This blog is intended to be an outlet for research and questions on the textual criticism of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and related issues.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Robotic Torah Scribe
Robots have now been put to use to copy out the Torah by hand...ish... The Berlin Jewish Museum now features a robot programmed to copy out an entire Torah scroll. It should be able to complete a scroll in about 3 months, rather than the approximately 1 year of a human scribe. Unfortunately, it doesn't meet the rabbi's requirements for use in synagogues. See here for more details.
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