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Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Vol. 32, No. 1, 61-67 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0309089207083765
© 2007 SAGE Publications

Response Concerning Genesis and Statistics

Cornelius B. Houk

4800 University Dr. 9-L, Durham, NC 27707, USA

The validity of syllable—word pattern analysis using the chi—square test was rejected in Richard A. O'Keefe's `Critical Remarks on Houk's "Statistical Analysis of Genesis Sources"' (JSOT 29 [2005], pp. 409-37), based on various types of data dependence and multiple comparisons. This article provides a response to O'Keefe's `Critical Remarks', countering each of his claims and showing that independent and distinctive syllable—word patterns in Biblical Hebrew offer a useful tool for the statistical analysis of Old Testament texts.

Key Words: Genesis • Hebrew • statistics • sources • data dependence • syllable-word • Old Testament.


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