An Israeli algorithm sheds light on the Bible

Associated Press ^ | June 29, 2011 | MATTI FRIEDMAN

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[Fresh Wind]

Interesting. I plugged in a sample from “Dreams From My Father”, and it says the author is female.

[Explorer89]

And your point?

[Fresh Wind]

Several possibilities...

1. Ayers didn’t ghost write “Dreams...”
2. Obama wrote it, but is only male in a biological sense.
1. Analysis tools like this are worthless.

Take your pick.

[Explorer89]

I was implying #2 :)

[worst-case scenario]

Moses is the supposed author of the Pentateuch. He couldn’t have written the portions of the Old Testament that are set in the time periods following his death.

[Pelham]

This sounds like the Wellhausen hypothesis, the JEPD theory.

[AdmSmith]

Autorship attribution is a very interesting field of research.

A good introduction http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.153.9654&rep=rep1&type=pdf

[AdmSmith]

Autorship => Authorship

[One Name]

I thought the same.... A hidden verification of the true Bible only revealed at the end of this age.

I’m neither a math or computer whiz, but thought it was worth checking out.

Revelation 22:19
King James Version (KJV)

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.