python-bible

This python library serves several purposes related to the Christian Bible and Scripture references.

Installation

pip install python-bible

Features

Searching text for scripture references

Given a text, search for scripture references and return any that are found in a list of tuples.

For example, given the following text:

import pybible

text = "The parable of the lost sheep is told in Matthew 18:12-14 and Luke 15:3-7."
references = pybible.get_references(text)

The search functionality should return the following list of scripture reference tuples:

[(<Book.MATTHEW: 40>, 18, 12, 18, 14), (<Book.LUKE: 42>, 15, 3, 15, 7)]

Converting a normalized scripture reference into a list of integer verse ids

Any single verse can be identified by an integer that contains the book, chapter, and verse information. The first 1-2 digits of the integer id represent the book, the next 3 digits represent the chapter, and the last 3 digits represent the verse.

For example, "Genesis 1:1" would be represented as:

1001001

"John 3:16" would be represented as:

43003016

The book of John is the 43rd book of the Bible, "003" represents the 3rd chapter, and "016" represents the sixteenth verse.

Since the book, chapter, and verses are standardized and unlikely to change, this allows us to reference verses in a very efficient way.

Given a normalized scripture reference, which can contain one or more verses, the conversion functionality will convert that normalized scripture reference tuple into a list of verse id integers.

For example, given the following normalized scripture reference for Genesis 1:1-4:

import pybible

reference = (pybible.Book.GENESIS, 1, 1, 1, 4)
verse_ids = pybible.convert_reference_to_verse_ids(reference)

The conversion functionality would return the following list of verse id integers:

[1001001, 1001002, 1001003, 1001004]

Converting a list of verse id integers into a list of normalized scripture reference tuples

The reverse of the above feature, we can take a list of integer verse ids and convert it back into a list of normalized scripture reference tuples.

For example, the following list of verse ids represent the references Matthew 18:12-14 and Luke 15:3-7.

import pybible

verse_ids = [40018012, 40018013, 40018014, 42015003, 42015004, 42015005, 42015006, 42015007, ]
references = pybible.convert_verse_ids_to_references(verse_ids)

The conversion functionality would return the following list of normalized scripture reference tuples.

[(<Book.MATTHEW: 40>, 18, 12, 18, 14), (<Book.LUKE: 42>, 15, 3, 15, 7)]

Converting a list of normalized scripture reference tuples into a formatted string scripture reference

coming soon...

Given a list of verse id integers, formatting the related Biblical text for print or web display in one or more open source or public domain versions

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