Tischendorf 8th Edition
Posted: June 28th, 2016, 6:23 am
Scanning the Tischendorf 8th Edition Greek text provided via BibleHub I noted that in James, 1 John & Revelation Tischendorf regularly (and uniquely) renders "ὁ ζωή" whilst in John 1:4; 14:5; Acts 8:34 & 2 Cor 4:10,11 he renders the standard "ἡ ζωὴ"..
I've tried to research the why of this and have come up empty...except for the often repeated statements that Tischendorf aimed (with certain constraints) for the oldest MS available and limited his research to MS written between the 4th & 9th centuries and ignored later MS because of scribal tampering (tendency to correct the grammar of the NT writers)...
Could someone shed some light onto the grammar for me? I read somewhere that "ὁ ζωή" is a reference to "human life", whereas "ἡ ζωὴ" refers essentially to "animal life" or "anything living". I don't know if that is true or not, but it sounds convincing...
I've tried to research the why of this and have come up empty...except for the often repeated statements that Tischendorf aimed (with certain constraints) for the oldest MS available and limited his research to MS written between the 4th & 9th centuries and ignored later MS because of scribal tampering (tendency to correct the grammar of the NT writers)...
Could someone shed some light onto the grammar for me? I read somewhere that "ὁ ζωή" is a reference to "human life", whereas "ἡ ζωὴ" refers essentially to "animal life" or "anything living". I don't know if that is true or not, but it sounds convincing...