From: IN%"EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET" "Elaine Brennan" 4-SEP-1993 15:27:04.72 To: IN%"HUMANIST@BROWNVM.BITNET" "Multiple recipients of list HUMANIST" CC: Subj: 7.0156 Computing and Biblical Studies (1/130) Received: from HKUVM1.HKU.HK (MAILER@HKUVM1) by vax.csc.cuhk.hk (PMDF #12160) id <01H2JF4BOYZK8WWDPL@vax.csc.cuhk.hk>; Sat, 4 Sep 1993 05:26 +0800 Received: from HKUVM1.HKU.HK by HKUVM1.HKU.HK (Mailer R2.10 ptf000) with BSMTP id 3556; Sat, 04 Sep 93 05:26:51 HKT Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 17:22:59 EDT From: Elaine Brennan Subject: 7.0156 Computing and Biblical Studies (1/130) Sender: "HUMANIST: Humanities Computing" To: Multiple recipients of list HUMANIST Reply-to: Elaine Brennan Message-id: <01H2JF4BOYZK8WWDPL@vax.csc.cuhk.hk> Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0156. Friday, 3 Sep 1993. Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 16:15:50 +22306256 (EST) From: kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Robert Kraft) Subject: Computing and Biblical Studies As some of you know, I've been gathering information on computing and New Testament textual criticism, which has expended now to the larger context of computing and biblical studies. In the attached list, I have attempted to identify some of the more obvious markers along the way, in chronological sequence. Some of the information will be inaccurate and/or incomplete, and other equally significant developments will have been missed. It is a draft, from which a lengthy bibliography has been removed. The original orientation towards NT textcriticism remains obvious in the listing of sources near the end. I will need to expand that section to include Jewish scriptures, other versions, etc. In any event, I invite your corrections, additions, supplements, and other comments. Since we are making history, we need to be sure the recording of it is as accurate as possible. Bob Kraft, UPenn (with the usual apologies for multiple listing) reply to kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu ===== Computers and Biblical Studies: a Brief Outline by RAK (2 Sept 1993) Selected highlights (by date) of computer developments of special relevance for biblical studies: 1949 Roberto Busa's Aquinas Project begun (study of literature) 1951-57 Ellison's Harvard Dissertation (NT textcriticism) 195? Ellison's Concordance of RSV, electronically produced 1955 Centre d'Analyse Documentaire pour l'Arche/ologie founded (Jean-Claude Gardin) 1960? A. Q. Morton's stylistic studies of Paul, etc. 1961 Founding of LASLA (Laboratoire d'Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes) at University of Liege, Belgium 1966 Computers and the Humanities Journal (J. Raben) 1967-1979 CALCULI newsletter by Stephen Waite (Dartmouth) 1968 British Academy Committee on the Use of Computers in Textual Criticism, chaired by K. J. Dover [when did it begin?] 1968 CETEDOC established (Paul Tombeur) [CALCULI 152] 1968 Beuron Vulgate Concordance Project (Fischer, Ott) 1969 American Philological Association Repository begun 1970 Yehuda T. Radday works on Isaiah Authorship 1970 reports & activities (SBL, SNTS-Grayston, Fischer, etc.) 1971 Arthur Baird and David N. Freedman, Computer Bible Series, Biblical Research Associates 1972 TLG Project begins (Theodore Brunner, UCal Irvine) 197?-?? Richard Whitaker, ARITHMOI (general) 1973 Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing founded (Bulletin begins 1975) 1973 David Packard Morph Analysis Program 1975 David Packard develops early IBYCUS (1977) prototypes 1976 Oxford Text Archive established 19?? Maredsous Project (biblical texts and translations) 19?? G. Weil CATAB-CNRS Project (Hebrew Scriptures; cantillation, etc.) 19?? F. I. Andersen (Hebrew scriptures; syntax) 19?? Raymond Martin (translation technique, style, etc.) 197? H. Van Dyke Parunak (Hebrew Scriptures; lexical density plots) 1977 Werkgroep Informatica at Amsterdam (E. Talstra, F. Postma) 1977 Joseph Raben Directory of Scholars Active in Computer Assisted Research in The Humanities (Pergamon) 1978 CNRS Colloquium on Computers and Textual Criticism [CALCULI 291f.; "publication of proceedings is planned."] 1978 Association for Computers and Humanities (ACH) founded 1978 CATSS Project Probes at UPenn (Greek Jewish Scriptures) 1979 GRAMCORD (Reference Manual; Paul Miller) 1981 Friberg NT Morph article published (ed Patton) 1981 Michigan-Claremont BHS text encoding begun (Parunak-Whitaker) 1982 Association Internationale "Bible et Informatique" (AIBI) 1984 OFFLINE column begins (SBL), CCAT at UPenn 1985 AIBI First International Colloquium, Louvain-la-Neuve 19?? PHI 1987 John Hughes, Bits, Bytes & Biblical Studies (Zondervan) 1987 Perseus Project begun (hypertext Classical Studies) 1988 AIBI Second International Colloquium, Jerusalem 1988? Text Encoding Initiative begun (SGML based) 1991 AIBI Third International Colloquium, Catalogue of Relevant Resources for NT Text Study (July 1993) Ancient Texts and Versions: UBS2 and 3, UBS 3 corrected Stephanus (no diacritics) Byzantine text (" ") Scrivener text of 1894 [KJV base reconstructed] (" ") Syriac (Aramaic) - The Way [BBBS 569] Syriac Peshitta MSS - Dale Johnson [BBBS 570] Coptic - CATSS/CCAT & PHI Latin - Fischer/Stuttgart Vulgate (Ott) Major Projects: Vinton Dearing [BBBS 492 n11] IGNT G.John / McReynolds (get details, CARG session) Aland - Mu%nster Concordance [BBBS 568] Ep.James ??! Software & Coding (see also Hockey; Yearbook 406ff): TUSTEP (& micro-TUSTEP) software package (Wilhelm Ott) CATSS Format and Software (for OG/LXX, originally) COLLATE program by Peter Robinson TEI Recommendations for SGML-type Markup Interpreting MSS, by Timothy W. Seid [Yearbook 27] Parsons, Gk MSS PHYLIP & BLUDGEON [Yearbook 407] Bibliography (see also CALCULI, ARITHMOI): Ott, Wilhelm. In ALLC Bulletin 2.1 (1974) 74-77. Hughes, BBBS [esp 492 n11] (Zondervan, 1987) Lancashire, Ian (ed). Humanities Computing Yearbooks for 1988, 1989. OFFLINE (passim) AIBI Maredsous Newsletters and Bibliographies (1) Cathy Vanhove-Romanik, 1981 (Reports of Centre IB) (2) Servais, Ge/rard. "Bible et Informatique: Bibliographie 1981-1985." Pp. 311-321 in Actes du Premier Colloque International Bible et Informatique: Le Texte.... Louvain-la- Neuve (Belgique) 2-3-4 septembre 1985 (Champion-Slatkine, 1986). CNRS annual bibliographies in religion chronological list of publications: [deleted here] /end/