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1 | What about a passage not in early ms? | Mark 16:9 | Radioman2 | 79760 | ||
Here is another question we might ask: Often a verse or passage does not appear in the earliest manuscripts, yet it is left in a particular translation. Is it dishonest or unethical not to let the reader know that such a passage does not appear in the earliest manuscripts? |
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2 | What about a passage not in early ms? | Mark 16:9 | Searcher56 | 79761 | ||
Radioman2 ... I just posted to justme ... We know all we have copies of the original, so we rely on manuscripts. I don't buy the earliest manuscripts are always the best. It would be nice to be able to trace each manuscript ... then we may find words or sections were added. Mark 16:9-20, even verse 20 itself, is one section. I think the publishers need to let us know the facts ... maybe even what manuscripts are available and say some don't have a certain word or section. Searcher |
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3 | What about a passage not in early ms? | Mark 16:9 | Radioman2 | 79812 | ||
You write: "I don't buy the earliest manuscripts are always the best." Are you saying that the last manuscripts are more accurate than the first? How could that be? I am not necessarily saying that you are wrong. It's just that I don't follow the reasoning that led to your conclusion. How can a later copy be truer to the original than the earlier, since the earlier would be closer in time to the original? |
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4 | What about a passage not in early ms? | Mark 16:9 | Searcher56 | 79835 | ||
I don't know which is more accurate, just because it is earlier, menas it is more accurate. original copy 1a (0 err)-copy 1b (2 err)-copy 1c (2 err) original copy 2a (3 err)-copy 2b (3 err)-copy 3c (4 err) original copy 3a (1 err)-copy 3b (1 err)-copy 3c (2 err) Let's say we have 3 mss copy 1b, copy 2a and copy 3c. Some think that copy 2a is most accurate, because it is the earliest. But, somehow the scribe made 3 errors, so that line started off behind. Unless someone compared several mss very early, there would be no way of reducing the number of errors. |
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5 | What about a passage not in early ms? | Mark 16:9 | Radioman2 | 79840 | ||
Words were ADDED to later manuscripts that WERE NOT IN earlier manuscripts. - - - - - - - - - - 'An additional factor that contributed to the reliability and accuracy of the Greek text was advancement in the art of textual criticism itself. While this important subject can be complicated, its basic aim is quite straightforward. It is important to remember that the original manuscripts of the biblical books, technically called the autographa, have not survived, and the copies made from these original documents contain readings, called variants, that do not always agree with one another. The goal of textual criticism is to formulate and apply rules that enable an editor to select the variant reading to achieve the most accurate text. 'An illustration of the application of these rules of textual criticism may aid us in understanding what an editor does. For example, one of the rules of textual criticism is that a shorter reading is preferable to a longer reading. THE REASON FOR THIS RULE IS THAT A SCRIBE WOULD TEND TO ADD WORDS FOR CLARIFICATION OR EXPLANATION RATHER THAN DELETING THEM.' [Words were ADDED to later manuscripts that WERE NOT IN earlier manuscripts.] 'Another rule of textual criticism is that a more difficult reading is to be preferred to a less difficult one. A SCRIBE WOULD BE TEMPTED TO ADD WORDS OF EXPLANATION that would enable the reader to understand the meaning of a difficult text rather than leaving such a reading unexplained' (http://www.solagroup.org/articles/historyofthebible/hotb_0002.html) (Emphasis added). ['A scribe would be tempted to add words of explanation' to a later manuscript -- words that WERE NOT IN the earlier manuscript. Words added to later manuscripts WERE PUT THERE BY SCRIBES, not by divine inspiration.] |
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