tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346409181794331060.post6062032824336885298..comments2024-03-20T12:35:12.828-04:00Comments on The Text of the Gospels: N-A in 2018 and W-H in 1881: How Similar?James Snapp Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493891380752272603noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346409181794331060.post-76323319856493047412018-05-24T08:35:49.154-04:002018-05-24T08:35:49.154-04:00Ben,
I gave a one-hour sermon at my church on the ...Ben,<br />I gave a one-hour sermon at my church on the topic of the preservation of Scripture. I posed the question, is our present Bible more like Rat Poison (99.5% corn, 0.5% active ingredient) or a silver dollar (92.5% silver, 7.5% added content)? It held their attention.Daniel Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600146498880358592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346409181794331060.post-19827336063022731112018-05-17T09:32:55.720-04:002018-05-17T09:32:55.720-04:00Curious, how much of this do you discuss with your...Curious, how much of this do you discuss with your congregation? I've had mixed results when trying to discuss this type of material. By mixed, I mean, a mixture of confusion, boredom, and slight shock. I would love to have this discussion with more of my congregation's leadership, but I do not know how to do it in a manner that is incredibly academic and requiring a lot of base understanding.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798978854176533130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346409181794331060.post-80590356388549149462018-05-15T15:44:41.393-04:002018-05-15T15:44:41.393-04:00Peter Gurry,
My reference to Hort's transmiss...Peter Gurry, <br />My reference to Hort's transmission-model is meant to refer to a theory of transmission that involves the Lucianic recension, which (istm) is the same thing you refer to when you describe their (i.e., Hort's) theory of the origin of the Byzantine Text. Without this theory to account for 85% of the Greek MS-evidence, and to justify their dismissal of it, Hort's larger view would not be Hort's larger view; it would be something else. The Lucianic Recension is so integral to Hort's approach that it seems fitting to picture their relationship like that of an arch (the larger theory) and its capstone (the Lucianic recension).<br /> James Snapp Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09493891380752272603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346409181794331060.post-62745979963081269732018-05-15T14:15:10.007-04:002018-05-15T14:15:10.007-04:00One correction: I claimed that no one I know of fo...One correction: I claimed that no one I know of follows their view of the origin of the Byzantine text. That’s only one part of their larger view of textual history (they do not use the term “transmission model”). It is probably fair to say that no one follows their larger view of textual history completely either. But certainly, in their judgment on 01 and 03, many have and still do follow them, if not to the same degree. They were quite right to privilege those two manuscripts over the later Byzantine manuscripts, Codex Bezae, etc. <br /><br />But it is striking how many of their decisions have been confirmed or supported by the papyri. As for Epp, his approach to evaluating textual criticism based on the number of changes from WH is a non sequitur as far as I’m concerned. How many changes do we need before we can claim progress? Why isn’t 600+ enough? To even ask the question is to realize that the approach is wrong-headed.<br /><br />That said, these are very useful stats to have. So, thanks.Peter Gurryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10396444437216746412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346409181794331060.post-34439658841187630532018-05-15T11:44:51.975-04:002018-05-15T11:44:51.975-04:00How does the WH1881 compare to the THGNT?How does the WH1881 compare to the THGNT?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841495817485100480noreply@blogger.com