Folks, pre-suppose that a new NT Greek manuscript is found that is dated in the 12th century. What if there were two new variants found within that manuscript...
I think we've discussed this before, but in any case, what you are describing strikes me as very similar to the controversy over the so- called Johannine comma...
Ok I'll take a crack at the answer since I there are a number of real textual critics and some "amateurs" who may was well be real TC's:) on this list who can...
Dear Eddie Mishoe: EM: "What if there were two new variants found within [a newly- discovered MS from the 1100's] that have no other attestation within the...
There are passages in the New Testament that are difficult to reconcile with history, or just internally within the Bible. Some passages, such as when was...
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Eddie Mishoe: Sure; I can think of a few: (1) In the Alexandrian Text, Mt. 27:49 has a passage which states that Jesus was struck with a spear *before* His...
... crucified him." The "third hour" would be 9:00 a.m. But John 19:14, describing a statement made by Pilate before he sentenced Jesus to death, says, "Now...
Please concentrate on the *textcritical issues* of these passages! Passages without variants are off-topic. Best wishes Wieland <>< ... Wieland Willker,...
Daniel: Try www.csntm.org then goto Manuscripts. Dr. Williker: I occasionally do not word my questions properly but ALL my questions are intended to avoid...
Dear friends, I have a question regarding the reconstruction of P.Oxy. 4448, which is NT papyrus P109. On the recto there are two "dots" after an Epsilon which...
... Eastern church: John 8:3-11 was chosen as the lesson to be read publicly each year on St.Pelagia's day, October 8th. John Burgon first pointed out the ...
Can hardly wait. Thank you Chris for this. Â Diane O'Donovan ... From: Chris Weimer <chris.m.weimer@...> Subject: [textualcriticism] Oxford Hebrew Bible...
Will you allow a response from an obvious outsider, but one that has had a long standing interest in papyrology and palaeography and a former member of the...
I have received new images and they look different. Have a look: http://tinyurl.com/3eu7g3 (new image at the bottom) Strange ... PS: Please note that the TC...
Pope Benedict (AKA Joseph Ratzinger) held a Tribute Mass to Pope Pius the XII yesterday 9th Oct. 2008: Ratzinger cited in his homily from Pius' writings this: ...
... Actually if there's anything that's continually incorrect, it's the claim made by PA supporters about that Metzger/Ehrman have made the claim above. What...
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Bart Ehrman
behrman@...
Oct 10, 2008 2:08 pm
Yes, I'd like to point out that I've written an entire article about the use of the passage -- or one like it rather -- in the writings of Didymus the Blind...
... prior to the 12th century. The point is that the biblical commentaries on John (e.g., Origen!!) have no knowledge of it before then.<< I stand corrected,...
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Bart Ehrman
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Oct 10, 2008 3:44 pm
Very interesting! Question: do we know which church fathers available in critical editions in the 1870s were known to refer /allude to the passage? -- BDE ...
... Your assumption is that Hort had available to him all the data that Metzger and Ehrman now have available to examine. Are you able to support your...
"Have you realised that the Pericope was apparently absolutely unknown to every Greek Father whose writings have been preserved, till Euthymius Zigabenus in...
The thing to notice, it seems to me, is that Metzger's statement that "No Greek Church Father prior to Euthymius Zigabenus (twelfth century) comments on the...
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Bart Ehrman
behrman@...
Oct 10, 2008 5:51 pm
Still interesting! But are you saying that no church father (prior, say, to the middle ages) known in the 1870s ever mentions the PA? If so, that's strange,...
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Bart Ehrman
behrman@...
Oct 10, 2008 6:10 pm
I think Metzger was making a specific point, and an important one. The scholars of the early and medieval Greek church who wrote commentaries on the New...
Tommy Wasserman is giving a paper on this at SBL in Boston in November. It will be interesting to hear what he has to add to this fascinating subject....
Please distinguish between the story as such and the story IN JOHN. The earliest external evidence shows no knowledge of the pericope in John. The earliest...
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Bart Ehrman
behrman@...
Oct 10, 2008 6:27 pm
Yes, let me stress that Didymus end of fourth century, does not indicate that he found it in John, but in "some Gospels" (note, he does *not* say in "some...
Just to clarify, could this mean that he did in fact find it in John *as well as* some other gospels (I know some mss. have it in Luke) or could mean he found...
