Corpus-Paul

[Edgar Krentz <ekrentz AT sbcglobal.net>]

> Ken,
>
> I'm impressed with the authorities you have amassed on the question 
> of canon, and it all sounds very erudite.  It even gives me pause.  
>
> But let me ask you about your practice at the World Bible 
> Translation Center. If your translation team reaches a clear 
> consensus that a couple of verses must have been interpolated into 
> the text even prior to any of the extant manuscripts.  Oh, let's say 
> maybe 1 Cor 14:34-35 just for the sake of argument.  Now you are 
> convinced that these two verses are not Paul's words but an 
> interpolation.  I suspect that when the rubber hits the road your 
> theory goes out the window and you keep those two verses in.  Am I 
> wrong about that?  Do you omit them from your translation?  Why or 
> why not?
>
> Chris
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> Christopher R. Hutson
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I obviously cannot answer for Ken. I do hold that those verses are a 
later interpolation. That does not remove them from the canonical 
text! It does mean that I seek to understand them within the 
framework of early Christian history as a later development as the 
church tries to fit into the societal norms about it--as the Epistle 
to Diognetus suggests!

Saying anything is an interpolation does NOT mean removing it from 
the New Testament.

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