Textual Criticism and Manuscripts

HUNDREDS OF VARIATIONS IN THE HEBREW ?? GINSBURGS MASSORETH

feeds@yuku.com (OOG Rs) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:21:30 GMT

WHY HAS NOBODY EVER BROUGHT THE HUNDREDS OF VARIATIONS ETC. BROUGHT OUT BY CHRISTIAN GINSBURG INTO THE DISCUSSION OF O/T TEXTUAL CRITICISM?

MEANING THE
SOPHERIM READINGS AND SEVERIN READINGS

Papyrus Translations?

feeds@yuku.com (aquila) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:15:39 GMT

Can anyone direct me to a site for reading translations of the NT papyrus in English?

I'm especially interested in P46 and P66.

A friend and I are discussing these manuscripts and we were not sure if they contain the attestations to Jesus' deity that are found in later manuscripts. It's his assertion that the deity of Jesus was a doctrine that was developed later by church leaders, probably around 300AD.

Thanks!
Aquila

Absence of Lucifer in MEVs and "the bright and morning star"

feeds@yuku.com (forcyncia) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:34:45 GMT

I have two problematic issues?

The First is a question about the absence of the name Lucifer in Isaiah 4:12 in the modern English versions. I have told you I am dwarfed by your knowledge. What is the background of this? How was this arrived at in Hebrew manuscripts?

Second point is a question of reasoning: In Isaiah 14:12 Lucifer is called "son of...

Notes on The Septuagint

feeds@yuku.com (gconan) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:32:17 GMT
Notes on The Septuagint

Rev. 3:20

feeds@yuku.com (BibleNerd) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:09:24 GMT
In Rev. 3:20, does the perfect active indicative form of "to stand" coming before the present active indicative form of "to knock" serve as a limit on "to knock?" (As in: "I have stood at the door and knock," versus "I am standing at the door and knocking," which implies ongoing action for an indefinite period.) Are there any other cases in the Greek (ideally New Testament) where a perfect verb before a present might limit the present to...

An English Guide to the Various Readings of the Greek New Testament

feeds@yuku.com (gconan) — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:55:41 GMT
An English Guide to the Various Readings of the Greek New Testament

Compiled by Michael D. Marlowe, M.A.

A complete collation of Greek readings adopted by Stephens, Beza, Elzevir, Griesbach, Lachmann, Tischendorf, Tregelles, Alford, Wordsworth, Westcott & Hort, Nestle-Aland, and Hodges & Farstad, compared with the text underlying the King James Version.

Where to find Dead Sea Scrolls scans

feeds@yuku.com (Tatermonkey) — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:18:46 GMT
So far I have got a set of high res scans for Codex Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Vaticonus and two others and have access to a site with all of the P series to get. So this gives me a full set for a Greek NT but I am trying to find some scans for a Hebrew OT.

I have found Aleppo and Lenningrad online but I cant find downloadable scans. I know there are DSS scans out there, but I cant seem to find them. Could anyone help?

Why doesn't the name Yahweh occur in any extant Hebrew Manuscript?

feeds@yuku.com (Exodus Six Verse Three) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:12:53 GMT
The title of this new topic is:Why doesn't the name Yahweh occur in any extant Hebrew Manuscript?

Many scholarly sources believe that the original pronunciation of God's name,
has probably been lost,
but that it is probably "Yahweh".

However no evidence from any extant Hebrew manuscript is ever presented as evidence.

Evidence from the writings of Clement of Alexandria is...

Update on manuscript page

feeds@yuku.com (MacGyver) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:25:50 GMT
I have just updated a webpage with lots of great resources to the Ancient Bible manuscripts http://litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Ancient+Bible+Manuscripts

Ephesian 2:8

feeds@yuku.com (Tallen) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:16:14 GMT
I have a two fold question about this verse. First part of the question has to do with the grammar. Looking at various manuscripts I notice that some of them have punctuation marks in them and others don't. I would assume that the original texts did not have the punctuation marks in them and that this would have been added later. So the first part of the question is who added the punctuation to this verse. The second part relates to the textual families, I notice that the...

My theory on variant readings

feeds@yuku.com (MacGyver) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:05:37 GMT
As I mentioned in another thread, I believe that many of the authors of the Bible wrote their accounts more than once, and some of them wrote them in more than one language. For some reason there seems to be an unwritten rule that the authors wrote their accounts only once, but I have never heard any good reasons why that must be the case. If I was to write an important account without having the luxeries of a printing press or a copy machine, I would produce more than one copy in order to...

oldest manuscript of 1 Cor. 11: 1-16

feeds@yuku.com (valleybldr) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:22:34 GMT
I'm trying to find a digital image of the oldest mauscript of 1 Cor. 11:1-16

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

thanks!!

todd

Dead Sea Scroll manuscript 8HevXIIgr

feeds@yuku.com (MacGyver) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:13:32 GMT
I am working on a manuscript from the DSS that is basically the Septuagint version of the Minor Prophets. This is excellent for textual criticism. It is still a work in progress but I have gotton some of it available already. If you have any suggestions then please let me know, I would appreciate it!

Variations in the Greek New Testament

feeds@yuku.com (Tatermonkey) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:39:44 GMT
I found a site detailing the differences between the various manuscripts of the TR, Wescott&Hort, Nestle/Aland and such. Pretty interesting.

http://www.bible-researcher.com/guide.html

Zane Hodges with the Lord

feeds@yuku.com (amarillo) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:24:47 GMT
Funeral was this morning, as I just found out:

http://www.faithalone.org/wordpress/

24 Nov

Zane...

P46 or Chester Beatty Papyrus II online

feeds@yuku.com (Tatermonkey) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:25:45 GMT
3rd century codex containing the letters of Paul.
view it here.

Why I don't believe the Byzantine text or the Textus Receptus

feeds@yuku.com (HoLogos) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:43:25 GMT
I read the Greek New Testament, and it is very edifying to me. When I do, it is usually the NA27, because I have more confidence it is the Word of God and not additions and corruptions made by "high churches" in the dark ages. When I read the Byzantine Text, or the Textus Receptus, I am annoyed by what are clearly spurious additions from lectionary readings. If I want to read a lectionary, I'll read a lectionary. (I actually don't want to.) But when I want to read the Word...

New Swanson-style table Pericope of Adulteress

feeds@yuku.com (HoLogos) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:50:46 GMT
Announcing a new Swanson-style table of the variant readings of the Pericope of the Adulteress.
It is different in that it includes the readings of all non-commentary manuscripts on the IGNTP site at Birmingham, and incorporates Dr. Leslie McFall's Swanson errata list.

Treats the readings of the following Greek manuscripts:

Papyri 39 45 66 75
Majuscules 01 A B C D E F G H K L M N P Q S T U V W Y 036 037 038 039 041 044 045 047 070 0211 0233
Minuscules f1...

Sinaiticus to be put online

feeds@yuku.com (BrianT) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:18:54 GMT
"By next July, the entire Codex will be available for free -- along with transcription, translation and search functions"

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/21/online.bible.ap/index.html

A 1911 facsimile is already online in .pdf form (non-searchable, non-selectable):

Trash and the Question of Reliability

feeds@yuku.com (Euthymius) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:34:33 GMT
Regardless of the debate over Tischendorf's discovery of Sinaiticus, there is an interesting paper that will be read at the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) this November in Boston:

AnneMarie Luijendijk: A Dirty Little Secret: Sacred Scriptures as Trash

From her abstract:

"Papyrologists found numerous fragments of sacred scriptures thrown away at garbage heaps of ancient...