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Table 3 Additional characteristics of the social networks of the Pentateuch

From: Social network analysis of the biblical Moses

Network

Number of kinship edges

Number of nodes that comprise the giant component of the kinship network

Number of pendants

Number of pendants in equivalent random graph

Number of triangles

Number of triangles in equivalent random graph

G c

Number of female characters

\( \overline{C} \)of female characters

\( \overline{k} \) of female characters

Genesis

270

192

120

19

838

15

250

27

0.48

5.50

Exodus

87

58

35

3

259

11

85

8

0.44

3.38

Numbers

66

14

56

8

156

14

126

8

0.08

2.63

Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (ELND)

148

69

79

11

746

13

197

15

0.31

4.40

Pentateuch Combined

371

244

178

30

1383

14

408

42

0.42

5.10