Biblical Hebrew Forum

[rochelle altman <willaa AT netvision.net.il>]

> Peter,
>
> I a, perfectly aware of the fact that most are papyri gragments. Schmuel 
> was going on about the Siniaticus, no?
>
> And I do find it fascinating the way moderns apply their standardization 
> approaches to a text to the ancients  -- as if the ancients had the same 
> approach to what was a "copy" as we do today..Oh, dear, just look at all 
> those variants... "blunders" one and all, right?  Ever stop to think that 
> perhaps, just maybe, a change of word here, a change of format there. a 
> change of size  -- et voila, it's not a forgery cause it is not an exact 
> duplicate..
>
> Thanks for the giggles,
>
> Rochelle
> :
> > On 22/10/2006 19:44, rochelle altman wrote:
> > > Schmuel,
> > >
> > > If you are going to refer to the Siniaticus or precendents... have you 
> > > ever examined the Siniaticus or the Vaticanus? These two are the only 
> > > Greek 4th-century codices..
> > Possibly the only two codices, but not the only two Greek manuscripts 
> > from that period. Most of the others are papyri. The format and material 
> > used is irrelevant to the issue.
> >
> > Peter Kirk
> > E-mail:  peter AT qaya.org
> > Blog:    http://speakertruth.blogspot.com/
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