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  • From: Christopher Kimball <transcriber AT tanach.us>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Wellhausen
  • Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:54:29 -0500

Karl Randolph wrote:

"In locating plagiarism, one starts with two documents, then checks to see if the later
document copied from the earlier."

A high school or college English teacher doesn't detect plagiarism by comparing
two texts. Instead, the teacher observes that a portion of the submitted text
is "out-of-character" for the student. (I've seen really humorous examples of this.
Maybe someone could provide a current example.) Then, the process continues by discussing
the text with the student or by searching for the original document.

The split of Isaiah is analogous. Part B is "out-of-character" (in some sense) with the text of part A. The person doing the splitting defines and justifies what constitutes "out-of-character".

Chris Kimball
Redding, CT






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