[B-Greek] Dead Sea Scrolls and Influence on Understanding the NT text

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Aug 27 22:15:21 EDT 2004


At 8:23 PM -0400 8/27/04, Alexis Sherwood wrote:
>My question is what influence, if any, the Dead Sea Scrolls has on
>interpreting/translating the NT.  I have not researched anything on the
>validity or worth of these scrolls so please forgive my ignorance but after
>lurking on the site for about a month I know that you will give me (and
>perhaps others) valuable insight.  Thank you.

Unless it can be shown what impact the Dead Sea Scrolls may have upon the
Greek text of the NT, this question lies outside the parameters of
appropriate BG discussion--but if a linkage between the DSS and the GNT CAN
be shown--with regard to one or more specific textual passages, let's have
any responses.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Co-Chair, B-Greek List
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/



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