The more interesting aspect of the story is that the algorithm was originally developed by an (rather impressive IMO) orthodox jewish CS researcher - http://u.cs.biu.ac.il/~koppel/Publications.html. See his group's comment towards the end of the article. Some lessons about compartmentalization there (which is a reason I chose to beat the dead horse once again)
Eh. Wouldn't it also be blasphemous to compare the mind of God to the mind of men?
I don't know how Maimonides is viewed among Orthodox Jews, but his whole ineffability of God seems to cast serious doubt on the efficacy of any analysis built out of experience of human writers. Afterall, does anything in Orthodox Jewish belief preclude God from writing in multiple voices, styles, ideological agenda?
I imagine the blasphemy comes in when the authors suggest that the variation was due to variation in the "conduits" or "transmitters" of God's chosen words.
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/israeli-software-aims-to-shed-light-on-the-bible-1.370343
The more interesting aspect of the story is that the algorithm was originally developed by an (rather impressive IMO) orthodox jewish CS researcher - http://u.cs.biu.ac.il/~koppel/Publications.html. See his group's comment towards the end of the article. Some lessons about compartmentalization there (which is a reason I chose to beat the dead horse once again)