[B-Greek] papyrus p66c

susan at read-the-bible.org susan at read-the-bible.org
Thu Nov 18 08:43:58 EST 2010


Iver wrote:

"P66 is known for it many corrections. The original or first writing is
called 
P66*. As the scribe was writing, he would at times discover a mistake in
the 
middle of word, then erase one or more letters and continue writing.
Then 
someone went over the ms again carefully and made hundreds of
corrections. James 
Royse believes that it was the scribe himself who afterwards corrected
his own 
work. Philip Comfort and others think it was a different, more careful
person. 
In any case, there seems to also have been a third person later making
some few 
adjustments. P66c refers to the corrected version."

So, if I'm understanding correctly, these corrections are actually
visible in the writing on the sheets of papyrus -- is that right?

As opposed to "corrections" hypothesized by scholars e.g. in theories of
markan priority or source theory?

So that, on one page of the papyrus, one could see both the P66* wording
(the original) along with the wording of the corrections (P66c)?

Very interesting. Can you suggest a book or (preferably) online source
where I can read more about this?  

Thanks!!!

Susan Jeffers







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