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< h3 style = " margin: 0; " > May the territory expand </ h3 >
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< p > On the following page you will find updates regarding the website and its content . The update appear in chronological order , with the latest update at the very top and earlier ones below it .</ p >
< p > I highly encourage you to check back here every so often so as to not miss out on new website features or content .</ p >
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< h2 > November 27 , 2021 </ h2 >
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< p > I have finally taken it upon myself to continue working on my website , albeit slowly . As I have been rather busy as of late — both with school and work — and have not really had the inclination to continue working on my book or my website , I have done but very little work on both my website and my new book . I have , however , slowly begun being more productive concerning this as of late — though God knows why that has happened . This does have the , hopefully positive , implication of my website receiving some more updates .</ p >
< p > I highly urge you to check out the page regarding my translation of the < a href = " /translations/GNT/gospels/john/index.php " > Gospel of John </ a > , as I have added my translation — including the original and the transliteration — of the first three chapters of this book . The page containing information about < a href =/ books / gospelofjohn . php " >my new book</a> has also been updated to include some more in-depth information than it did before. Additionally, all my books can now be found on my own Gitea instance, <a href= " https :// git . marvinjohanning . de " >git.marvinjohanning</a>. Everything found thereon is — as of yet — but a mirror of my GitHub repositories. I do, however, believe that having an off-site backup, so to speak, is advantageous; and should I ever on a whim decide to ditch GitHub — as I have, in the past, ditched GitLab —, my project will continue living on within the above-mentioned domain.</p>
< p > I hope you do excuse my absence and I do sincerely hope that I will be able to concentrate more on my website in the upcoming weeks and months ; however , as my apprenticeship is nearing its end — and the resulting exams and presentations that accompany its end drawing nearer — , I have my doubts that I will be able to focus on my website as well as I am intending on doing .</ p >
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< h2 > July 30 , 2021 </ h2 >
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< p > The entirety of the Apocalypse of John is now available on my website ! Additionally , I have updated the < a href = " projects.php " > projects page </ a > so that it now has two sections , one for current , and still on - going , projects ; and one for projects that have been finished . As you may have noticed , I have begun a new project , namely the translation of the Gospel of John — this particular project will ( or should , in theory ) play out in the same manner as that of the Apocalypse of John ; I shall write the translation , publish it here and publish it as a physical book as well . I have yet to write something , but you may already check out the newly created page for the Gospel of John < a href = " /translations/GNT/gospels/john/index.php " > right here </ a >.
< p > In addition , I have added really lovely - looking PDF editions of my letters , an example of which can be seen in the image above . It was created by using a really lovely LaTeX package called < i > philokalia </ i > ( < a href = " https://ctan.org/pkg/philokalia?lang=en " > CTAN link </ a > ), which aims to reproduce the typeface used in the Philokalia manuscripts . Thus , if you wish to print out one of my letters , then I highly recommend you print the PDF edition !</ p >
< h2 > July 29 , 2021 </ h2 >
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< p > I have finally finished my book ! Yes indeed , my book containing my own translation of the Apocalypse of John is finally done ; considering the text I translated was rather short , I find that it has taken me longer than I had initially expected — but after a month of working on my translation and the design and typesetting of my book , I can finally proclaim that it has , indeed , been finished .</ p >
< p > I have submitted my request to the < a href = " https://bod.de " > Books on Demand GmbH </ a > ( the publisher and printer I am using instead of the one I formerly used ) and have already received the ISBN they reserved for me . It is now only a matter of — hopefully — days until they approve my request and the book will officially be published ; and it will be a few more weeks still until I finally have the first printed copy of my book in my hands . I do hope , however , that this process will not take longer than the end of August .</ p >
< p > A PDF version of the book is not made available on this site , but you may read the < a href = " /media/books/revelation/index.php " > book’ HTML edition </ a > or look at a preview PDF file of the e - book . For further information , I advise you to visit the webpage < a href = " /books/revelation.php " > regarding my book </ a > where , amongst other things , you can also find information on how to acquire your own copy or compile it yourself .</ p >
< h2 > June 29 , 2021 </ h2 >
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< p > I have finally managed to continue working on my website and have begun implementing a dark mode . It is still being worked on and improved , but it already automatically enables whenever your device‘ theme is set to a dark one . I was able to accomplish this using pure CSS , fortunately , and did not have to resort to my dreaded Javascript just for a dark mode .</ p >
< p > I will also begin working on the colourscheme of this website shortly , as I am slowly — but surely — growing tired of seeing the exact same colours every day ; perhaps I will even implement a feature that changes the colourscheme randomly or during specific events — if that is indeed possible without any Javascript .</ p >
< p > And last but not least , I have begun working on both the Presbyterium but , most importantly , my translation of the < a href = " /translations/GNT/index.php " > Revelation </ a >. I have managed to finish chapters 5 and 6 and will continue working on the remaining chapters over the upcoming days and weeks . Once I have finished the web version , I will begin writing an actual book using LaTeX that you will be able to buy ! It will contain some more information — such as footnotes — and will have full - colour images . So be sure to come back here in a few months if you‘ like to get yourself a copy of that .</ p >
< h2 > June 19 , 2021 </ h2 >
< p > I have , unforunately , been somewhat < q > lazy </ q > regarding the updating of my website , the reasons for which are plentiful . Firstly , as summer has finally made its appearance here and brought its scorching heat and humidity with it , I have become somewhat prone to laziness , as the constant bombardment with UV , IR and other types of radiation from the nuclear reactor millions of kilometres away from Earth creates oft - horrid climatic conditions not only outside but even inside . I appear to be prone to some cardiovascular issues whenever the temperatures reach a certain point and stay there for a prolonged period of time , so that headaches and diziness are not an uncommon occurrence — concentrating on more < q > demanding </ q > subjects can , therefore , be additionally taxing . </ p >
< p > Beside these issues , work has been rather busy as of late as well ; and due to the fact that we are , once again , required to attend school in person , I have much less free - time now than I did back in mid - May . Once the summer holidays begin — which they will at the beginning of next month — , I will , unfortunately , have even less free - time , as it implies my having to go to work during the day on which I would usually attend school ; and as school days are shorter than work days , my free - time will dimish as well .</ p >
< p > Nevertheless , I have taken two weeks off work starting at the end of June , during which time I hope to focus my attention towards the improvement of my Greek and this website ; whether or not I shall succeed with that endeavour is , however , still unknown — the weather plays a not insignificant role in my success ( or failure ) . Additionally , as my body appears to slowly — but surely — acclimate to the new weather conditions , my apathy has somewhat vanquished as a result and I , therefore , hope to start my work on the < a href = " shelf/presbyterium/index.php " > Presbyterium </ a > some time soon .</ p >
< p > I have slowly begun accumulating old books , amongst them being a rather old New Testament from the early 1700 s and two other New Testaments from the 19 th century . And whilst all three are interesting in their own right , the 18 th - century book is , undoubtedly , the most interesting of the bunch ; I have already finished thoroughly documenting it in pictures and shall soon begin writing the article about it . I dearly hope that it will arouse the interest of some — as it did mine . Due to the large amount of photos I took — the majority of which I would like to showcase in the article — I have begun working on a small CSS - based image gallery that I can place at the end ( or beginning ) of the webpage ; positioning all the images I took at the left or right side of the page would not work with such a large number of photos . </ p >
< p > In addition to what I have already mentioned , my editing environment has been moved from Atom over to VSCode ; I also have my eyes set upon a different editor , one which , I find , shows great potential — VSCode with a Vim and SFTP plugin has , however , been more than adequate and is much speedier than Atom . </ p >
< p > Regarding my translation of the Revelation , I simply wish to state that it has been somewhat postponed until I am sufficiently acclimated to the weather for me to properly use my brain again . However , I have been using my lunch break — which my boss has made mandatory now — to re - read the Revelation , so that I might have an easier time translating it once I , again , begin my work . </ p >
< p > I am sorry that not much has happened for a month , but rest assured that I will return with my usual update schedule shortly .</ p >
< h2 > May 25 , 2021 </ h2 >
< p > I have managed to translate two more chapters of the Revelation , namely three and four , and I’ currently working on finishing the fifth . Working on the translation has been much more interesting now that I am past the portion of the text consiting merely of the various letters to the seven churches of Asia .</ p >
< p > Other than that , I have continued my reading of the Septuaginta . As I have grown somewhat bored of Gconditions not only outside but even inside . I appear to be prone to some cardiovascular issues whenever the temperatures reach a certain point and stay there for a prolonged period of time , so that headaches and diziness are not an uncommon occurrence — concentrating on more < q > demanding </ q > subjects can , therefore , be additionally taxing . </ p >
< p > Beside these issues , work has been rather busy as of late as well ; and due to the fact that we are , once again , required to attend school in person , I have much less free - time now than I did back in mid - May . Once the summer holidays begin — which they will at the beginning of next month — , I will , unfortunately , have even less free - time , as it implies my having to go to work during the day on which I would usually attend school ; and as school days are shorter than work days , my free - time will dimish as well .</ p >
< p > Nevertheless , I have taken two weeks off work starting at the end of June , during which time I hope to focus my attention towards the improvement of my Greek and this website ; whether or not I shall succeed with that endeavour is , however , still unknown — the weather plays a not insignificant role in my success ( or failure ) . Additionally , as my body appears to slowly — but surely — acclimate to the new weather conditions , my apathy has somewhat vanquished as a result and I , therefore , hope to start my work on the < a href = " shelf/presbyterium/index.php " > Presbyterium </ a > some time soon .</ p >
< p > I have slowly begun accumulating old books , amongst them being a rather old New Testament from the early 1700 s and two other New Testaments from the 19 th century . And whilst all three are interesting in their own right , the 18 th - century book is , undoubtedly , the most interesting of the bunch ; I have already finished thoroughly documenting it in pictures and shall soon begin writing the article about it . I dearly hope that it will arouse the interest of some — as it did mine . Due to the large amount of photos I took — the majority of which I would like to showcase in the article — I have begun working on a small CSS - based image gallery that I can place at the end ( or beginning ) of the webpage ; positioning all the images I took at the left or right side of the page would not work with such a large number of photos . enesis , I decided to skip ahead to Exodus and have read roughly twenty pages of that already ; it is definitely a much more interesting read than the later chapters of Genesis . Additionally , I have been wondering whether I should start reading the Psalms or some of the prophets — such as Ezekiel — in addition to Exodus ; the decision has yet to be reached .</ p >
< p > Last — but most definitely not least — is the < a href = " /shelf/presbyterium/index.php " > Presbyterium </ a >. The name is the Latinised version of the Greek word < i > πρεσβυτέριον </ i > which translates to < q > Council of Elders </ q > ; and , indeed , I have chosen its name due to the fact that this page will contain information about old books . I have recently begun collection various old books regarding the language and also written in the language and have decided to create a page with information about them . Once the books arrive — for I have ordered them online — I will be taking photos , gathering as much information as I can about them and publish it in the Presbyterium .</ p >
< h2 > May 23 , 2021 </ h2 >
< p > I have now finally finished adding every single chapter of the Revelation of John onto my page and have even finished translating the second one ; only twenty - two to go ! Unfortunately , the first three chapters are rather drab — they simply consist of letters sent to various churches in Asior Minor — and translating them is not too much fun ; it should get much more interesting from chapter four onwards .</ p >
< p > In addition to that , I did some work on my website’ CSS , as I have always been somewhat annoyed at the fact that the images displayed within the articles themselves did not have a space underneath them on mobile . It was , therefore , sometimes a tad confusing and you might think that the image caption was , in fact , part of the text . I have now added a padding of 15 px underneath , more than enough to mitigate the problem .</ p >
< p > I have also added some more links to my Links page and more information onto my About page . The latter is mainly due to the fact that I have finally created a GitHub repository for my website , where anyone might download a copy of my website for offline usage .</ p >
< h2 > May 22 , 2021 </ h2 >
< p > Pentecost is waiting at the doorstep and I decided to take a day off and , thus , have a long weekend . I have already been doing a bit of work on my website , mainly adding the < a href = " links.php " > Links page </ a > and the Updates page you are currently on ; and , additionally , I have finally begun my < a href = " translations/GNT/apocalypse/index.php " > translation of the Revelation </ a >. I have successfully translated the first chapter of it and have begun adding the other chapters already . I am hoping to have added all the chapters ( i . e . the original Greek , a transliteration and an image ) by the end of the day or by tomorrow morning ; thereafter , I can easily translate a chapter as I have the time to and am simply required to add the English text onto the page .</ p >
< p > I am also thinking of updating this website’ design somewhat , though I am still uncertain whether that which I have in mind is a good idea ; I am still running my ideas by a handful of my friends to see what their opinions on them might be . One thing that I have already done , however , is the addition of a < i > Next </ i > and < i > Previous </ i > button onto each page of my translations ; this should make navigation much less cumbersome and improve the reading experience immensly .</ p >
< p > In addition to that , I have begun my attempt at reading Homer — and it went as I had expected ; though , I must admit , it was not quite as difficult as I had imagined . Indeed , I did not read a whole lot , but careful reading allowed me to understand what the sentences I was reading meant . Nevertheless , I still have much practice ahead of me if I wish to attain fluency in Homer .</ p >
< p > Another text I have begun trying to read is the Enchiridion . I would be most happy if I would be able to find a nice reader’ edition of his work , but I have yet to stumble across one . Nevertheless , the grammar and vocabulary are , for the most part , rather simple and reading the next with the help of a dictionary has been somewhat rewarding . I am thinking of writing a translation of this book as well , though I most likely will not begin my work for quite a long while .</ p >
< p > I have also been working on SEO ( Search Engine Optimisation ) with tips I received by the helpful owner of < a href = " https://koshka.love " > Koshka’ Kingdom </ a > and have been seeing some tiny impact already . Indeed , as I am using Cloudflare as my DNS , I am able to see how many unique vistors my site gets in a day — and that number has , since the site’ creation , been steadily growing . I am hoping that by the addition of meta tags and titles , I will be able to increase that number further .</ p >
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