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Ethiopic Psalms

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Aligned
Texts
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Variants
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Words
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Match
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Dendrogram
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THEOT
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Viewer
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Best
Representative
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Psalms: Sample, Best Representatives, Minor Recensions, Other Studies
  • Sample of the Text: LXX Psalms 2:2, 4:8, 9:31-33, 9:35, 12:2-5, 13:1-2, 15:3-4, 15:11, 17:13-14, 17:21-23, 20:10-13, 21:15-16, 21:20, 26:2-6, 31:3, 31:5-6, 34:17-20, 36:18-20, 36:27-28, 37:5-6, 37:21, 39:7-11, 39:17, 40:7-9, 45:6-7, 48:20, 50:3-4, 50:9-10, 54:10-12, 55:3-7, 59:4-6, 62:6, 64:1-2, 64:5, 66:5-7, 67:5-6, 67:9, 67:13, 67:18-19, 72:6, 73:13-17, 80:9-11, 88:40-51, 92:2-3, 94:4, 95:9-10, 96:8-9, 103:26-29, 111:7-10, 115:4, 115:6, 118:113-115, 118:136, 118:139, 120:3, 123:7, 128:8, 134:17-19, 142:9-12, 144:67, 146:9-10, 149:6-7, 151:6. .
  • Sample Size: 10.5% of the book.
  • Sample of Manuscripts: 46. Berlin Or. 172 (15th), BnF Abb 105 (15th), BnF éth. 10 (15th), Bodleian Dillmann 9, Pocock 3 (16th), Davies Dabra Damo Reel 2 (16th), Davies Dabra Libanos (16th), Davies Kebran Reel 2 (15th), EMDL 112 (17th), EMDL 274 (18th), EMDL 290 (15th), EMIP 1, Herron Codex, (17th), EMIP 9 Marwick Codex 5 (18th), EMIP 12, Marwick Codex 8 (17th), EMIP 00024 Marwick 20 (18th), EMIP 30 Whisnant Codex 2 (18th), EMIP 60 Eliza Codex 30 (18th), EMIP 99 ACU Codex 2 (17th), EMIP 110 Alwan Codex 5 (19th), EMIP 161 Weiner Codex 56 (19th), EMIP 242 Alwan Codex 32 (19th), EMIP 243 Alwan Codex 33 (18th), EMIP 342 MacLennan Codex 1 (18th), EMIP 343 MacLennan Codex 2 (16-17th), EMIP 395 Weiner Codex 162 (17th), EMIP 2175, Codex Ten Kate (20th), EMML 2010 (14-15th), EMML 2064 (14th), EMML 3071 (16th), EMML 4415 (15th), EMML 4916 (15th), IES 74 (15th), IES 77 (5/1/1934), IES 837 (15th), Leiden Or 14.664, EMIP 3403 (20th), Leiden Or 14.617, EMIP 3402 (18-19th), Leiden Or 17.086, EMIP 3405 (19th), Leiden Or 17.087, EMIP 3406 (20th), Leiden Or 20.531, EMIP 3407 (19th), Leiden Or 22.026, EMIP 3419 (19th), Leiden Or 4734, EMIP 3396 (15th), Tanasee 103 EMIP 3496 (17th), Vatican Barb. Or. 2 (14th), Vatican Et 04 (14th), Vatican Et 07 (14th), and Vatican Et 15 (15th)..
  • Number of Data Points Generated: 83,904.
  • Earliest Attested 1 Best Representative – IES74 (l15th).
  • Earliest Attested 2 Best Representative – Dav Dab Damo 2 (e16th).
  • Standardized 1 Best Representative – EMIP99 (17th).
  • Modern Textus Receptus Best Representative – IES 77 (1934).
  • Other text: Hiob Ludolf edition of 1701 (as transcribed by Ran HaCohen, https://www.tau.ac.il/~hacohen/Biblia.html).
  • Other text: Psalms from the New Ge'ez Bible (2021).
  • Minor Recensions: None.