by Mark Klooster | Oct 26, 2020 | AI, Computational Linguistics, Database, Education, linguistics, Studies
Tuesday morning (Amsterdam time), September 1st, was the start of the course Digital Hermeneutics and the Reception of the Hebrew Bible at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Because of the coronavirus, all lectures took place online via Zoom meetings. Although it...
by Wido van Peursen | Oct 8, 2020 | Bible, Database, manuscripts, Peshitta, Syriac
In cooperation with Brill publishers, the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer (ETCBC) and the Peshitta Foundation have prepared an electronic version of Leiden Peshitta edition, Vetus Testamentum Syriace. With the recent publication of the volume containing...
by Wido van Peursen | Sep 1, 2020 | AI, Bible, Computational Linguistics, Database, events, Text-Fabric
We are happy to announce the ETCBC meetings for the Fall semester. All meetings will be online through Zoom. Tuesday 22 September 2020, 11.00 am CET Text Features and Text Display in Text Fabric Dirk Roorda Text-Fabric, the Python package that many of us use for...
by Wido van Peursen | Jul 2, 2020 | Bible, Computational Linguistics, Database, events, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Learning, linguistics, Translation
(And why you should follow the new online minor programme in Bible Translation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) By Lourens de Vries The Hebrew conjunction we in The Song of Solomon (1:5) can be rendered by “and” or “but” and translations have gone both ways. What’s a...
by Eliran Wong | Oct 30, 2019 | Bible, Database, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Learning, Open Science, Uncategorized
It was my pleasure to give a brief overview of BibleBento.com on the 40th anniversary of the ETCBC. I would like to share a little bit more here, including progress of the development since the presentation. I am a full-time church minister. I like collecting Bible...
