mark up biblical quotes

[JonathanReeve]

From Chapter I, Dante:

<p><said who="Dante">—
<quote>Woe be to the man by whom the scandal cometh!</quote> 
said Mrs Riordan. 
<quote>It would be better for him that a millstone were 
tied about his neck and that he were cast into the depth of the
sea rather than that he should scandalise one of these, my least
little ones.</quote> That is the language of the Holy Ghost.</said></p>

[JonathanReeve]

The TEI Wiki recommends marking up biblical references like this: <quote><ref cRef="Mt 26.3">Matt. XXVI</ref> Nam tunc principes sacerdotum cum senioribus populi congregati sunt in atrium Caiphe principis sacerdotum</quote> "with an associated in your teiHeader to decompose the cRef value into its component parts." The first part is easy enough, but how can we assemble this cref pattern? The wiki also suggests using OSIS.

[JonathanReeve]

The first quote above is probably Matthew 18:7. KJV has: "Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!" So either Dante is quoting from another translation, or this is her (or Joyce's) amendation, which would be interesting.

The second quote might be Matthew 18:6. KJV: "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."

Gifford suggests that these come from Luke 17:1-2, which are (in KJV): 1: "Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!" and 2: "It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones."

Gifford's reference to Luke most resembles Dante's second quote, but the Matthew passage most resembles Dante's first quote.

[JonathanReeve]

See also a dictionary of biblical tradition in English literature.

[JonathanReeve]

Another, from Dante:

<p><said who="Dante">—If we are a priestridden race we ought to be proud of it! 
They are the apple of God's eye. <hi rend="italic">Touch them not, says Christ, 
for they are the apple of My eye.</hi> </said></p>

[JonathanReeve]

This is probably from the Douay-Rheims Bible.