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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
1 2 Count
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