Exploring the stylistic uniqueness of the priestly source in Genesis and Exodus through a statistical/computational lens

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dc.contributor.author Bühler, Axel
dc.contributor.author Yoffe, Gideon
dc.contributor.author Dershowitz, Nachum
dc.contributor.author Piasetzky, Eli
dc.contributor.author Finkelstein, Israel
dc.contributor.author Romer, Thomas Christian
dc.contributor.author Sober, Barak
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-29T09:13:21Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-29T09:13:21Z
dc.date.issued 2024-05 *
dc.description Corrigendum to: Axel Bühler et al., Exploring the Stylistic Uniqueness of the Priestly Source in Genesis and Exodus Through a Statistical/Computational Lens. Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, volume 136, issue 2, pages 165–190. (DOI: 10.1515/zaw-2024-2001): The article contains an error. Figures 1–4 show the features of the P and non-P corpora defined by scholars and not to those extracted from the partition of the algorithm. However, as the two partitions overlap for the most part, this makes little difference to the result. Comparing the two results, some of the misattributions could be explained. For example, the name “Adam” is considered by the algorithm as P and the name »Jacob« as non-P. This explains why a part of Genesis 2–3 was considered as P and why almost all of Jacob story to non-P. The correct figures can be found at https://github.com/YoffeG/PnonP.
dc.description.abstract We have recently introduced a computational framework that, given a partition of a text into two literary constituents, finds the best parameters for successfully distinguishing linguistic features to support that partition and evaluates the statistical significance thereof. We applied our algorithm to assess the literary uniqueness of the Priestly source in the books of Genesis and Exodus, focusing on the mathematical and statistical underpinning of our approach. Here we take a close philological look at the linguistic features found to characterize the two distinct categories of texts. en_US
dc.description.abstract Vor kurzem haben wir einen Algorithmus entwickelt und vor- gestellt, der die besten Parameter zur erfolgreichen Unterscheidung der sprachli- chen Merkmale für eine Aufteilung eines Textes in zwei literarische Gruppen findet und die statistische Signifikanz dieser Parameter bewertet. Wir haben unseren Algorithmus auf die Bücher Genesis und Exodus angewendet, um die Priesterschrift von den nicht-priesterlichen Texten zu unterscheiden, wobei wir uns auf die mathematischen und statistischen Grundlagen unseres Ansatzes stützten. Hierbei gehen wir näher auf die sprachlichen Besonderheiten ein, die die beiden literari- schen Textgruppen kennzeichnen. en_US
dc.description.abstract Récemment, nous avons développé un algorithme qui trouve les meilleurs paramètres pour distinguer avec succès les caractéristiques linguistiques d’une partition d’un texte en deux ensembles littéraires et en évalué la significativité statistique. Pour cet article, nous avons appliqué notre algorithme aux livres de la Genèse et de l’Exode pour différencier le document sacerdotal du reste des textes, en nous appuyant sur les fondements mathématiques et statistiques de notre approche. Nous examinons ici de près les spécificités linguistiques qui caractérisent les deux ensembles littéraires. en_US
dc.description.department Old Testament Studies en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg None en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Tel Aviv University Center for AI and Data Science (TAD). Open access was generously funded by the University of Haifa. en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/zatw/html en_US
dc.identifier.citation Bühler, Axel, Yoffe, Gideon, Dershowitz, Nachum, Piasetzky, Eli, Finkelstein, Israel, Römer, Thomas and Sober, Barak. "Exploring the Stylistic Uniqueness of the Priestly Source in Genesis and Exodus Through a Statistical/Computational Lens" Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, vol. 136, no. 2, 2024, pp. 165-190. https://doi.org/10.1515/zaw-2024-2001. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0044-2526 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1613-0103 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1515/zaw-2024-2001
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97274
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher De Gruyter en_US
dc.rights © 2024 the author(s), published by De Gruyter. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. en_US
dc.subject Computational linguistics en_US
dc.subject Biblical exegesis en_US
dc.subject Statistical learning algorithms en_US
dc.subject Biblical scholarship en_US
dc.subject Lexemes en_US
dc.subject Syntactic construction en_US
dc.subject Priestly source en_US
dc.subject Computational humanities en_US
dc.subject Hebrew Bible en_US
dc.subject Genesis en_US
dc.subject Exodus en_US
dc.subject Priesterschrift en_US
dc.subject Biblische Exegese en_US
dc.subject Hebräische Bibel en_US
dc.subject Digital humanities en_US
dc.subject Document sacerdotal en_US
dc.subject Humanités numériques en_US
dc.subject Exégèse biblique en_US
dc.subject Bible hébraïque en_US
dc.subject Genèse en_US
dc.subject Exode en_US
dc.title Exploring the stylistic uniqueness of the priestly source in Genesis and Exodus through a statistical/computational lens en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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