[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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