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Zechariah


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Ethiopic Zechariah

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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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Zechariah: Sample, Best Representatives, Minor Recensions, Other Studies
  • Sample of the Text: Zec 1:1-21; 4:1-14; 11:1-17; 13:1-9.
  • Sample Size: 27.9% of the book.
  • Sample of Manuscripts: 37. BL OR 488 (1726), BL OR 493 (17th), BN Abb 16 (19th), BN Abb 35 (17th), BN Abb 55 (15-16th), Bodleian Huntington 625 (Aeth d. 12, 14th), EAP704/1/5 (C1-IV-14 = DA-005, 15th), EAP704/2/6 (C1-IV-291 = MK-006, 15th), Cambridge Add. 1570 (1588/9), Davies Axum Church of Zion (l15th), EMIP 0746 (Chelekot Selasse 5, e19th), EMIP 0881 (Chelekot Selasse 142, 17th), EMIP 0949 (Mekele Mikael 172, 20th), EMIP 1029 (Mihur Gedam 54, 15-16th), EMIP 1063 (Addis Alem 21, 1889-1913), EMIP 1070 (1914), EMIP 2007 (Tweed 58, 18th), EMML 0349 (1924), EMML 1481 (e17th), EMML 1768 (l15th), EMML 1842 (1662/3), EMML 1917 (19th), EMML 2440 (1663), EMML 6686 (17th), EMML 7584 (16th), EMML 7942 (20th), EMML 8934 (14th), EMML 9001 (e15th), Gunda Gunde 106 (1682-1706), Gunda Gunde 152 (C3-IV-3, (16th), IES 77 (1934), IES 436 (15-16th), Princeton Garrett Ethiopic 7 (17th), UNESCO 10.04 (1679), UNESCO 10.34 (1931), UNESCO 10.65 (18-19th), Vat Cerulli 75 (1931).
  • Number of Data Points Generated: 64,935.
  • Earliest Attested 1 Best Representative – Bod Hunt 625 (14th).
  • Earliest Attested 3 Best Representative – EMML 1768 (l15th).
  • Standardized 1 Best Representative – BL 488 (1726).
  • Standardized 6 Best Representative – EMML 6686 (17th). Here is a transcription of the manuscript
  • Standardized 7 Best Representative – EMIP 881 (17th).
  • Modern Textus Receptus Best Representative – EMIP 1070 (1914).
  • Minor Recensions: EMIP 949 (e20th), UNESCO 10.34 (1931), and EMML 7942 (20th) represent a minor recension, translated from the Latin Vulgate, with a 44% degree of difference from the rest of the tradition.