The Hebrew Bible wasn’t written in a vacuum. The writers were part of a culture spanning the entire Fertile Crescent. That culture included a complex set of literary forms, genres, and content. There is more than just historical background to … Read More
Are you interested in reading more about empirical humanities? Here is a great place to start: Umberto Eco, The Search for the Perfect Language, Wiley-Blackwell (1995), 396 pages Since ancient times and right down into the present, mankind has been … Read More
So I’ve rebooted my blog. New server and Internet address. I google “The Empirical Humanist”. Hmmm. My old blog link comes up. No, my new blog is nowhere. No hits at all. What to do? Ask Google, of course. And … Read More
Patrick Durusau just pointed out to me this Austrian site: https://transkribus.eu/Transkribus/. Transkribus is a system for transcribing manuscripts to text data. Its website allows one to upload graphic documents, and download an application to do the actual work. Evidently, after one has … Read More
After a hiatus of several years, I’m back at blogging again, courtesy of Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen, who is providing the hosting services. Thanks, Ulrik! I hope you enjoy exploring this site. Please be patience as I continue to experiment and tweak … Read More