[B-Greek] I am new to this website, and I have a question concerning textual critical matters. R.C. H. Lenski
Libws15 Workstudy15
libws15 at dbu.edu
Wed Feb 4 19:23:41 EST 2004
I am new to this website, and I have a question concerning textual
critical matters. R.C. H. Lenski, among others, asserts that the
reading of John 1:13 (hOI OUK . . . EGENNHQHSAN) was corrupted by the
Valentinian Gnostics around 140 A.D. His statement backing this is that
Terullian and Irenaeus are two ancient witnesses supporting the reading
of hOS OUK . . . EGENNHQH. The problem with this statement, however is
that P66, P75, Sinaiticus and Vaticanus all disagree with him. In fact,
Bruce Metzger, in his Textual Commentary says that all the Greek
manuscripts have the former rendering (Metzger also lists all the people
who hold to this variant). I realize that these people are wanting to
preserve the doctrine of the virgin birth, but when all the Greek
manuscripts speak contrary to their view how can they hold to such a
view? Thank you very much.
David Fahrenthold
Student, Dallas Baptist University
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