Matthew 6:12
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Mon Sep 20 18:11:38 EDT 1999
At 10:57 PM 9/20/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Dear friends,
>
>In UBS4 Matthew 6:12 reads,
>KAI AFES hHMIN TA OFEILHMATA hHMWN, hWS KAI hHMEIS **AFHKAMEN** TOIS
OFEILETAIS hHMWN
>
>I am mystified as to why UBS4 does not even list the variant readings for
AFHKAMEN, namely, AFIEMEN and AFIOMEN. In his Textual Commentary, Metzger
(1994:13) says, "... a majority of the Committee preferred AFHKAMEN,"
thereby implying that the editors of UBS4 themselves were not unanimous.
>
>I certainly agree that AFHKAMEN is the more likely reading, but I would
have thought the variants should at least by cited, especially if the
editors were divided.
afiomen- D, L, W, Delta, Theta, 565
afiemen- Aleph (1st corrector), Fam 13, Byz maj.
afhkamen- Aleph (original), B, Z, Fam 1, some vulgate and syriac mss.
The weight of the latter reading is such that it is most likely the closest
to "the original".
I dont think that the editors of UBS should be faulted for not listing the
variants- for a couple of reasons. First, the UBS texts are designed for
students and not scholars of the text. Second, there really is no
likelyhood at all that the variants can claim superior attestation- so there
really is no need to list them.
best,
Jim
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Jim West, ThD
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