ABOUT EEP TALSTRA CENTRE FOR BIBLE AND COMPUTER
The Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer is a research center at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Theology. The ETCBC develops and maintains an advanced syntactic database of the Hebrew Bible and researches issues related to Ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac syntax and exegesis by applying computational and statistical methods.
MASTER OF ARTS
The ETCBC offers an MA specialization in Biblical Studies and Digital Humanities.
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Clause Hierarchies, Verselines and Strophes
By Hendrik Jan Bosman On May 29, I hope to defend my dissertation, Prosodic Influence on the Text Syntax of Lamentations (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2613385). The book has a linguistic focus, and is rooted in the ETCBC procedures and programs. Yet, I will...
Manuscripts in the (Digital) Humanities
Biblical Studies and Theology have generally been at the forefront of Digital Humanities, vying with the departments of English Literature and Modern History for leading digital research in new directions. The ETCBC is a prime example of this, with its flagship...
Bootcamp on NLP tools for Syriac
On 17-18 January, the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer (ETCBC) organised a 'boot camp' on NLP tools for Syriac. The response was a bit overwhelming; we had to close the registration well before the deadline, because the limit of twenty-five participants was...