The Linguistic Annotation Framework (LAF) provides a general, extensible stand-off markup system for corpora. This paper discusses LAF-Fabric, a new tool to analyse LAF resources in general with an extension to process the Hebrew Bible in particular. We first walk through the history of the Hebrew Bible as text database in decennium-wide steps. Then we describe how LAF-Fabric may serve as an an...

Besides its religious importance, the Bible, because of its ancient origin represents a relevant witness of the way of life of the people mentioned in it. The Holy Scripture is also the first text revealing the utility of plants for man, as natural sources of food, wood, fibers, oils and medicinal herbs. In the last 60 years, several distinguished botanists have attempted to identify the scient...

Since the Bible is regarded as the most important source of Christian iconography and iconography in return is the visual interpretation of the Bible, the relationship between Christian iconography and biblical interpretation is noteworthy. In some cases this relationship is such that the visual representation is actively involved in the interpretation of the biblical text and is...

ever since the rise of christianity, the bible has played a key role in the christian religiosity. it was a guide to faith, a supreme source of belief and morals, the standard of christian orthodoxy, and a means of combating heresies; for a great majority of christians, it continues to enjoy the same position. after the renaissance, the biblical studies, in terms of authorship, style of writing...

intertextuality, is based on this idea that there is no independent text, and the text borrow from each other, there is a close and double relationship between them. according to this theory, each text is the brainchild of past or contemporary texts; so that new text (current) is summary of the text or several texts (absent). the purpose of this article is intertextual research of the bible in ...

Whether exposure of children or adults to violent media is a cause of aggression and violent behavior has been one of the most intensely debated issues in criminal justice and the broader populace. Debates about the effects of media ranging from books to video games have a long history (Trend, 2007). Even religious writings such as the Bible have been the target of criticism, from early Christi...

A Christian evangelist has claimed that the Torah and Gospels (Injeel) which were available in Mecca during the life time of Muhammad were identical to the Torah and the Gospel that the Christians read today. As the Qur'an attests to the truth of these Books, the Muslims should believe in them in the same way as the Jews and Christians do. Given that four verses in the Qur'an speak of "Tahreef'...

This is one of a series entitled " By-Paths of Bible Knowledge," and is not intended solely for medical men. If it is taken for granted that a "popular" book on the Diseases of the Bible is desirable, Sir Risdon Bennett's little work no doubt answers the purpose fairly well. We are, however, inclined to doubt the wisdom of any such book, and in justification of this feeling Sir Risdon's words i...

Most of what I need to know about clinical research methods, I learned from the Bible.