Editing New Testament Arabic Manuscripts in a TEI-base: fostering close reading in Digital Humanities

• Main Authors: Claire Clivaz, Sara Schulthess, Martial Sankar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nicolas Turenne 2017-06-01
• Series: Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities
• Subjects: digital edition; arabic tei; new testament; letters; paul of tarsus; [shs.relig] humanities and social sciences/religions; [shs.litt] humanities and social sciences/literature; [shs.hist] humanities and social sciences/history
• Online Access: https://jdmdh.episciences.org/3700/pdf

Accepté pour un numéro spécial JDMDH (ed. M. Büchler et L. Mellerin); version finale (v4) If one is convinced that " quantitative research provides data not interpretation " [Moretti, 2005, 9], close reading should thus be considered as not only the necessary bridge between big data and interpretation but also the core duty of the Humanities. To test its potential in a neglected field – the Arabic manuscripts of the Letters of Paul of Tarsus – an enhanced, digital edition has been in development as a progression of a Swiss National Fund project. This short paper presents the development of this edition and perspectives regarding a second project. Based on the Edition Visualization Technology tool, the digital edition provides a transcription of the Arabic text, a standardized and vocalized version, as well as French translation with all texts encoded in TEI XML. Thanks to another Swiss National Foundation subsidy, a new research project on the unique New Testament, trilingual (Greek-Latin-Arabic) manuscript, the Marciana Library Gr. Z. 11 (379), 12th century, is currently underway. This project includes new features such as " Textlink " , " Hotspot " and notes: HumaReC.