Swanson's Galatians and NA

Theodore H Mann thmann at juno.com
Sun Apr 9 14:46:36 EDT 2000


   I understand that Dr. Swanson plans to complete another volume by
November, 2000 (Romans, I think).  He has already produced the gospels,
Acts and Galatians.  I hope he will be able to finish the entire NT, but
he is in his eighties now.....  
   For a great price on these volumes, check
http://www.dfscott.com/bibal%20books/Greek%20Manuscripts.asp

Best.

Ted

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On Sun, 9 Apr 2000 13:05:40 +0200 "Wieland Willker"
<willker at chemie.uni-bremen.de> writes:
> At the very last I finally got my copy yesterday! Hurray!
> 
> Before I point out one criticism I want to say, that I really admire 
> this
> work and I think this is THE TOOL for all who do not have the time 
> to
> consult the originals. Excellent!
> 
> My (minor) criticism has to do with what Swanson calls "errors" in
> Nestle-Aland. He finds a lot of things missing in NA, but he seems 
> to forget
> that NA is only a "hand-edition"! Swanson has 88 pages for Galatians 
> but NA
> has only 11.
> In an appendix Swanson compares on 33 pages his edition with NA. Of 
> course
> he finds many differences, mainly omissions in NA.
> He has 5 categories:
> a) "consistenly cited witnesses" not cited for this particular 
> reading
> b) MSS never cited in NA not belonging to Maj.
> c) MSS never cited in NA belonging to Maj.
> d) MSS cited in error by NA
> e) other variants not cited by NA
> 
> Of these only things listed under d) are really errors (c. 40 
> entries).
> Nevertheless 4 errors per NA page (if Swanson is always correct).
> b) and c) entries are no errors. The editors of NA decided not to 
> include
> these MSS in the edition. Of course one can discuss if this was a 
> wise
> decision but these are not errors.
> The listings under a) are omissions. I am not sure if this is 
> intended or by
> accident. I was under the impression that "consistenly cited 
> witnesses" are
> ALWAYS cited?
> 
> All these listings are very helpful for a future edition of NA, but 
> they are
> for the most part not really errors.
> 
> I strongly recommend this volume and point you (once again) to BIBAL 
> press,
> where all volumes can be obtained at a very low price! "Galatians" 
> is not
> yet listed but available for $ 15.95.
> 
> http://www.dfscott.com/bibal%20books/Greek%20Manuscripts.asp
> 
> Best wishes
>     Wieland
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