TheVirtualWord » Old Testament http://www.thevirtualword.org Reflections on evangelical Christianity and the contemporary world Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:10:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 A new look at the Bible http://www.thevirtualword.org/2009/05/12/a-new-look-at-the-bible/ http://www.thevirtualword.org/2009/05/12/a-new-look-at-the-bible/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 19:24:41 +0000 admin http://www.thevirtualword.org/?p=106 A friend of mine, Josh Donegani, has created some interesting graphics using Wordle.

The way these work is the size of a word is proportional to its frequency within a given text. So, at one level, the more important the word in a text, the larger it will be.

I will post a couple today, and some of the others at a later stage. But for now, have a look at the difference between the Old and the New Testament when viewed through the eyes of a Wordle based on the ESV. It highlights some interesting features…

Old Testament Wordle
Old Testament Wordle

New Testament Wordle
New Testament Wordle

Enjoy…

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