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Micah


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Ethiopic Micah

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Aligned
Texts
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Variants
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Words
Profile
Match
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Dendrogram
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The jpeg shows the Dendrogram produced by feeding the R file and a CSV (comma separated values) file into the R program to generate a dendrogram. The colored boxes and stars represent our interpretation of the dendrogram, and become our working hypothesis for investigation of the book. Click the image on the left the dendrogram. Click the image on the right to see a video on THEOT Dendrograms and How to Use them.

THEOT
Text
Viewer
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Best
Representative
Manuscripts
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Micah: Sample, Best Representatives, Minor Recensions, Other Studies
  • Sample of the Text: Mic 1:1-2, 1:10-15; 2:6-7; 3:3; 3:10; 4:2-3; 4:13-14; 5:4-5; 6:9-10; 6:13-14; 7:18-19.
  • Sample Size: 25% of the book.
  • Sample of Manuscripts: 37. Hunt625 (14th), EMIP1029 (15/16), EMIP0746 (1719), EMIP0881 (17th), EMIP1063 (19/20), EMIP1095 (19th), EMIP2007 (18th), IES077 (20th), IES436 (15/16), EMML1481 (e17), EMML1768 (L15), EMML6686 (17th), Cerulli75 (1930), AxumZion (15th), UN10.04 (17/18), UN10.65 (18/19), EMIP0949 (20th), UN10.34 (19th), EMIP654 (l15th), GG106 (~1694), GG152 (16th), GG181 (16th), EMML1842 (1662), EMML2080 (16th), EMML2440 (1663), EMML6930 (18th), EMML7584 (16th), GG203 (15th), Prince7 (17th), Abb55 (15/16), Wien16), JE5E (19th), EMML36 (L18/e19), EMML349 (1923), Abb35 (17th), EMIP1070 (1914), Cam1570 (1588/9).
  • Number of Data Points Generated: 26,233.
  • Earliest Attested 1 Best Representative – Bod Hunt 625 (14th).
  • Earliest Attested 2 Best Representative – IES 436 (15-16th).
  • Earliest Attested 3 Best Representative – EMML6686 (17th).
  • Standardized 1 Best Representative – UNESCO 10.4 (17-18th).
  • Standardized 2 Best Representative – EMML36 (l18-e19th).
  • Standardized 3 Best Representative – EMML 1481 (e17th).
  • Modern Textus Receptus Best Representative – EMIP1070 (1914).
  • Minor Recensions: EMIP 949 (e20th), UNESCO 10.34 (1931), and EMML 7942 (20th, though not present in this sample) represent a minor recension, translated from the Latin Vulgate, with a 53% degree of difference from the rest of the tradition with with only a 1% difference between them.