[b-greek] Fw: Re: Secondary Witnesses?

From: Rob Matlack (rmatlack@juno.com)
Date: Tue Sep 12 2000 - 18:39:19 EDT


Sorry.. it was 1st edition. :-/

Rob Matlack
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:45:47 -0400 Theodore H Mann <thmann@juno.com>
writes:
> Regarding Col.1:14 (DIA TOU hAIMATOS AUTOU)
>
> Hi Rob:
>
> (1) The Stephanus 1550 does indeed contain DIA TOU hAIMATOS AUTOU,
> but that doesn't mean it enjoyed majority status (not that that's
> what you are saying). I doubt enough manuscripts were available to
> Stephanus and others at that time to make that kind of
> determination, even if they had thought to do so.
> (2) My Metzger Textual Commentary is the 2nd edition, and does deal
> with this interpolation. That Metzger drops it in the 3rd edition
> may indicate the opposite of what you suggest. (Isn't the 3rd
> edition the last one off the press, or has another one been
> published?)
>
> Best.
>
> Ted Mann
> thmann@juno.com
>
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:44:29 -0500 Rob Matlack <rmatlack@juno.com>
> writes:
>
> > I have a comment and a question.
>
> >Comment: The statement, "A half dozen out of about 5,000 would, I
> think, be considered secondary regardless of >one's textual
> position--except for the fact that it shows up in the TR! (I.e.,
> both critical text and majority text scholars >would call it
> secondary.)" is interesting. From BibleWorks it appears that
> Robinson and Pierpont DO include it in their >majority text so they
> must have thought it had sufficient support. Also from BW it
> appears that Stephanus' text of 1550 >had it. I checked my hard
> copy of Hodges and Farstad and they omit it.
> >
> > Question: My copy of "A Textual Commentary on the Greek NT" (3rd
> edition) does not address it. If it was not >considered important
> then, why does an apparently more recent edition address it? It
> seems that the text
> > over the years has moved more toward the enclusion of majority
> readings that were at one time ignored or >completely rejected.
> >
> > Rob Matlack
> > 620 E. 5th St., Minneapolis, KS 67467
> > RMatlack@juno.com Hm: 785-392-2865 Church: 785-392-2089
> > "...that we may present every man mature in Christ Jesus."
> >
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