Book Evaluation Requested
Carlton Winbery
winberyc at speedgate.net
Mon Apr 10 17:59:44 EDT 2000
Gary Dykes wrote;
>Alas, I have spent over a decade studying numerous Byzantine (and earlier)
>NT manuscripts. And the "-TG" combination is not rare, but this particular
>word form is rather unusual, (it is not seen on the TLG_e or the PHI 7
>databases). In most of the NT MSS samples they are clearly a "-TG". Swanson
>is absolutely correct in showing them. Why some scribes (MS 1424, 1071 et
>cetera) wrote KRABATYON as opposed to the usual KRABATTON is probably due
>to one of several causes:
>
>(1) The scribe's own dialect (his/her pronunciation) guided him. As these
>particular minuscules seem to be of a Provencial nature.
>
>(2) In the Byzantine era, this may have been an actual correct spelling due
>to their phonetics.
>
>I personally insisted that Reuben show such details. I can share more
>examples off site.
>
>"Swanson's site" is my site, I took the picture of him in his study. If you
>have any contributions to make (to any and all) DO CONTRIBUTE
>
Now, I remember. I even have a bookmark at the site. Thanks for the site.
I have been working with Byzantine minuscules a few years also. We can
multiply samples but always the spelling TG comes in a word that can be
spelled with TT, never anywhere else to my knowledge. I think therefore
that it introduces extraneous information into the evidence that has no
useful purpose. I tend to agree with Metzger here that it should be
recorded as evidence to TT not TG. It is dificult to think that a scribe
who has had morning coffee and is alert would think that the word should be
pronounced KRA-BAT-GON instead of KRA-BAT-TON.
Let me make it clear that this is minor, even picky and that I appreciate
very much what Swanson has done and am anxious to get the next volume.
Dr. Carlton L. Winbery
Foggleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
winbery at speedgate.net
winbery at andria.lacollege.edu
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