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Diagramming the New Testament

Posted by Michael Paulson September 6, 2008 06:10 PM

This is interesting -- a web site called Many Eyes, which is exploring new ways to visualize data, has come up with a diagram illustrating relatedness among people mentioned in the New Testament. You may have to click on the arrows to make it work:

The web site is the creation of an IBM research group based in Cambridge. The New York Times explains what they're up to; the Globe had earlier explored how this kind of interactive technology fits into IBM's corporate strategy.

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Michael Paulson covers religion for The Boston Globe. He shared in the Pulitzer Prize in 2003, won the Mike Berger, Templeton and Supple awards in 2008, and is a four-time winner of the Wilbur Award.
E-mail mpaulson@globe.com.

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