From: Andrew Kulikovsky (anku@celsiustech.com.au)
Date: Thu Feb 12 1998 - 18:41:11 EST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim West [SMTP:jwest@Highland.Net]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 1998 10:05 AM
> To: Andrew Kulikovsky
> Cc: b-greek@virginia.edu
> Subject: RE: John 8:7
>
> At 09:32 AM 2/13/98 +1030, you wrote:
> >
> > [Andrew]
> > Don't you mean "the pericope which many believe (including E
> >Hobbs) to be non-original". Considering we don't have the originals
> and
> >only a handful of manuscripts and fragments from the early centuries
> it
> >does seem a little premature to pronounce the pericope as definitely
> >"non-original".
> >
> > cheers,
> > Andrew
>
> In fact, the decision to describe the pericope as secondary is based
> on
> quite sound scientific methods known as textual criticism. While text
> critics certainly do not agree on everything, in this case I can
> fearlessly
> say that every experienced text critic who handles NT mss would say
> that
> this passage is an addition to the gospel. Again, perhaps it would be
> useful to consult Metzger's book or that by Kurt Aland- or even the
> new book
> by DC Parker on the text of the Gospels.
>
[Andrew]
I understand TC very well and I have Metzger's book.
I also understand that TC is not an exact science and that text
critics are not exact people.
QED.
cheers,
Andrew
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