Swanson
Jay Adkins
JAdkins264 at aol.com
Sat Oct 23 05:13:39 EDT 1999
David wrote;
>A short while ago somebody recommended Swanson's NT Greek manuscripts.
Can
>someone who has a copy explain in a little more detail how each volume
>"works", please?
Jim replied;
>Imagine, if you will, a line of Greek... followed by the manuscripts
which
>have that reading:
>NNN NNNNN NNNNN NNN N NNN NNNN P45, Aleph, B
>NNN NN NNNNN NNN NNN NNNN P75, D
>For each different word the word is in bold print (not reproducable here)
>Now imagine that this procedure is carried on for every verse, listing
every
>variant. And you have a good idea of what Swanson does.
David wrote;
>How does one "reproduce" a given manuscript? I had originally thoguht
that
>the book contained several important manuscripts.
Jim replied;
>No- line by line it lists reading from various mss and notes the
differences
>in bold print, which makes them quite easy to find.
Jim, when you say "every variant" is that literal? Are there any
descriptions included of the different MSS used?
Sola Gratia,
Jay
Always Under Grace!
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