I have my own Bible software, in which a more sophisticated mapping of logic (or absence) is possible, for a given article.
But, I wondered, what if you used Visual Filters to at least highlight when an author is 'going to town'. This type of light-mapping doesn't imply anything 'wrong' ... just that he or she is having to go-lightly with whatever they're working with.
Below is a partial list of my 'Iffy Filter'. And then, as applied to a journal article on Nabeteans. Obviously, the choice of filtered words is relative to the goal. In my case, I watch for a 'blizzard' of qualifiers. The same writer, later in an article, can have very few qualifiers.
Some comments:
- Visual filters allow matching word forms. This saves work, but also can get messy. 'Impress' can highlight impression (good) or impression as in a clay form (not good).
- I use just 2 highlight styles, to avoid overlapping my own highlighting. It can get a bit busy, though, since the filter uses 'in-your-face' highlights.
- A modern 'mapping' interestingly, doesn't work well, as you go back in time. For example Josephus doesn't argue, as a modern scholar might.
