Full Description
This book examines key features of the current relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Bible translation and interpretation.
The volume contains three sections, broadening outward. First, the contributors explore AI in Bible translation using four case studies on the current use of AI and its promises and perils. Second, the book touches on AI and Bible translation using five perspectives on the meaning of AI for Bible translation. Finally, the book explores AI and Bible interpretation with four examples showing the tensions between AI and human interpretations of the Bible.
Contents
Introduction - Douglas Estes (New College of Florida)
Part One: AI and the Bible
1: Unexpected Trajectories: Historical Interactions between Technology and the Bible - Wesley Viner (PhD cand., Princeton University)
2 : AI in the Bible? A Way Forward - Douglas Estes (New College of Florida)
3: The Bible as a Dataset for the Christian Mind - R. Daren Erisman (Minot State University)
Part Two: AI and Bible Translation
4: A Technical Overview of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Bible Translation - Marcus Schwarting (University of Chicago)
5: Navigating AI in Bible Translation: Augmentative AI for Minority Languages - Cassie Weishaupt (BA&Sc, McGill University)
6: AI Copilot and Bible Translation: Asking the Right Questions - Randall K. J. Tan (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
7: AI and Bible Translation: The Function of Artificial Intelligence in the Social Construction of Biblical Meaning - Ryder A. Wishart (Regent University in Virginia)
8: Render to AI What Is AI's - Elizabeth Robar (PhD, University of Cambridge)
Part Three: AI and Bible Interpretation
9: Evaluating AI for the Digital Scholarly Edition: Tools for Translation and Interpretive Commentary - Ken M. Penner (St. Francis Xavier University)
10: Open to Interpretation: The Jewish Canon and the Power of AI - Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld (PhD cand., Gratz College)
11: Statistical Interpretation of Religious Text Using Topic Modeling - Mark Graves (Fuller Theological Seminary)
12: A Rudder in the Information Crisis: AI, the Tongue, and Divine Communication - Melanie Dzugan (PhD cand., Fuller Theological Seminary)
13: Generating Apocalypse: Artificial Intelligence and Apocalyptic Literature - Douglas Estes (New College of Florida)
