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Digitizing and Annotating the Syriac Versions of the Old Testament

Digitizing and Annotating the Syriac Versions of the Old Testament

by Willem van Peursen | Aug 14, 2024 | AI, Computational Linguistics

At the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Amsterdam, 29 July –1 August 2024, the Peshitta Institute Progress report was read. Part of this report was an update of our projects related to the Peshitta and Digital Humanities. That part of the...
Exciting projects at the Digital Approaches to Sacred Texts (DAST) research group

Exciting projects at the Digital Approaches to Sacred Texts (DAST) research group

by Willem van Peursen | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

Since the 1970s the Werkgroep Informatica Vrije Univesiteit, which in 2013 was rebaptized the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer (ETCBC) has been involved in the computational analysis of the Bible and other religious texts. In the course of time it has...
Two Hackathon events

Two Hackathon events

by Willem van Peursen | Sep 27, 2023 | AI, Digital Approaches to Sacred Texts, events, linguistics, news, Social Media

Live-mapping Religious Difference Online The interplay of Digital Society, religious texts mediated online, and live-mapping What is the feasibility of live-mapping the differential use of religious texts in social media to identify religious issues present across...
Studying Syriac manuscripts in Minnesota

Studying Syriac manuscripts in Minnesota

by Willem van Peursen | May 30, 2023 | Bible, manuscripts, Syriac

By Geert Jan Veldman MA, Zwolle It happened often in conversations in the more southern parts of the United States of America, that a conversation partner asked me something like “Why on earth you want to visit one of the coldest parts of mainland USA?”, when I...
In Memoriam: James K. Aitken (1968-2023)

In Memoriam: James K. Aitken (1968-2023)

by Willem van Peursen | Apr 17, 2023 | Bible, Septuagint

By Srecko Koralija It was with great sadness that I received the news that on Friday the 7th of April my PhD supervisor and professor James Aitken passed away after his second major heart attack. He was widely recognized as an outstanding scholar. He studied at the...
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