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THE MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ANCIENT
GREEK NEW TESTAMENT
Copyright
September 1, 2005 4:58 PM CST
By Dr.
Michael J. Bisconti
Updated
September 3, 2005 12:42 AM CST
Copyright
September 3, 2005 12:42 AM CST
By Dr. Michael J. Bisconti
There are a host of witnesses to the
divine authorship of the Bible. Today,
we bring to your attention another one – the “mathematical properties of the
ancient Greek New Testament.” Note that
this is just the tip of “the tip of the iceberg” on what we have to present.
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This is one of Dr. Bisconti’s first graphic
analyses of the vocabulary of the ancient Greek New Testament, made in
1980. There are some remarkable things
to note:
The vocabulary data “steps up” and “steps down.” The vocabulary data is the red area on the
graph. It consists of the “verbal IQs”
of every word in the “KJV Greek New Testament,” the Textus Receptus CSR9 (see
the Excel 2000 download at http://lfnexus.com/biblicaltechnologystudies.htm). Note that Dr. Bisconti pioneered the use of
verbal IQs and, currently, is the only one in the world using the “Verbal IQ
Methodology of Linguistic Analysis.”
But, getting back to our main point, the step-up, step-down
characteristic shows symmetry in the language of the TR-CSR9. In other words, the vocabulary “starts out
with a few easy words, proceeds to many words that require a little thought,
and ends up with a few extremely difficult words that require a lot of
thought.” This is language designed for
a huge population, for a world audience.
Another
thing to note (statisticians will appreciate this) is the R2
value. The value is very close to 1;
that is, .9833. The closer the R2
value is to 1 the more reliable are any linguistic predictions made based on
the graph trendline (the yellow curve on the graph). Keep in mind that this graph (one of over ten million) has been
refined and super-refined over the years so that, using a super-refined version
of this graph, we are currently able to utilize the full potential of the best
computers, virtual supercomputers, and supercomputers in existence today.
Finally, there is:
y = 2E-23x6 - 2E-19x5 - 2E-14x4
+ 5E-10x3 - 4E-06x2 + 0.0193x + 35.343
Dr. Bisconti has named this the “Crude
Linguistic Polynomial” or “LPc” for short.
The inclusion of the word “Crude” is due to the fact that this equation
has been refined over the years (looming competition and the danger of
copyright infringement prevent us from publishing the “LPr,” the “Refined
Linguistic Polynomial” on the Internet AT THIS TIME). Nevertheless, amazingly, it is correct 99.9999999% of the
time. With this equation, we can
program computers to calculate probabilities and “infinite probabilities” (rule
creation followed by rule confirmation) that a given linguistic sequence
(phrase, clause, or sentence) is consistent with ancient Greek THE WAY IT WAS
SPOKEN IN THE TIME OF JESUS AND THE TIME OF THE APOSTLE PAUL!
Food for thought: Do the Alexandrian manuscripts conform to
the LPc?