An Israeli algorithm sheds light on the Bible

By Matti Friedman

Associated Press

Published: Wednesday, June 29 2011 10:50 a.m. MDT

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Software developed by an Israeli team is giving intriguing new hints about what researchers believe to be the multiple hands that wrote the Bible.

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LVIS

Salt Lake City, UT

Apply the algorithm to the Book of Mormon. One author (Joseph Smith), or multiple?

12:15 p.m. June 29, 2011
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skeptic

Phoenix, AZ

Apply the algorithm to the Book of Mormon. One author (Joseph Smith), or multiple.

Good idea. This it seems would be a much easier task as all of the Book of Mormon was written at one time in a relative short period of time. It would be More..

10:33 a.m. June 30, 2011
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Theeng2

Holladay, UT

That's interesting the algorithm can decide if the author is male or female. I wonder what common themes it uses to determine the results.

3:01 p.m. July 3, 2011
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