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- June 21st, 2011, 9:51 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
- Replies: 16
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Re: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
Thanks - I think I wasn't clear enough about my main question. You're saying that Luke and Acts are no more like each other than the similarities found in some set of texts that were written by different authors. What set of texts did you use for this? What sample did you use for comparison? I'd as...
- June 21st, 2011, 8:15 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24982
Re: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
I used the Chi-Square Contingency Table Test, after numerous consultations with a statistics professor who guided me through the statistical maze. One example of a Null Hypothesis is this: "There is no difference in dissonance between the Luke and Acts passages beyond normal, random variabilit...
- June 20th, 2011, 5:25 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24982
Re: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
This means I noted the occurrences of each element in the passages and entered the numbers in a statistical program (MINITAB). The result was that patterns of the prose compositional elements in Luke differed either highly significantly or significantly from those in Acts. I am able to say with a n...
- June 20th, 2011, 8:07 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24982
Re: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
Because the project is just underway, I do not know yet. Thank you for your interest, however.mgiannini wrote:Will this be an open source project?
Patricia Walters
Department of Religious Studies
Rockford College
Beloit College
- June 20th, 2011, 8:05 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24982
Re: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
Sounds very exciting. Are you planning on sharing your code when you are done? I would appreciate it. Also, are you fully settled on perl? I wonder if the Python Natural Language Toolkit module could be adapted to your purpose. Yes, I am settled on Perl. Many years ago (before entering the biblical...
- June 20th, 2011, 7:59 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24982
Re: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
I am writing a Perl software program to analyze Unicode Biblical Greek, based on the methodology I developed by hand in The Assumed Authorial Unity of Luke and Acts: A Reassessment of the Evidence (Cambridge University Press, 2009). I call this methodology "prose composition criticism" si...
- June 19th, 2011, 4:23 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24982
Writing software to analyze Biblical Greek
I am writing a Perl software program to analyze Unicode Biblical Greek, based on the methodology I developed by hand in The Assumed Authorial Unity of Luke and Acts: A Reassessment of the Evidence (Cambridge University Press, 2009). I call this methodology "prose composition criticism" sin...