tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097582791935798204.post8300151057643760521..comments2023-08-02T20:59:22.523+02:00Comments on dianoigo: biblical studies, theology, church history and more: Word counts by book for Septuagint, New Testament, Apostolic Fathers and Justin MartyrTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671380367019506667noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097582791935798204.post-3051962169418449102023-03-19T12:23:35.201+02:002023-03-19T12:23:35.201+02:00Thanks! This should make the process painless.Thanks! This should make the process painless.Narskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06273976302460764496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097582791935798204.post-49416288834610536302023-03-19T08:19:42.020+02:002023-03-19T08:19:42.020+02:00A follow-up comment: there are morphologically tag...A follow-up comment: there are morphologically tagged text files for the LXX in Unicode produced from the CATSS files by Nathan Smith <a href="https://github.com/nathans/lxxmorph-unicode" rel="nofollow">here</a>. These should be much easier to work with.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671380367019506667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097582791935798204.post-60784643247534624432023-03-19T08:07:42.621+02:002023-03-19T08:07:42.621+02:00Hi Narski.
Raw Septuagint data can be found here:...Hi Narski.<br /><br />Raw Septuagint data can be found here:<br />http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rak//catss.html<br /><br />If you're willing and able to do the necessary data wrangling, I think you should be able to get the number of unique lexemes per book.<br /><br />It also looks like James Tauber is in the process of creating morphologically tagged versions of the Apostolic Fathers, as he previously did for the New Testament. See here:<br /><br />https://github.com/jtauber/apostolic-fathersTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671380367019506667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097582791935798204.post-8563711221884244282023-03-18T08:02:54.115+02:002023-03-18T08:02:54.115+02:00Hi!
I was wondering whether you also had analyzed ...Hi!<br />I was wondering whether you also had analyzed the number of unique lexemes in those books? I've tried to Google this for some time and looked at a few books about the Septuagint, but nowhere can I find an estimate of the number of unique words in each septuagint book.Narskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06273976302460764496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097582791935798204.post-25311648300665463132023-02-12T12:12:26.790+02:002023-02-12T12:12:26.790+02:00Hi Brian.
Yes, the blog is still active in the se...Hi Brian.<br /><br />Yes, the blog is still active in the sense that I monitor comments and am happy to engage with readers. The rate of new content being published has slowed almost to a standstill due to my offline life having become much busier. I'm considering launching a podcast and, if I do, that will probably more or less take the place of the blog in terms of new content.<br /><br />In the Hebrew Bible, Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles are each one book. In the Septuagint, at least as transmitted by the early church, Samuel and Kings were "split and combined" into four books, with Samuel split into 1 & 2 Kingdoms and Kings into 3 & 4 Kingdoms. Chronicles was also split into two books.<br /><br />I don't know why the books were split, but the explanation that it is due to the constraints of scroll length sounds plausible.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671380367019506667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097582791935798204.post-70860984290734642232023-02-11T22:38:14.421+02:002023-02-11T22:38:14.421+02:00Hi Tom. I have only just this moment discovered yo...Hi Tom. I have only just this moment discovered your blog. Is it still active? I have a question I’d like to ask you about the word count. For a start, I must point out that I have no academic qualifications. I’m just a general reader with an interest in Biblical languages.<br />I believe the four books of Kingdoms originally made up a single long book, and similarly the two books of Chronicles, and that in both cases the division into the existing “books” was simply a practical matter having to do with keeping each scroll short enough to be easily handled. Can you please confirm this? If so, I have a follow-up question I’d like to ask you.<br />Thanks<br />Brian<br />Briannoreply@blogger.com