From: Peter Head (PeterH@oakhill.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Mar 25 1999 - 12:04:11 EST
Theodore "Ted" Mann asked:
"Can anyone tell me which NT document contains the greatest number of
participles?"
We were privileged to receive two answers. One (from Alan Hultberg) had
searched Accordance. The other (from Eric Cohoon) had searched
BibleWorks 3.5.
The two lists could only agree on five out of twenty-seven NT
documents!! The differences are up to 20%. Either this proves we should
pay no attention to such statistics, or that we need to think rather
carefully about who constructed the databases and what we are asking the
engines to search for.
I have adapted the first list posted (Acc.) to reveal these differences.
How shall we explain them?
Acc. BW3.5
Matthew 936 (915)
Mark 562 (558)
Luke 1069 (1047)
John 486 (488)
Acts 1283 (1270)
Romans 255 (239)
1Corinthians 182 (178)
2Corinthians 196 (197)
Galatians 83 (82)
Ephesians 107 (85)
Philippians 56 (51)
Colossians 77 (63)
1Thessalonians 58 58***
2Thessalonians 26 (25)
1Timothy 81 (78)
2Timothy 55 (52)
Titus 32 (31)
Philemon 7 7***
Hebrews 315 (314)
James 70 (67)
1Peter 119 (98)
2Peter 88 (89)
1John 58 58***
2John 12 12***
3John 11 11***
Jude 39 (34)
Revelation 395 (403)
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Peter M. Head
Oak Hill College
LONDON N14 4PS
peterh@oakhill.ac.uk
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