Additional short-hand commands

The \Lord{} (and similar) command inspired me to add some date commands to help in formatting BC/BCE AD/CE Dates.

Here's what I came up with--to be appended to sbllangbase.sty. The syntax is \bce{1234}:

% BCE Command
\newcommand{\bce}[1] {%
  \if@fakesmallcaps
    #1 {\smaller B.C.E.}\xspace%
  \else
    #1\textsc{ b.c.e.}\xspace%
  \fi
}

% CE Command
\newcommand{\ce}[1] {%
  \if@fakesmallcaps
    #1 {\smaller C.E.}\xspace%
  \else
    #1\textsc{ c.e.}\xspace%
  \fi
}

% BC Command
\newcommand{\bc}[1] {%
  \if@fakesmallcaps
    #1 {\smaller B.C.}\xspace%
  \else
    #1\textsc{ b.c.}\xspace%
  \fi
}

% AD Command: Note that "A.D." comes before the date in SBL style
\newcommand{\ad}[1] {%
  \if@fakesmallcaps
   {\smaller A.D.} #1 \xspace%
  \else
    \textsc{ a.d.} #1\xspace%
  \fi
}

I also though I might try making a few commands to insert text-critical sigla with convenient superscripting. This may require another "language" style—anyhow at least another font (probably Apparatus SIL).

I've also been working to add a transilteration "language" using the Charis SIL font. I'm hoping that the SBL Biblit font will come out soon though...