Statistical anomalies in the Book of Deuteronomy
Hello Rabbi,
I recently obtained a script from a writer that checks the frequency of occurrence of words in texts and ran it on the Torah books. I noticed that common linking words appear with an unusual frequency in Deuteronomy compared to the other books. Below are the frequencies in percentages, in order of the books:
You: 3.3 | 4 | 3.72 | 2.77 | 3.14
Confirm: 1.78 | 1.55 | 2.39 | 1.63 | 3.74
To: 1.71 | 1.92 | 1.69 | 1.83 | 1
Because: 1.41 | 1.13 | 1.12 | 0.78 | 1.94
All: 1.02 | 1.16 | 1.23 | 1.4 | 1.49
and: 1.04 | 1.35 | 1.54 | 0.79 | 0.69
About: 1.05 | 1.7 | 1.78 | 1.1 | 0.92
When I calculated the average distance of the frequencies between the books (for each linking word and then averaged over all words), this is the result obtained (in order of the books):
Genesis: 0 | 2.51 | 2.78 | 2.13 | 4.32
Names: 2.51 | 0 | 1.7 | 3.15 | 6.54
Leviticus: 2.78 | 1.7 | 0 | 3.79 | 5.42
In the desert: 2.13 | 3.15 | 3.79 | 0 | 4.84
Things: 4.32 | 6.54 | 5.42 | 4.84 | 0
It seems that all the books are furthest from a number of things in terms of the frequency of linking words, except for a number of things which is of course not furthest from itself but furthest from names.
I also learned that a test was conducted regarding the percentage of verses that begin with the letter V, and this is the result obtained according to the order of the books:
84.1 | 78 | 72.5 | 67.1 | 46.5
Here too we see that the Book of Deuteronomy is the most statistically unusual.
Do you think there is a real reason for this anomaly? Or is it coincidental? And if so, what do you think it means? Or what can be learned from it?
Best regards,
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- You know that the text was written by God, the Almighty, and the question is what He wants to tell us with this.
- This itself proves that the text was written by God or that the text says something.
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