Retrieve standardized book names based on biblical authors

Collect book names from RASB Bible, Leningrad Codex, or Septuagint based on biblical authors outlined in 'author_data' dataset.

• Moses: Genesis – Deuteronomy

• Joshua: Joshua

• Unkown: Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & Chronicles, Esther and Job

• Samuel/Unknown: 1 & 2 Samuel

• Ezra: Ezra

• Nehemiah: Nehemiah

• David/Various: Psalms

• Solomon: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

• Isaiah: Isaiah

• Jeremiah: Jeremiah and Lamentations

• Ezekiel: Ezekiel

• Daniel: Daniel

• Hosea: Hosea

• Joel: Joel

• Amos: Amos

• Obadiah: Obadiah

• Jonah: Jonah

• Micah: Micah

• Nahum: Nahum

• Habakkuk: Habakkuk

• Zephaniah: Zephaniah

• Haggai: Haggai

• Zechariah: Zechariah

• Malachi: Malachi

• Matthew: Gospel of Matthew

• Mark: Gospel of Mark

• Luke: Gospel of Luke and Acts

• John: Gospel of John, Johanine epistles and Revelation

• Paul: Pauline epistles

• James: James

• Peter: 1 and 2 Peter

• Jude: Jude

• Unknown: Hebrews

Usage

by_author(author, testament)

Arguments

author

a character vector or length 1 specifying the biblical author in the Old or New Testament

testament

a character vector of length 1 specifying the testament/time period in which the author is found

Value

a character vector of standardized book names to be passed to other functions