Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study: Bibliography

Originally an APPENDIX to the COMPUTER ASSISTED TOOLS FOR SEPTUAGINT STUDIES Final Performance Report (April 1995)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO CATSS, CCAT, AND TO THE CCAT/CATSS DATA BANK

Various CATSS/CCAT staff have used or are using the data bank in doctoral dissertations (e.g. Talshir, Mazor, Lippi, Taylor, Wright, Putnam, Bergren, Knobloch, Treat). The following publications represent CCAT and its associated projects to the scholarly world.

1981

Kraft, R. A. and E. Tov. "Computer-Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies," BULLETIN OF THE IOSCS 14 (1981) 22-40.

1982

Parunak, H. van Dyke. "Text of the Michigan Project for Computer Assisted Biblical Studies." Unpublished Research Memorandum UM 82-2, 10 June 1982.

1984

Abercrombie, J. R. "Computer Assisted Alignment of the Greek and Hebrew Biblical Texts -- Programming Background," TEXTUS 11 (1984) 125-139.

Adler, W. "Computer Assisted Morphological Analysis of the Septuagint," TEXTUS 11 (1984) 1-16.

Kraft, R. A. "In Quest of Computer Literacy," BULLETIN of the Council on the Study of Religion 15 (1984) 41-45, and subsequent "OFFLINE" columns in the same BULLETIN (## 1-5) and in its successors, RELIGIOUS STUDIES NEWS (## 6 onward) and the revived BULLETIN of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion (## 20 onward); by 1990, OFFLINE was also being published first electronically on the lists HUMANIST, IOUDAIOS, and RELIGION.

Levenson, Thomas. "Crunching the Classics," in DISCOVER (Feb 1984) 80-81.

Lippi, P. "The Use of the Computerized Data Base for the Study of Septuagint Revisions," BULLETIN OF THE IOSCS 17 (1984) 48-62.

Talshir, Zipporah. First Esdras: Origin and Translation. PhD Dissertation, Hebrew University.

Tov, E. "The Use of a Computerized Data Base for Septuagintal Research: The Greek-Hebrew Parallel Alignment," BULLETIN OF THE IOSCS 17 (1984) 36-47.

Tov, E. and J. Cook. "A Computerized Data Base for the Qumran Biblical Scrolls," JNSL 12 (1984) 133-137.

1985

Abercrombie, John (ed.). "ONLINE NOTES" on the BITNET electronic Network (Monthly [later occasional] Newsletter, 1985-91).

Kraft, R. and E. Tov. "Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Study (CATSS)," ALLC Bulletin 13 (1985) 37-38.

Tov, E. and B. G. Wright, "Computer Assisted Study of the Criteria for Assessing the Literalness of Translation Units in the LXX," TEXTUS 12 (1985) 149-187.

Tov, E. "Computer Assisted Alignment of the Greek-Hebrew Equivalents of the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint," in N. Fernadez Marcos, ed., LA SEPTUAGINTA EN LA INVESTIGACION CONTEMPORANEA (V CONGRESO DE LA IOSCS) (Madrid 1985) 221-242.

Wright, B. G. "A Note on the Statistical Analysis of Septuagintal Syntax," JOURNAL OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE 104 (1985) 111-14.

1986

Abercrombie, John R. "Programs for Work with the Septuagint Data from CATSS" [abstract]. Page 35 in PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM BIBLE AND COMPUTER: THE TEXT (Louvain-la-Neuve, 2-4 Sept. 1985). Paris - Geneva: Champion - Slatkine.

Abercrombie, J. R., W. Adler, R. A. Kraft and E. Tov. RUTH (CATSS 1). SCS 20. Atlanta, GA.: Scholar's Press, 1986.

Claassen, Walter T. "Towards a Morphological Analysis of Biblical Hebrew -- a Semi-Automatic Approach." Pp. 143-154 in PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM BIBLE AND COMPUTER: THE TEXT (Louvain-la-Neuve, 2-4 Sept. 1985). Paris - Geneva: Champion - Slatkine.

Helgerson, Linda. "CD-ROM: The Basis for Scholarly Research in Higher Education," in CD DATA REPORT 3/2 (Dec 1986) 9-13.

Kraft, R. A. "Treatment of the Greek Textual Variants," in COMPUTERS AND BIBLICAL STUDIES, ed. V. A. Parunak [in press, 1986];

Lust, Johann. "The Computer and the Hypothetic Translators of Ezekiel." Pp. 265-274 in PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM BIBLE AND COMPUTER: THE TEXT (Louvain-la-Neuve, 2-4 Sept. 1985). Paris - Geneva: Champion - Slatkine.

Talshir, Zipora. "Linguistic Development and the Evaluation of Translation Technique in the Septuagint," Scripta Hierosolymitana 31, 301-320.

Tov, E. A COMPUTERIZED DATA BASE FOR SEPTUAGINT STUDIES: THE PARALLEL ALIGNED TEXT OF THE GREEK AND HEBREW BIBLE (CATSS 2), JNSL Supplementary Series 1, 1986.

Tov, E. "A New Generation of Biblical Research." Pp. 413-446 in PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM BIBLE AND COMPUTER: THE TEXT (Louvain-la-Neuve, 2-4 Sept. 1985). Paris - Geneva: Champion - Slatkine.

1987

Hughes, John. "CCAT -- Center for Computer Analysis of Texts," in BITS, BYTES & BIBLICAL STUDIES (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987) 585-587.

Kraft, R. A. [CCAT Portion of PHI/CCAT CD-ROM.] PHI, 1987.

Wright, B. G. "The Quantitative Representation of Elements: Evaluating 'Literalism' in the LXX," in VI CONGRESS OF THE IOSCS -- JERUSALEM 1986 (ed. C.E.Cox). SCS 23 (Atlanta: Scholars, 1987), 311-335.

1988

Helgerson, Linda. "CD-ROM and Scholarly Research in the Humanities," in COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES 22/2 (1988) 111-116.

Miller, David C. "Biblical Publishing Discovers CD-ROM," in CD DATA REPORT 4/6 (Apr 1988) 14-17.

Tov, Emanuel. "Computers and the Bible." BIBLE REVIEW 4, 38-43.

1989

Groves, Alan. "On Computers and Hebrew Morphology." Pp. 45-86 in COMPUTER ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF BIBLICAL TEXTS: PAPERS READ AT THE WORKSHOP ON THE OCCASION OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "WERKGROEP INFORMATICA" ... November 5-6, 1987; ed E. Talstra. Amsterdam: Free University Press, 1989.

Kraft, Robert A. "Computer Assisted Identification and Reconstruction of Fragmentary Manuscripts." Pp. 319-321... "Creating and Using a CD-ROM (Laser Disk) Data Bank for Biblical and Other Textual Studies." Pp. 322-324 in LES ACTES DE LA 2IEME CONFERENCE DE L'AIBI. BIBLE ET INFORMATIQUE: METHODES, OUTILS, RESULTATS [JERUSALEM, 9-13 JUIN 1988]. Geneva: Slatkine.

Nieuwoudt, Bernard A. "Computer Assisted Research of the Greek and Hebrew Bible (II)." Pp. 101-118 in COMPUTER ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF BIBLICAL TEXTS: PAPERS READ AT THE WORKSHOP ON THE OCCASION OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "WERKGROEP INFORMATICA" ... November 5-6, 1987; ed E. Talstra. Amsterdam: Free University Press, 1989.

Nieuwoudt, Bernard A. "Beyond CATSS: Utilizing Relational Databases for Text-critical Research," LITERARY & LINGUISTIC COMPUTING 4.4, 254-259.

Nieuwoudt, Bernard A. "The CATSS Database: Progress in Research Procedures on Main Frame and on Personal Computer." Pp. 401-417 in LES ACTES DE LA 2IEME CONFERENCE DE L'AIBI. BIBLE ET INFORMATIQUE: METHODES, OUTILS, RESULTATS [JERUSALEM, 9-13 JUIN 1988]. Geneva: Slatkine.

Taylor, Bernard A. AN ANALYSIS OF MANUSCRIPTS b o c2 e2 IN 1 REIGNS [= PhD Dissertation, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati OH; published in 1993 -- see below]

Tov, Emanuel. "Computer Assisted Research of the Greek and Hebrew Bible (I)." Pp. 87-99 in COMPUTER ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF BIBLICAL TEXTS: PAPERS READ AT THE WORKSHOP ON THE OCCASION OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "WERKGROEP INFORMATICA" ... November 5-6, 1987; ed E. Talstra. Amsterdam: Free University Press, 1989.

Wright, B. G. NO SMALL DIFFERENCE: SIRACH'S RELATIONSHIP TO ITS HEBREW PARENT TEXT. (SBL SCS 26) Atlanta: Scholars. [= PhD Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1988; NEW PERSPECTIVES IN BIBLICAL VOCABULARY AND TRANSLATION TECHNIQUE: SIRACH IN RELATION TO ITS PRESUMED HEBREW VORLAGE]

1990

Bergren, Theodore A. FIFTH EZRA: THE TEXT, ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY. (SBL SCS 25) Atlanta: Scholars. [= PhD Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1989]

Couch, Randall. "Tablets of the law: Robert Kraft and the computer analysis of texts." PennPRINTOUT 7.1 (September).

Kraft, Robert A. "Coding Dilemmas in Collecting and Reformatting Textual Materials for CD-ROM Distribution." Pp. 233-245 in COMPUTERS IN LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC RESEARCH * LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING 1988 (Proceedings of the 15th International Conference, Jerusalem, 5-9 June 1988), ed Yaacov Choueka. Paris - Geneva: Champion - Slatkine.

Taylor, Bernard A. "Evaluating Minority Variants Within Families of Greek Manuscripts." BULLETIN IOSCS 23, 31-38.

Tov, E. with R. Kraft. THE GREEK MINOR PROPHETS SCROLL FROM NAHAL HEVER (8HevXIIgr) = The Seiyal Collection Vol. 1 (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert 8) Oxford: OUP.

1991

Lancashire, Ian (ed). THE HUMANITIES COMPUTING YEARBOOK 1989-90: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO SOFTWARE AND OTHER RESOURCES. Oxford: Clarendon. [See its Index and section 3, "Biblical Studies," with assistance from R. Kraft.]

Marquis, Galen. "The CATSS-Base: Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Study for All -- Transcript of a Demonstration," in C. E. Cox (ed), VII CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR SEPTUAGINT AND COGNATE STUDIES. SBL SCS 31 (Scholars Press), 165-203.

Tov, E. "The CATSS Project -- a Progress Report," in C. E. Cox (ed), VII CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR SEPTUAGINT AND COGNATE STUDIES. SBL SCS 31 (Scholars Press), 157-163.

1992

Bergren, Theodore, and Robert Kraft. "A(LI/SKW (A(LI/SKOMAI) in Greek Jewish Scriptures: Profile of a Difficult Greek Verb," BULLETIN OF THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY 74, 53-66.

Lust, Johan, E. Eynikel and K.Hauspie (eds), in collaboration with G.Chamberlain. A GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON OF THE SEPTUAGINT, part 1. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft.

Nieuwoudt, Bernard Andre. Aspects of the Translation Technique of the Septuagint: the Finite Verb in the Septuagint of Deuteronomy. PhD Dissertation, Stellenbosch SA.

Weitenberg, J. J. S. PARALLEL ALIGNED TEXT AND BILINGUAL CONCORDANCE OF THE ARMENIAN AND GREEK VERSIONS OF THE BOOK OF JONAH. Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature 1 (Amsterdam: Rodopi).

1993

Jarick, John. A BILINGUAL HEBREW-GREEK CONCORDANCE TO THE HEBREW AND GREEK TEXT OF ECCLESIASTES. CATSS 3 (Scholars Press).

Marquis, Galen. A BILINGUAL HEBREW-GREEK CONCORDANCE TO THE HEBREW AND GREEK TEXT OF JOSHUA. CATSS 5 (Scholars Press). [in preparation]

Polak, F. A CLASSIFIED INDEX OF THE MINUSES OF THE SEPTUAGINT. CATSS 4 (Scholars Press). [in preparation]

Taylor, Bernard A. THE LUCIANIC MANUSCRIPTS OF I REIGNS. 2 vols. Harvard Semitic Series 50-51 (Scholars Press).

1994

Taylor, Bernard A. THE ANALYTICAL LEXICON TO THE SEPTUAGINT: A COMPLETE PARSING GUIDE. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.

1995: Dissertations in Progress, making extensive use of the CATSS data (3/95):

Knobloch, Fritz. Transliterations of Hebrew in the Septuagint. University of Pennsylvania.

Kyung-Re, Kim. Studies on the Relationship between the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Septuagint in the Pentateuch. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

1996

Treat, Jay C. Lost Keys: Text and Interpretation in Old Greek Song of Songs and its Earliest Manuscript Witnesses. PhD Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1996.

2002

Benjamin G. Wright, “The Jewish Scriptures in Greek: The Septuagint in the Context of Ancient Translation Activity,” in Frederick W. Knobloch, ed. Biblical Translation in Context (Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture 10; Bethesda, MD: University of Maryland Press, 2002)

2003

Tov, Emanuel. "Electronic Resources Relevant to the Textual Criticism of Hebrew Scripture," TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 8 (2003) [online http://purl.org/TC]

2005

Tov, Emanuel (ed., with Frank Polak). The Parallel Aligned Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Texts of Jewish Scripture. Logos Bible Software, 2005.


Update 08 July 1999 (originally submitted: 01 April 1995; [patched 12 April 2006])

Robert Kraft (kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu)