Hi,
I'm hoping to share insights, but also as some questions here.
I'm in the process to identify keywords for the gospel by Mark as a whole. (So, not for a particular passage/chapter but for the whole gospel of Mark!) I'm now looking at one specific example, "λεγω" (as a root). (This may be far from a keyword, but let's just take this example with λεγω, so I can ask my questions...)
I know that mathematics and sheer numbers are not the only answer and I should not reduce it to that, but an important factor (one of several criteria!) in determining whether a word/root could be a keyword for a Biblebook as a whole(!), is its distribution within the book: is it spread evenly over all/most of the chapters, or is it more clustered in one or more passages? And what is its relation to each chapter (ratio) and/or the whole book?
The graph results are a great help for this.
First of all, the "Result Map" gets me a good view on how the word/root is spread all over the entire book (you can zoom in and out by scrolling!): (I'm looking at Mark, which is the second gospel, so logically, the second column is colored).
Second, I can analyze per chapter/verse... with the "Bar Chart" view:
Can anyone help me with interpreting the several possible views within the Bar Chart? When is each method of viewing most suitable? I'm especially looking at the views with a ratio: "Number of... / Number of ....."
Cheers!
Jo D.
It is statistical and i found it interesting to look at occurrences of καινός (new) because of its use in Revelation.
#hits in book shows 9 in Rev with 5 being next highest in Mk and Lk. 2 Jn has 1 hit
# of verses with hits in book / # of verses in Version and # hits in book / # words in Version reinforces the frequency of use in Revelation.
But
# of verses with hits in book / # of verses in Book and # hits in book / # words in Book shows that 2 Jn has a statistically significant higher usage!
Dave===
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Someone can certainly correct me on this, especially the terms I will use, but I think that there are three ratios that are most significant. As an example, I'm using occurrences of "truth" in the NRSV NT.
I ignore everything related to chapters as they don't represent anything in the original text. But I wish we had an easy way to compare frequency in the various source tradition models .... or by author (e.g. Isaiah, Deutero-Isaiah ... or Luke-Acts, John-Revelation-3 epistles ...)
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Thanks, Dave, Mark, M.J., good insights.
My goal is to come a little closer to determining potential keywords in a book as I said.
M.J.: good point about the chapters: these are constructs of later date: the authors didn't have those in mind when writing their letter(s)/book(s) indeed.
Could it be interesting to have a customizable way to search for a ratio, like "Number of Hits / X words in Book", where X can be set between certain minimum/maxium like 100-1000...? This might give a possibly more precise look at the distribution (especially for a ratio with a smaller "X", like 100)...