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Parallel Texts in the Hebrew Bible, New Methods and Visualizations [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
In this article we develop an algorithm to detect parallel texts in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. The results are presented online and chapters in the Hebrew Bible containing parallel passages can be inspected synoptically. Differences between parallel passages are highlighted.
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Androgyny/Hermaphroditism: Hebrew Bible [PDF]

, 2016
The Hebrew Bible lacks a term for androgyny or hermaphroditism. The term tumtumim, which identifies persons of indeterminate or “hidden” sex, appears later in rabbinic texts.
Williams, Jennifer J.
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The Hebrew Bible as Data: Laboratory - Sharing - Experiences [PDF]

arXiv, 2015
The systematic study of ancient texts including their production, transmission and interpretation is greatly aided by the digital methods that started taking off in the 1970s. But how is that research in turn transmitted to new generations of researchers? We tell a story of Bible and computer across the decades and then point out the current challenges:
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The “Boatloads” Bible Study: A Report on the Spiritual Growth Resulting from Participation in a Small Group Bible Study [PDF]

, 2018
Developed in January 2018, the “Boatloads” Bible study series sought to encourage members of a college life group in Lynchburg, Virginia, to grow spiritually by studying the power of God in ten passages of Scripture involving boats.
Brewer, Abigail
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JWSign: A Highly Multilingual Corpus of Bible Translations for more Diversity in Sign Language Processing [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Advancements in sign language processing have been hindered by a lack of sufficient data, impeding progress in recognition, translation, and production tasks. The absence of comprehensive sign language datasets across the world's sign languages has widened the gap in this field, resulting in a few sign languages being studied more than others, making ...
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The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary [PDF]

, 1989
Reviewed Book: Myers, Allen C. The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary.
Dahle, David W.
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Simplifying the Bible and Wikipedia Using Statistical Machine Translation [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
I started this work with the hope of generating a text synthesizer (like a musical synthesizer) that can imitate certain linguistic styles. Most of the report focuses on text simplification using statistical machine translation (SMT) techniques. I applied MOSES to a parallel corpus of the Bible (King James Version and Easy-to-Read Version) and that of ...
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The Odyssey of Archbishop Gavril’s Translation of the Bible

, 2017
Translating the Bible is not an easy task in any language. Every translation of the Bible is a confirmation of the capacity of a language to convey the Bible’s manifold depths and meanings.
Girevska, Marija
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Quakers and Scripture

, 2015
This chapter explores how the Quakers’ use of the Bible has developed, recognizing changes both in the Friends movement and in its historical and cultural settings.
Macy, Howard R.
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The Best-Selling Bibles: What Librarians Need to Know

, 2014
This article presents guidance for librarians in the selection and recommendation of Bible translations. Pairing a reader with an appropriate Bible requires clear understanding of patron reading level and intended purpose along with a general knowledge ...
Livengood, Stephanie P
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