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...
by Wido van Peursen | Dec 3, 2019 | Bible, Hebrew Classroom, Hebrew Learning, linguistics, news, Open Science, Translation
A new project We are excited to announce the start of a new project for the development of an Amharic version of the Bible Online Learner that will be a unique cooperation between the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer (ETCBC), the Ethiopian Graduate School of...
by Stephen Ku | Aug 30, 2019 | Bible, Hebrew Bible, linguistics, Open Science, Text-Fabric
eRhema’s primary goal is to provide a free tool that enables the layperson to explore the Bible in its original languages. While Bible translations are indispensable, meanings are inevitably lost even in the finest translations. Ideally, every serious student of the...
by Jesse Griffin | Apr 18, 2019 | Hebrew Bible, linguistics, methodology, Open Science
The Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB) is a collaborative project that was launched online in December 2009 and has attracted over 300 contributors. According to the project’s site, The vision of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible project is not only to provide...
by Christiaan Erwich | Sep 21, 2018 | Computational Linguistics, Database, linguistics, methodology, Open Science, SHEBANQ, text linguistics, Text-Fabric
The research data developed at the ETCBC is live data. The researchers at the ETCBC continuously develop new (theoretical) insights about the research data of the Hebrew Bible and other ancient corpora (e.g. inscriptions from Qumran), review encoding mistakes, and...