Philippians 3:7

Joseph Brian Tucker music at riverviewcog.org
Fri Aug 20 13:55:43 EDT 1999


Greetings

A. I would like to present some reasons for omiting [ALLA] in Philippians 
3:7.

1. The earliest papyri (p46, 61), early Alexandrian uncials (aleph*, A), 
later Alexandrian minuscles (33, 81), and later Western texts omit the 
conjunction.

2. Codex Vaticanus (B) and a 6/7th c. correction of codex Sinaiticus as 
well as a variety of other texts (D, Psi, Vulgate, Syriac Version, Coptic 
Version) include ALLA.

3. However, p46 and 33 which usually agree with B in this case agree with 
aleph*. F and G almost always follow codex Claromontanus (D) but in this 
reading do not follow it.

B. ALLA may have been added for several reasons.

1. It provides a clearer and smoother text.

2. Dittography because of the presence of another ALLA in verse 8.

3. The earlier Nestle's text and Tischendorf's text also omit the 
conjunction.

Please evaluate my arguments and provide suggestions for future textual 
criticism. Please point out any illogical or wrong points in this summary 
of the textual issues.

Thank You
Brian Tucker, M.A.
music at riverviewcog.org
Riverview, MI
http://www.riverviewcog.org



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