[B-Greek] Ironies of Samaria in Greek
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 11 20:46:34 EDT 2008
On Sep 11, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Andrew Ball wrote:
> Interesting. Can you comment briefly on why New Testament critics
> don't typically follow the Byzantine tradition in general?
>
>> Ironically, this is the Byzantine tradition, the one generally
>>
>> not followed by NT text critics, but the spelling also upheld
>>
>> by the oldest papyri in the tightest tradition.
>
> Is it believed that the Byzantine tradition differs from the "oldest
> and best" extant manuscripts consistently? Is there a perception that
> the Byzantine tradition (meaning editions used by Eastern Orthodox
> churches?) has been significantly redacted?
>
> Peace,
> Andrew
For an extensive scholarly treatment of this and other questions see
the preface and also the appendix
The New Testament in the Original Greek
Byzantine Textform 2005
Compiled and Arranged by
Maurice A. Robinson and William G. Pierpont
available pdf format here:
http://koti.24.fi/jusalak/GreekNT/RP2005.htm
Elizabeth Kline
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