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by Peter Kirby
Tue May 26, 2015 8:51 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: the Geography of early Christianity
Replies: 128
Views: 52312

Re: the Geography of early Christianity

Caesarea is also in Palestine (Pamphilus, Eusebius).
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 26, 2015 8:50 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "Proving the Obvious" -- A Basic Stylometric Study
Replies: 4
Views: 7485

"Proving the Obvious" -- A Basic Stylometric Study

To many, the result of decades of work sifting through the patristic authors, using conventional methods, ends up with the "obvious" facts of authorship. To some, this may not be enough; they may be interested in knowing whether non-conventional methods can confirm these results. To others...
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 26, 2015 7:52 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: the Geography of early Christianity
Replies: 128
Views: 52312

Re: the Geography of early Christianity

None of these people had many, if any, ties to Galilee or Judea Okay but to play devil's advocate here, what about the "list of bishops" of Jerusalem, before its final destruction in AD 135? What about the references in the Pauline epistles to a collection for Jerusalem? Does "Acts&q...
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 26, 2015 7:02 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Original Form of the Ascension of Isaiah
Replies: 106
Views: 86242

Re: Original Form of the Ascension of Isaiah

Thus one Hieracas, an Egyptian heresiarch, grounded his position that Melchisedek (of whom it is said, Heb. vii.3, that he was like the Son of God, and abideth a priest continually) was the Holy Spirit, upon certain passages in chaps. ix. and xi. of the Ascension. "The angel showed me of all t...
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 26, 2015 4:10 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Basic Stylometry Beta (early access)
Replies: 22
Views: 31316

Re: Basic Stylometry Beta (early access)

Here are some sample files that you can work with.
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 26, 2015 3:44 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Basic Stylometry Beta (early access)
Replies: 22
Views: 31316

Re: Basic Stylometry Beta (early access)

Declension of Greek nouns and conjugation of Greek verbs can be conveniently accessed here: http://en.wiktionary.org/ Data for Greek word frequency can be accessed here: http://perseus.uchicago.edu/GreekFrequency.html With this information you can find other words that you might want to consider as ...
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 26, 2015 3:35 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Basic Stylometry Beta (early access)
Replies: 22
Views: 31316

Re: Basic Stylometry Beta (early access)

Methodologically you will encounter a few problems most frequently: (1) False Positive, and the Actual Author Is Listed among the Candidates Check that everything is set up sufficiently well: make sure that the 'Sample' is generous (>2000 words preferrably) and that the list of 'words' includes enou...
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 26, 2015 3:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Basic Stylometry Beta (early access)
Replies: 22
Views: 31316

Re: Basic Stylometry Beta (early access)

Updates: (a) A worked example, based on the works of Justin Martyr, has been posted above. (b) Some of the specific guidance (in the OP) for identifying a 'reliable' or 'unreliable' result has been adjusted, based on experience. (c) A list of ten additional words that may often be useful has been ad...
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 26, 2015 2:42 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: the Geography of early Christianity
Replies: 128
Views: 52312

Re: the Geography of early Christianity

What's interesting is that if you plot the physical evidence of Mithraism (they built structures) in the third century against the indications for Christianity, you will see that they had claimed different parts of the empire. Mithraism became prominent in the west, which is primarily Latin-speaking...