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1 | Did Shem exit the Ark at 98, outlv Abrm? | Gen 11:10 | Pastor Glenn | 140916 | ||
"The argument for the majority texts is, the number of them carry the weight and since their in agreement it is safe to assume they are the most accurate. The counter to this is while they may be most numerous they could have their origin in one corrupted text. In many ancient secular manuscripts this has been seen over and over, so one has to ask could this be the case here." "Two or three witnesses" is biblically the accepted way to go: Deuteronomy 19:15 [ The Law Concerning Witnesses] "One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. "Since it has no real effect on the true message of scriptures one wonders if it isn’t just causing us to lose focus on the real issues of the Bible. " Amen |
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2 | Did Shem exit the Ark at 98, outlv Abrm? | Gen 11:10 | EdB | 140917 | ||
Pastor Glenn If we used Deut 19:15 as the accepted way to determine manuscript accuracy many translation of the Bible that are based on other than the Majority texts would have to be discounted. That might make a few people unhappy EdB |
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3 | Did Shem exit the Ark at 98, outlv Abrm? | Gen 11:10 | Pastor Glenn | 140919 | ||
EdB, Your right. Majority text is probably not as good as Majority "Sources" (Josephus, Africanus, 1Ch1:24, 2Ch, Targum, Beza’s most ancient Greek copy of Luke). "Sources" is probably closer to what is meant by "witnesses" in Deut 19:15. Pastor Glenn |
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4 | Did Shem exit the Ark at 98, outlv Abrm? | Gen 11:10 | EdB | 140926 | ||
Majority text is made up of what is considered a vast majority of texts that seem to agree with each other. Hence it's names. therefore it is made up a majority of witnesses. EdB |
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