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

dc.contributor.authorBühler, Axel
dc.contributor.authorYoffe, Gideon
dc.contributor.authorDershowitz, Nachum
dc.contributor.authorPiasetzky, Eli
dc.contributor.authorFinkelstein, Israel
dc.contributor.authorRomer, Thomas Christian
dc.contributor.authorSober, Barak
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-29T09:13:21Z
dc.date.available2024-07-29T09:13:21Z
dc.date.issued2024-05*
dc.descriptionCorrigendum 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.abstractWe 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.abstractVor 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.abstractRécemment, 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.departmentOld Testament Studiesen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2024en_US
dc.description.sdgNoneen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTel Aviv University Center for AI and Data Science (TAD). Open access was generously funded by the University of Haifa.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/zatw/htmlen_US
dc.identifier.citationBühler, 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.issn0044-2526 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1613-0103 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1515/zaw-2024-2001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/97274
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDe Gruyteren_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.subjectComputational linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectBiblical exegesisen_US
dc.subjectStatistical learning algorithmsen_US
dc.subjectBiblical scholarshipen_US
dc.subjectLexemesen_US
dc.subjectSyntactic constructionen_US
dc.subjectPriestly sourceen_US
dc.subjectComputational humanitiesen_US
dc.subjectHebrew Bibleen_US
dc.subjectGenesisen_US
dc.subjectExodusen_US
dc.subjectPriesterschriften_US
dc.subjectBiblische Exegeseen_US
dc.subjectHebräische Bibelen_US
dc.subjectDigital humanitiesen_US
dc.subjectDocument sacerdotalen_US
dc.subjectHumanités numériquesen_US
dc.subjectExégèse bibliqueen_US
dc.subjectBible hébraïqueen_US
dc.subjectGenèseen_US
dc.subjectExodeen_US
dc.titleExploring the stylistic uniqueness of the priestly source in Genesis and Exodus through a statistical/computational lensen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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