Computational Stylometric Approach to the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The question of how to classify the different texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls is a central issue in scholarship. There is little agreement or even little reflection, however, on the methodology with which these classifications should be made. This article argues that recent developments in computation...

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Published in:Dead Sea Discoveries Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 57 - 83
Main Author: Van Hecke, Pierre
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Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2018
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