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  • From: LeeEdgarTyler AT aol.com
  • To: corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Number of characters P46
  • Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:19:38 EST

In a message dated 3/23/2004 4:45:08 PM Central Standard Time, davidinglis2 AT comcast.net writes:
According to my calculations, the number of characters in each of Paul's
epistles in P46 is less than the modern 'standard' number.  Typically, each
epistle in P46 has around 5% fewer characters than modern copies, although,
notably, Hebrews is only 3% smaller.  Does anyone have any information on
this?  In particular:

1)  How much of this is due to the use of nomina sacra and other
abbreviations?
2)  How much is due to the text-type of P46?
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In addition to nomina sacra and abbreviations, we should also look to the possible use of diacritics as substitutes for various phonemes.
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Ed Tyler

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