Scriptural Networks: Digital Exploration of Quotation Culture in Origen of Alexandria's Exegesis
The project aims to redefine our understanding of early Christian quotation culture by employing digital network analysis (NA) techniques applied to the extensive works of the renown theologian Origen of Alexandria (3rd century). Origen's focus on biblical interpretation and his enduring influence makes him an ideal case-study. I will conduct an analysis of Origen's whole corpus using NA graphs and social network analysis, thus uncovering relationships and patterns within his biblical quotations.
Postdoc: Giovanni Hermanin
Funding body: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship, DKK 1,722,000
Project period: 1st of February 2025 to 31st of January 2027.
Early Christian Metaphors (ECM): Uncovering Layers of Meaning through Computational Linguistics
PI: Anders Christian Jacobsen
Postdoc: Lavinia Cerioni
The ECM project proposes a new framework to examine metaphorical language in Greek-speaking early Christian authors (2nd-3rd century). Theologians, such as Clement and Origen of Alexandria, relied heavily on the use of metaphorical language to interpret biblical texts and develop theological doctrines. By using a combination of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) and Natural Language Processing models (NLP) tailored for low-resource languages (Greek, Latin), ECM investigates the thought processes (conceptualization) and the rational justifications through biblical quotations of metaphorical language in early Christian authors.
Funding body: AUFF, DKK 600,000.
Project period: April to December 2024.
