In recent decades, we have witnessed a significant development in the application of tools of distant reading and computerized analysis of the distribution of words as a means of understanding and deepening in large textual corpora. These tools enable the identification of latent trends in the text, the identification of transformations and developments, as well as the general characterization of basic ideas, frameworks of discussion, changes in wording and styling, and more. Thus, we are now more capable in understanding religion from the inside.The panel will demonstrate the harnessing of these advanced tools, in order to identify moral characteristics and religious-behavioral guidance in various corpora, over nearly two thousand years of religious creation. From pre-Christian Greek literature to early Christian literature, to Jewish religious texts from the early modern era, we will see how distant reading allows for a deeper understanding of processes in the history of religious thought, and we will examine the meaning of moral questions from a religious perspective throughout different periods of human development.Chair: Isaac Hershkowitz (Bar-Ilan University) Speakers:Nina Nikki (University of Helsinki), A Broader View of Righteousness Language in Paul and Beyond: Distant Reading, Distributional Semantics, and Semantic NetworksLeore Sachs Shmueli (Bar-Ilan University), Jewish Holiness: A Historical and Textual Account aided by Computational Analysis in Early Modern Ethical Kabbalistic TextsVojtech Kase (University of West Bohemia), Measuring Cultural Evolution of Moralizing Religions in the Ancient Mediterranean by Means of Distributional Semantics Isaac Hershkowitz (Bar-Ilan University), Early Modern Ethical Jewish Works, Ministering Angels, Devils and the Human