Codex Bezae (D05) Readings #6-9

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Sat Aug 24 08:11:21 EDT 2002


In a message dated 8/24/2002 6:56:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu writes:


> I would agree; looks to me like an arbitrary alteration of PLHRWQHSONTAI to
> PLHSQHSONTAI by the scribe of D06 without any alteration of the sense. Of
> course it's true that the change could have gone the other way, but unless
> and until it's proved that Codex Bezae's readings antedate those indicated
> in the other oldest Uncials, I'd continue to assume that the alteration
> took place in Codex Bezae.
> 

Age alone is not the determining factor.  It must be determined (if possible) 
whether one reading occassioned the other or is more likely to be correct for 
some other TC reason.  We could, and I am sure have, found instances where a 
clearly correct reading is not attested in the oldest surviving MS.  When 
dealing with a situation where the survival of a MS is not necessarily due to 
its inherent worth but to climatic and other conditions, survival and age 
alone are not determinative.

gfsomsel
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