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Ethiopic Susanna

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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
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Susanna: Sample, Best Representatives, Minor Recensions, Other Studies
  • Sample of the Text: Sus 1:1-64 (= Daniel 13).
  • Sample Size: 100% of the book.
  • Sample of Manuscripts: 31. BN Abb 016 (19th), BN Abb 035 (17th), BN Abb 055 (15-16th), BN Abb 137 (19th), BN Eth 07 (14th), BN Eth 50 (17th), Cam Add. 1570 (1588), Dav Axum Zion 1 (15th), EAP 704-1-05 (15th), EAP 704-2-06 (16th), EAP 704-2-12 (e16th), EMIP 881 (17th), EMIP 945 (18th), EMIP 1029 (15-16th), EMIP 1051 (17th), EMIP 1063 (1895), EMIP 1070 (1914), EMML 38 (18th), EMML 0819 (l18th), EMML 1481 (e17th), EMML 1768 (l15th), EMML 1842 (1662/3), EMML 2440 (1663), EMML 6686 (17th), EMML 6977 (13-14th), EMML 8433 (17th), EMML 9001 (e15th), GG 106 (1682-1706), GG 177 (14th), GG 193 (15th), IES 77 (1934), Tanasee 9 (15th), UNES 02.10 (1913), UNES 02.11 (1927), UNES 10.34 (1931), Vat 263 (13-14th).
  • Number of Data Points Generated: 39,463.
  • Earliest Attested 1 Best Representative – BNEth7 (14th).
  • Earliest Attested 3 Best Representative – EAP 704.2.6 (16th).
  • Standardized 1 Best Representative – EMML 38 (18th).
  • Standardized 2 / Modern Textus Receptus Best Representative – IES 77 (1934).
  • Standardized 3 Best Representative – EMML 819 (l18th).
  • Minor Recensions:
    1. UNESCO 10.34 (1931), and EMIP 949 (e20th), EMML 7942 (20th, neither a part of the sample) represent a minor recension, translated from the Latin Vulgate, with a 24% degree of difference from the rest of the tradition.