Biblical Hebrew Forum

[MarjorieAlley AT cs.com]

Hi ---

I hope someone will jump in and answer Kenneth's question. It is something I 
have wondered about myself. I don't know if the day will ever come when I 
actually have an article ready to submit for publication, but I would be 
interested in knowing what the guidelines are.

Thanks,
Marjorie Alley


In a message dated 7/22/2006 11:29:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
greifer AT hotmail.com writes:


> Maybe this is not the right place to ask, but I don't know who else to ask. 
> Is the Tanakh in Hebrew copyrighted? I have seen many books and internet 
> sites that say they are copyrighted, but I thought the Torah was public 
> domain. Is it because they use their own Hebrew fonts or is it something 
> else? I have heard that you can only copyright the source code for a web 
> site.
> 
> Also, when scholars write books, do they type in all of the Hebrew quotes 
> from the Tanakh themselves or do they use ready-made quotes copied from a 
> book or a cd? Do they have to get permission from a publisher and pay for 
> the right to quote the Hebrew or do they have a public domain version? Is 
> there a public domain Hebrew Tanakh on CD that anyone can use even if it 
> was 
> for commercial purposes?
> 
>