Konrad D. Jenner

CALAP (Computer-Assisted Linguistic Analysis of the Peshitta), a joint research project of the Peshitta Institute Leiden and the Werkgroep Informatica at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1999-2005) CALAP concerned the computer-assisted analysis of the Peshitta to Kings (Janet Dyk and Percy van Keulen) and the Peshitta to Sirach (Wido van Peursen) and the development of computer programs (Constantijn Sikkel and HendrikJan Bosman). The CALAP project leaders were Konrad Jenner and Eep Talstra. CALAP was succeeded by the Turgama project, again a joint research project of the Peshitta Institute Leiden and the Werkgroep Informatica at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2005-2010). The Turgama project leader was Wido van Peursen. Other researchers involved were Percy van Keulen (Targum Judges), Dirk Bakker (Book of the Laws of the Countries), Constantijn Sikkel (scientific programming), Jeffrey A. Volkmer (Oriental Institute, Oxford; Peshitta Psalms) and Ariel Gutman (working with Wido van...

The specialist literature on the book and the prophecy of Isaiah presents an abundance of approaches, insights, viewpoints or scopes. The present volume is concerned with the problem of whether or not ‘the city’ creates unity within the book of Isaiah with respect to composition, content, and literary structure. The particular question of this contribution to this volume is as to which light the psychodynamics of the personality might shed on the general problem, or whether these dynamics, being an essential element of the speech of literature i.e. the personification, might even be the key to a better understanding of the book of Isaiah.