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CodexTrace

Follow the Text to the Source.

A source-linked research platform. Evidence is layered: source, then text, then language, then manuscript, then interpretation, then analysis, then AI synthesis.

Research

Contradictions & tensions
Textual variants
Manuscripts
Parallel accounts
Visualisation

Reference

Original languages
Topics
People, places & events
Ancient texts
Source catalogue

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CodexTrace does not presuppose that the biblical text is inerrant, and does not presuppose that it is contradictory. Contradiction records are claims, not verdicts. AI output is never a source.

Seeded text: King James Version, public domain in the United States. Dataset attributions are listed on Licences & attribution.

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Topic

David

Narratives concerning David, including the parallel material shared between Samuel and Chronicles.

Passages

Text

Seeded passages relevant to this topic.

1 Samuel 17:50
2 Samuel 21:19
2 Samuel 23:8
2 Samuel 24:1
1 Chronicles 11:11
1 Chronicles 21:1

Contradiction records

Analysis

How many men did David’s chief warrior kill at one time?
Who moved David to number Israel?
Who killed Goliath the Gittite?

Community

Community

Community discussion requires a configured Supabase project on this deployment. Research pages are unaffected.