Undoing and redoing the work of the Masoretes
Logos Hebrew Bible products are close derivatives of a popular digital text called WLC. WLC has made the whole enterprise of digital Bible study possible. But it is important to be aware of WLC's limitations. And it is important to be aware that there are now alternatives available. The following posts contain links to articles I've written that do a "deep dive" on some errors in WLC. The point is not so much these particular errors. The point is to use these errors as a lens through which to view more general issues of WLC's limitations and its alternatives.
(I posted these in the "Jewish Products" forum but since the Hebrew Bible may be of general interest, I thought I'd post links here.)
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A third article in this series:
extra verses in Joshua in Logos Hebrew Bibles - Logos Forums
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Benjamin Denckla said:
Logos Hebrew Bible products are close derivatives of a popular digital text called WLC.
What, may I ask, is WLC? The first two things that come up in links from a Google search are Wisconsin Lutheran College and wireless LAN controller!
For God and For Neighbor
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JBR said:Benjamin Denckla said:
Logos Hebrew Bible products are close derivatives of a popular digital text called WLC.
What, may I ask, is WLC? The first two things that come up in links from a Google search are Wisconsin Lutheran College and wireless LAN controller!
Westminster Leningrad Codex. The Electronic version of the masoretic document from say 1100 AD
Have joy in the Lord!
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NB.Mick said:
[WLC stans for] Westminster Leningrad Codex. The Electronic version of the masoretic document from say 1100 AD
Yes and to be a little more precise:
- We think the Leningrad Codex is from more like the year 1000 than 1100
- WLC is not really a transcription of the Leningrad Codex.
I expand on that second point in Undoing and redoing the work of the Masoretes – Part 3: Extra verses, like this:
WLC did not start with the goal of representing ל [the Leningrad Codex]. WLC started with the goal of representing a subset of BHS. That subset consists of:
- the BHS body text
- the BHS notes relating to qere and/or ketiv
Though WLC did evolve to have some corrections to BHS, [making WLC reflect ל better than BHS, WLC] still remained quite close to BHS.
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A fourth article in this series:
Atnaḥ hafukh: an accent you'll think you see everywhere in the Lexham Hebrew Bible - Logos Forums
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