Introductions

The INT book and its divisions can be used for adding introductory content related to groupings of books within a scripture publication.

Summary

id

One of:

  • Bible Introduction - title

  • Old Testament Introduction intot

  • Pentateuch Introduction - intpent

  • History Introduction - inthistory

  • Poetry Introduction - intpoetry

  • Prophecy Introduction - intprophesy

  • Deuterocanon Introduction - intdc

  • New Testament Introduction - intnt

  • Gospels Introduction - intgospels

  • Epistles Introduction - intepistles

  • Letters Introduction - intletters

content

Examples

  • USFM

  • USX

\id INT
\periph Old Testament Introduction|id="intot"
\mt1 Introduction to the Old Testament
\p The Old Testament is a record of Israel's experience of what God is like and
what the people who worship God should be like. It proclaims the LORD God as the
creator of the world and it tells how God blesses people and establishes relations
with people through special agreements called covenants.
...
\periph Pentateuch Introduction|id="intpent"
\s1 The Pentateuch
\p “Pentateuch” is a term that means “five scrolls (books)” and is used to
describe the five books that are positioned at the beginning of both Jewish and
Christian Bibles.
...
\periph Deuterocanon Introduction|id="intdc"
\mt1 Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha
\p Most of the books gathered in this section were part of an ancient translation
of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek called the Septuagint which was widely read by
Christians in the early church.
...
\periph New Testament Introduction|id="intnt"
\mt1 New Testament
\p The books of the New Testament were written by the followers of Jesus Christ.
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<usx version="3.1">
  <book code="INT" style="id" />
  <periph alt="Old testament Introduction" id="intot">
    <para style="mt1">Introduction to the Old Testament</para>
    <para style="p">The Old Testament is a record of Israel's experience of what
      God is like and what the people who worship God should be like. It proclaims
      the LORD God as the creator of the world and it tells how God blesses people
      and establishes relations with people through special agreements called
      covenants.</para>
    ...
  </periph>
</usx>
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<usx version="3.1">
  <book code="INT" style="id" />
  <periph alt="Pentateuch Introduction" id="intpent">
    <para style="mt1">The Pentateuch</para>
    <para style="p">“Pentateuch” is a term that means “five scrolls (books)” and
      is used to describe the five books that are positioned at the beginning of
      both Jewish and Christian Bibles.</para>
    ...
  </periph>
</usx>
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<usx version="3.1">
  <book code="INT" style="id" />
  <periph alt="Deuterocanon Introduction" id="intdc">
    <para style="mt1">Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha</para>
    <para style="p">Most of the books gathered in this section were part of an
      ancient translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek called the
      Septuagint which was widely read by Christians in the early church.</para>
    ...
  </periph>
</usx>
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<usx version="3.1">
  <book code="INT" style="id" />
  <periph alt="New Testament Introduction" id="intnt">
    <para style="mt1">Introduction to the New Testament</para>
    <para style="p">The books of the New Testament were written by the followers
      of Jesus Christ...</para>
    ...
  </periph>
</usx>
...