Stephen Portnoy

Stephen Portnoy

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Prof. Stephen Portnoy is Professor (Emeritus) of Statistics in the University of Illinois' Department of Statistics and Adjunct Professor in its Department of Mathematics. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University. He is the author of numerous articles in the field of statistics, has served as editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and was elected to Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 

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Classical versus Late Biblical Hebrew: Two Statistical Case Studies

Classical versus Late Biblical Hebrew: Two Statistical Case Studies

Is “kingdom” in Biblical Hebrew, מַמְלָכָה mamlakha or מַלְכוּת malkhut? How does the Bible express that something is prohibited? Many linguistic scholars posit that it depends on the dialect, CBH or LBH. Does statistical analysis support this conclusion?