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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Digitizing and Annotating the Syriac Versions of the Old Testament
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
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...
When Religion Meets Technology: A Dive into Day 2 of the Hackathon “Live-mapping Religious Difference Online”
Picture this: a room buzzing with energy, pizza boxes stacked high, soft drinks at every table, rapid Wi-Fi connectivity, and scholars engrossed in their laptops, training AI models. It might not be the first image that springs to mind when you think of theologians...