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  • From: "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 AT mailhost.chi.ameritech.net>
  • To: Corpus Paulinum <"corpus-paul"@franklin.oit.unc.edu>>
  • Subject: Once More: the welcome message
  • Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:57:09 -0600

List Members,

Thanks to all who replied to my question as to whether, upon confirmation of subscription, new List Members were receiving a welcome message which included the C-P FAQ. As it turns out, no one was receiving it -- and this was due to the fact that I hadn't quite configured the software which runs C-P correctly. In any case, here -- with apologies for duplication -- is the message you *should* have received along with your "subscription confirmed" notice.

Welcome to Corpus Paulinum

Below you will find useful information about the List set out as an FAQ.

You may wish to save this for future reference

Corpus Paulinum FAQ (promulgated 3/25/99)
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Corpus Paulinum (Corpus-Paul) on http://metalab.unc.edu/corpus-paul/

Contents of this information message:

A. What is Corpus Paulinum?
B. Who may join?
C. How do I subscribe?
    1. to the List
    2. to the digest
D. How do I unsubscribe?
    1. to the list
    2. to the digest
E. Can I postpone mail?
F. How do I resume receiving mail?
G. Posting and Replying to the List
1. Posting of messages and queries
2. Replying to messages and queries
3. Posting of articles or papers
H. Protocols and Netiquette
I. Transliteration Schemes
J. Web site, Archives, & Papers for Review
 

A. WHAT IS CORPUS PAULINUM?

CORPUS PAULINUM (the Corpus-Paul List) is a moderated academic e-list dedicated to the scholarly discussion and evaluation of critical questions surrounding the life, influence, teaching, theology, and the writings of the Apostle Paul. The list's purpose is to provide a forum where these
questions may be raised, entertained, and debated outside of the usual arenas of printed journals and monographs. Additionally, CORPUS PAULINUM is intended to be a venue in which those working seriously and/or professionally in the field of Pauline studies may post and receive critical responses to papers or ideas that are in the process of development.

CORPUS PAULINUM appears in two different forms: the regular List in which
members receive each posting shortly after it is sent to the List, and the
Digest - a compilation of a given day's postings which is sent to a
subscriber once a day.

B. WHO MAY JOIN?
Given the academic nature of the list, it is ordinarily expected that those
subscribing and contributing to it will be professional scholars and
graduate students who are familiar with both the primary and secondary
Pauline literature, as well as with the contours of the issues that are
part and parcel of current scholarly Pauline studies. But beginners in the
serious study of Paul who wish to make use of the list to gain and advance
their knowledge of things Pauline are also welcome to participate provided
they respect the List's focus.

C. HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE?

1. Subscribing to the List.

You may subscribe to the List by following the instructions to be found at

http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=corpus-paul

But the easiest way to subscribe to the List is to use the subscription
link on the CORPUS PAULINUM Home Page. To do this, first point your web
browser to:

http://metalab.unc.edu/corpus-paul/

Once there, locate the automatic mail link for subscription that appears
under the heading Subscribing and Unsubscribing and simply click on that
link.
 

2. Subscribing to the Digest.

If you want to subscribe to only the DIGEST of the List, then go to

http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=corpus-paul

and click on the down arrow to the left of the window labeled STATUS. You
will then see a number of options including one which sets you up with a
subscription to the DIGEST form of Corpus Paulinum. Highlight that option,
and then click on SAVE at the bottom of the page.

D. HOW DO I UNSUBSCRIBE?

1. Unsubscribing to the List
If you wish to leave the List, then follow these steps:

First, go to:

http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=corpus-paul

Second, enter your e-mail address and password. This will bring you into
the MESSAGE page where you will see an UNSUBSCRIBE button.

Third, click on that button.

Alternatively, send a send a blank e-mail with the following command in the
address line of you e-mailer

$subst('Email.Unsub')
 

2. Unsubscribing to the Digest
If you wish to get off the List's DIGEST, simply follow either of the same
two procedures noted above for unsubscribing to the LIST.

E. HOW DO I POSTPONE MAIL?
List and Digest subscribers may occasionally wish to postpone reception of
CORPUS PAULINUM messages and postings.

To postpone follow these steps:

First, go to

http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=corpus-paul

and then click on the down arrow to the left of the window labeled STATUS.
You will then see a number of options including one which allows you to
postpone your subscription.

Second, highlight that option, and then click on SAVE at the bottom of the
page.
 

F. HOW DO I RESUME RECEIVING MAIL?
To resume reception of mail go to

http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=corpus-paul

and then, after selecting the option from the menu in the STATUS window
under which you wish to receive postings from Corpus Paulinum, click on the
SAVE button at the bottom of the page.

G. POSTING AND REPLYING TO THE LIST

CORPUS PAULINUM receives and passes on to List members two types of
postings:

* messages, and queries

* responses and replies to particular messages and queries.

In addition, CORPUS PAULINUM also makes available to List members

* articles or drafts of papers on matters Pauline which are still in
the process of development and for which an author seeks feedback.

Each of these types of postings has its own proper posting procedure.

1. Messages:

To post a message or a query to the List, simply send it as an e-mail to:

Corpus Paulinum <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>

2. Replies and Responses to messages and queries

To respond publicly to a message or a query, simply hit your e-mailer's reply button. This should route your message directly to the list. But given that e-mail programs vary, please insure that the List's address appears in your mailer's "To" field.

If you are not changing the subject, please don't change the subject line. The Corpus Paulinum List's archiving software uses the subject line of
posts to organize the List's archives, and keeping the subject of the post to which you are responding makes an archived message on a given subject easier to find.

3. Articles and drafts of papers for review

List members who wish to use Corpus Paulinum as a venue for
receiving comments on and criticisms of work in progress should not post this material directly to the list.

Instead, it should be sent to the List Owner, Jeffrey Gibson
<jgibson000 AT ameritech.net>, who will publish it in the List's special "Articles for Review" section while simultaneously announcing to all List members this material's availability for inspection.
 

H. PROTOCOLS AND NETIQUETTE
Our standards of conduct for subscribers, and the protocols for posting,
are those of the Graphai and Ioudaious Discussion lists. Accordingly, we
ask that you:

1. Respect our focus
Keep to the list's focus: the life, influence, teaching, theology, and
writings of (or attributed to) the Apostle Paul. Occasional excursions into
related areas are acceptable to the extent that they shed light on matters
Pauline. But postings which intend to advance or discuss personal religious
experiences or modern sectarian or political agendas are completely
inappropriate, as are personal messages and commercial advertisements.

2. Respect others.
Observe common courtesy, scholarly collegiality, and list netiquette at all
times. All comments that reflect negatively on other groups or individuals
(including negative references to another's competence as a scholar,
exegete, or interpreter of Paul) are forbidden.

3. Give each post a useful subject header.
Each subject header should indicate the subject of the message.

4. Participate with restraint.
You are in a discussion with many other informed participants. Participate
when you can make a useful contribution but refrain from dominating the
conversation. Avoid chatter and clutter. Messages should be considered and
concise. Because some participant's e-mail systems cannot handle them,
never post messages with enclosures (attachments); either convert the
attachment to plain text and included it in regular e-mail or offer to send
the enclosure (attachment) privately to individuals who request it.

Participants who wish to submit papers in statu nascendi for responses and
review should not post them directly to the List. Rather, they should be
sent to the List Owner, Jeffrey Gibson <jgibson000 AT ameritech.net>, who will
announce and make them accessible to the List through our "Articles for
Review" link.

5. Be careful when you quote someone.
Be careful with quotations and their attributions. When you respond to a
posting, do not repost the whole message. Quote only enough or as much is
as necessary to make your point; Just as importantly, do not repost
another's private mail without the explicit permission of the writer.

6. Use standard conventions in writing.
Show consideration for your readers by observing ordinary conventions of
spelling, capitalization, sentence construction, paragraphing, and
transliteration.

7. Identify yourself at the end of each post.
End every posting to the list with your full name, institutional
affiliation, and e-mail address. Pseudonyms are not acceptable. If you wish
to be addressed by another name, indicate this in your signature.
 

I. TRANSLITERATION SCHEMES:

TRANSLITERATING GREEK and HEBREW into ASCII

CORPUS PAULINUM recommends that Greek be transliterated according to the
scheme adopted by the B-Greek Mailing List. This is as follows:

(1) CAPITALS are used when transliterating Greek letters, on a one-to-one
basis, reserving lower-case {i} to represent iota subscript and lower-case
{h} to represent rough breathing.
No accents, no smooth breathings. And no distinction between medial and
final Sigma.

(2) If accents are really necessary, to distinguish otherwise identical
words, acute is represented by {/}, grave by {\}, and circumflex either by
tilde {~ [preferable]} or {=} -- always AFTER the vowel over which it would
be written.

(3) A few characters without Roman single-character form are usually done
with almost-look-alike Roman characters otherwise unused:

Theta = Q
Eta = H
Psi = Y (upsilon is always U)
Omega = W

(4) Digraphs (in the usual Roman transliteration) are handled in three
different ways to avoid two-letter transliterations, all involving
otherwise-unused Roman letters:

THeta uses Q ("look-alike", as above).
PSi uses Y ("look-alike", as above).
PHi uses F (sound equivalence).
CHi uses C (first letter of traditional digraph).

(5) Xi and Chi: There being no single Roman letter for "Xi" other than X,
the "look-alike" use of X for "Chi" is confusing, though some use it. And
some seem to like to use C for "Sigma." Since S is otherwise unused, and poses no confusion whatever, using C for "Sigma" makes for problems in decoding back to Greek, especially since it is the only letter available for "Chi" (unless X is used, thus posing a problem for "Xi"). And occasionally someone uses P for "Rho", making problems for how to represent "Pi".

We recommend that Hebrew be transliterated using the
Michigan-Claremont-Westminster scheme (MCW) as shown below.

Consonants
Aleph    ) or '
Beth     B
Gimel    G
Daleth   D
Heh      H
Waw      W
Zayin    Z
Cheth    X
Teth     +
Yod      Y
Kaph     K
Lamedh   L
Mem      M
Nun      N
Samek    S
Pe       P
Ayin     ( or `
Tsade    C
Qoph     Q
Resh     R
Sin      &
Shin     $
Tav      T

Vowels
Patah    A
Qamets   F
Segol    E
Tsere    "
Hireq    I
Holem    O
Qamets Chatuf   F
Qibbuts  U
Shureq   W
Shewa    :
Hatef Patah     :A
Hatef Segol     :E
Hatef Qamets    :F

Miscellaneous

Ketiv    *
Qere     **
Dagesh   .
Meqqeph  -

J. WEB-SITE, ARCHIVES, & ARTICLES FOR REVIEW:

1. Corpus Paulinum Home Page may be found at

http://metalab.unc.edu/corpus-paul/

Here you will find a text of this FAQ, easy e-mail links for subscribing
and unsubscribing, and links to the Corpus Paulinum Archives.

2. Corpus Paulinum Archives can be accessed at

http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=corpus-paul

Here may be found the correspondence accumulated from list-members since
the inception of the list in on March 27, 1999. Correspondence is arranged
according to subject heading, but is also traceable in terms of author and
date of posting. .

3. Corpus Paulinum Articles and Papers for Review --- the page where longer
postings and/or papers in the process of development on which authors seek
comments and criticisms from List members --- is under construction and
will be available shortly.
 

 


  • Once More: the welcome message, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 03/30/1999

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