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סיווגם של חילופי נוסח במאגר סינופטי דיגיטלי

והאפשרויות הגלומות בו

Categorization of Textual Variants in Digital

Synopses and its Research Potential

Menachem Katz Hillel Gershuni

Academic Director The Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society

העמותה לקידום חקר כתבי יד

EVA / Minerva 2016 XIIth Conference, July 10th, Jerusalem

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Classical critical editions Sifre Bemidbar, Kahana (2011-2015) Sifre Dvrarim, Finkelstein (1940)

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Various types of printed Talmudic variations Dikduke Sofrim Hashalem Gemara Shlema, Nae Dikduke Sofrim, Rabinovich

Steinsaltz edition

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Synopses Lines synopsis – Bava Metzia, S.Y. Friedman Columns synopsis – Yerushalmi, Tubingen

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Diplomatic and Photo editions Bavli A.z. – Ms. JTS Rab. 15, photo edition Yerushalmi ms. Leiden, Hebrew Academy

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Digitized editions – A new era

Friedberg’s “Hachi Garsinan” project fully uses the advantages of the digitized

edition:

For the first time, we can offer various sorts of editions

No lack of space

Maximum flexibility

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High-Resolution

image & Visual

transcription –

Photo edition

AND diplomatic

edition in one

place

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The site can

present 2 types

of diplomatic

edition:

Visual Transcript

&

Classical

Transcript

Classical Transcript Visual Transcript

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Columns

Synopsis

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Lines

Synopsis

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Textual

variations on

Vilna page

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How can we display only “major” variations?

If we present all of the variations, the significant data will be hard to notice

within the noise.

If we present only what we think is “major”, we could miss variations that the

user think is indeed major.

The difference between the types of users make the mission even harder.

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How detailed should it be? Two different approaches Sifre Bemidbar, Kahana Mishna Ketubbot, Brody

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The mission: Teaching the computer to single out the

“major” variations

Bavli Ta’anit, 30a

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Taking the opposite direction: singling out the “minor”

variations instead

The computer cannot know which of the variations is major.

We can teach it what variation is probably minor.

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Textual equivalencies

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Categories of Equivalency – Group A

Abbreviations and their full versions [אמר –' אמ]

Acronyms and their full versions [אף על פי –פ "אע]

Variations in the way numbers are written [שלוש –' ג]

Vocalizing vowels and their omission [ קיבל –קבל]

The way of writing G-d's name [ייי –' ה ]

Partial textual fault (tear or blurring) [בראשית –ת ...בר]

Words joined together [ שלעולם –של עולם]

Graphic variants [כעבין – כעכין]

Phonetic variants [ כאור –כעור]

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Categories of Equivalency – Group B

Linguistic variants [עומדים – עומדין ]

Letters that signify prepositions and their omission [ שם –לשם]

Semantic variants [ נכרי –גוי]

Variations in personal names [ שמעון בן לקיש' ר –ריש לקיש]

Variations in place names [ אלסכנדריה -אלכסנדריה ]

Shortening or lengthening of Verses (Psukim)

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Now we can emphasize the major changes

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…And also emphasize what other people would think

is minor, but we think is the real deal

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What’s next?

Searching not only for words, but also for variations?

Searching for frequent non-equivalent variations?

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790 רבא רבינא

661 רב שמואל

657 אמי אסי

534 יהודה יוסי

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792 מותר מותרין

787 כאי זה צד כיצד

680 שמע שמעת

679 חכם 'חכמ

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748 נכרי עובד כוכבים

686 גוים נכרים

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Lines synopsis combined with categorization – a new

powerful tool

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סיווגם של חילופי נוסח במאגר סינופטי דיגיטלי

והאפשרויות הגלומות בו

Categorization of Textual Variants in Digital

Synopses and its Research Potential

Menachem Katz Hillel Gershuni

Academic Director The Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society

העמותה לקידום חקר כתבי יד

EVA / Minerva 2016 XIIth Conference, July 10th, Jerusalem