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Re: Lk 11:34 what is this in P75?

Wieland Willker — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:32:53 GMT

... Interesting suggestion. Perhaps there is some edge on the papyrus? The only idea I've had is that perhaps the slash after the "Phi" is a sign for an

Re: Byzantine vs Alexandrian readings, side by side

Wieland Willker — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:22:24 GMT

... I think it is: O EIPON corrected into ON EIPON (the N above is still visible and not deleted) Then the O EIPON has been deleted and the words have been

Re: Byzantine vs Alexandrian readings, side by side

James Snapp, Jr. — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:08:32 GMT

Daniel Buck, In that part of my response, I didn't mean that a person could discern that a MS was Byz by spot-checking any one of the passages in Terry's list;

Re: Lk 11:34 what is this in P75?

David Hindley — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:07:15 GMT

W, Another possibility ... If you rotate the zoomed-in (your "cropped") picture until it is upside down, and play with it by flipping it horizontally back and

Re: Byzantine vs Alexandrian readings, side by side

Daniel Buck — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:10:15 GMT

... Alexandrian?< ... through the trouble of making a full collation, a pretty good idea of the textual character of the MS could probably be made by spot-

Re: Lk 11:34 what is this in P75?

David Hindley — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:36:31 GMT

Wieland, Looks a bit like Hebrew or Aramaic in box script. Respectfully, Dave Hindley Newton Falls, Ohio USA ... From:

Lk 11:34 what is this in P75?

Wieland Willker — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:21:17 GMT

A question to the experts: In P75 there is an addition above the line, which I cannot make out. What is it? Is it Greek? Have a look here:

Re: Byzantine vs Alexandrian readings, side by side

James Snapp, Jr. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:07:56 GMT

Dear Eddie: If you had a MS of the Gospels and wanted to know which text-type it aligned with, one way would be to carefully collate the entire MS and then see

Re: How to determine if a specific text is Byz or Alex or West or Ot

Wieland Willker — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:45:07 GMT

... I would take a pragmatic approach: A Byzantine reading is a reading of which the majority support is Byzantine. Normally a Byzantine reading is also the

How to determine if a specific text is Byz or Alex or West or Other

Eddie Mishoe — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:18:59 GMT

What makes a Byzantine reading Byzantine? And what makes an Alexandrian reading Alexandrian? The reason I ask is because you can find (so I'm told) a Byzantine

Re: Review of Parker's New Testament Manuscripts and Texts

Wieland Willker — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:11:06 GMT

... Yes, that's interesting. I will try to get this article. ... This is the case in reality, yes. ... Advancement of faith by variants? I don't know. I need

Re: Review of Parker's New Testament Manuscripts and Texts

Wieland Willker — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:11:03 GMT

... Well, strictly we cannot, of course. But I haven't seen any convincing demonstration that they are not by the same author. But this isn't my main point

Re: Byzantine vs Alexandrian readings, side by side

yennifmit — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:22:02 GMT

Dear James, I get the figure like this. Consider, say, the population of Greek manuscripts of the Pauline corpus (as single copies) at the year 300 AD.

Re: Review of Parker's New Testament Manuscripts and Texts

David Hindley — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:35:28 GMT

Hi Wieland, <

Re: Review of Parker's New Testament Manuscripts and Texts

Tommy Wasserman — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:40:35 GMT

Wieland, incidentally, one of the articles, namely "In Pursuit of a Singular Text: New Testament Textual Criticism and the Desire for the True Original