Version
Album: 1 Maccabees
Sam: I didn't realize that this book was so... long! I'll get to recording the remaining sections shortly.
