AlephBeta methodology cliff notes

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	** "A gezeira shavah is basically this idea that occasionally when the Torah uses similar terminology from place to place, we connect these ideas."		** "A gezeira shavah is basically this idea that occasionally when the Torah uses similar terminology from place to place, we connect these ideas."

	* Binary theory of intertextuality: Every intertextual parallel can provide ''either'' a point of comparison or contrast (in addition to other fuzzy possibilities). Hence, for example, given a series of 10 parallels between two texts, there are 2^10 = 1,024 different possible configurations of how they are being ~~joint~~ compared and contrasted. This is part of what allows the Torah to function as a compact "zip file" encoding effectively limitless information with a finite number of words.		* Binary theory of intertextuality: Every intertextual parallel can provide ''either'' a point of comparison or contrast (in addition to other fuzzy possibilities). Hence, for example, given a series of 10 parallels between two texts, there are 2^10 = 1,024 different possible configurations of how they are being jointly compared and contrasted. This is part of what allows the Torah to function as a compact "zip file" encoding effectively limitless information with a finite number of words.

	* "Stereovision": looking at the same thing from different angles gives richness and "depth" to it. Hence one reason for recapitulation of ''similar but distinct'' stories, or the internal parallels of a chiasm is that both enrichen each other and add depth greater than the sum of the parts!!!		* "Stereovision": looking at the same thing from different angles gives richness and "depth" to it. Hence one reason for recapitulation of ''similar but distinct'' stories, or the internal parallels of a chiasm is that both enrichen each other and add depth greater than the sum of the parts!!!

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