by Mathias Coeckelbergs | Sep 20, 2021 | AI, Bible, Computational Linguistics, Hebrew Bible, linguistics, Open Science, Peshitta, semantics, Syriac, Uncategorized
This very first blogpost seeks to report on our advancements in the PaTraCoSy (PAtterns in TRAnslation: Using COlibriCore for the Hebrew Bible corpus and its SYriac translation) project, which is funded by CLARIAH. The overall goal of this project is to use the...
by Christian Canu Højgaard | Jul 7, 2021 | Bible, Computational Linguistics, Hebrew Bible, linguistics, methodology, semantics, Social Network Analysis, Text-Fabric
The Mosaic laws of the Torah are quite unusual, embedded as they are in the narrative of the Torah. Thus, they are not only commands and prohibitions but relate intrinsically to the grand storyline of Torah extending from creation to the impending conquest of...
by Klaas Spronk | Mar 9, 2021 | Bible, Database, Hebrew Bible, linguistics
The Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database (SAHD) is a semantic thesaurus of classical Hebrew with the ambitious goal to collect and present as much relevant information as possible. This information includes a complete survey of the occurrences of the...
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 | 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 Alba de Ridder | Mar 13, 2020 | Computational Linguistics, events, linguistics, manuscripts, methodology, news, Text-Fabric
From 14-21 February of 2020, the Lorentz-workshop “Processing Ancient Text Corpora”, organized by Cody Kingham, Wido van Peursen, Dirk Roorda and Nicolai Winther-Nielsen, in collaboration with the NIAS, took place. It was organized in the very comfortable...
