Sara Elo's Peace, Love, and Understanding Machine uses analogy to provide geographically defined context to stories. As suggested by George Lakoff, metaphors of the physical world, e.g., the up and down of gravity, and the metaphors of a common culture, e.g., Genesis and the story of Adam and Eve, are the universal key to language. As Professor Ska pointed out, the Biblical story of Joseph is an exceptional Text in that it has a singular, clearly defined plot and protagonist. Almost any other Text leads to difficult questions. Let us take Isaac as an example since it is a Text traditionally discussed this time of year in the Jewish tradition.
Questions opens the door to engagement.
Warren Sack has taken a Socratic approach to processing news wire service stories. His software transforms a news article into a list of questions about the text. These same techniques applied to Biblical texts would result in a Text that does not give answers, but, rather, asks questions of the reader. These questions open the door to engagement with the Text. There are two revolutions brewing.