CENTER FOR COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF TEXTS (CCAT) University of Pennsylvania Box 36, College Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303 Telephone (215) 898-1597/5827 USER DECLARATION Nestle-Aland 26th Edition Greek New Testament Text Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia Old Testament Text Revised Standard Version (1973) The Greek text of the New Testament according to the Nestle- Aland 26th edition/UBS 3rd edition (N26) included as part of the Online Bible software program has been extensively adapted, altered, proofed, and corrected by Maurice A. Robinson and Larry Pierce from a text conforming to that distributed by the External Services Division of the Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT) of the University of Pennsylvania. The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia text (BHS) of the Hebrew Old Testament was obtained from CCAT and converted to to the Online Bible format. The original CCAT text has also been extensively adapted, altered, proofed, and corrected by Maurice A. 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This material was obtained from the legal owner of the Online Bible material: Timnathserah, Inc., R.R.#2, West Montrose, Ontario N0B 2V0, CANADA Text: Biblia Hebraica (BHS Hebrew Old Testament) Format: Macintosh Software Editions: Biblia Hebraica, 3rd edition, (c)1937, Wrttembergische Bibelanstalt, Stuttgart; Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, (c) 1967/77, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart Text: Nestle 26/UBS 3 Greek New Testament (GNT) Format: Macintosh Software Editions: Novum Testamentum Graece, Nestle-Aland 26th edition (c)1979, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart; The Greek New Testament, 3rd edition (c) 1975, United Bible Societies, London Text: Revised Standard Version (RSV) Format: Macintosh Software Editions: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version. (c)1946, 1952, 1959, 1973, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, New York. END CCAT USER DECLARATION