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Okay, let's look at this again. There are some errors here.

These omit 7:53-8:11 at the traditional location, and insert following Luke 21:38 (Family 13)--13. 69. 346. 543. 788. 826. 828. 983

These omit 8:1-11 there but insert 7:53-8:11 following Luke 21:38--(Family 13). 124.

PA has Family 13 text in whole or part, but located in loc. Jn 7:53. (Except for 1689, these MSS are not members of Family 13)--166, 174, 211, 230, 395,
591, 926, 1205, 1367, 1689, 2660, 2725.

And finally, 1709 is not Family 13 in the PA text at all.

These facts are based on a collation database of Family 13.

 

"Campaign?" Just because I gave my opinion on the BB? :laugh:

So what exactly is your point here in connection with my posts? I'm a Baptist Bible translator, not a medieval monk.

Tell you what. Your errors on this thread illustrate my point well.

"Rarified air of acadamia"? You completely missed my thread praising William Pierpont, who was not an academic but put in the hard work of 100s of hours to learn Greek and textual criticism, and ended up being co-editor with Dr. Maurice Robinson of the Byzantine Textform Greek NT.

When you quit your addiction to Wikipedia level textual criticism and put in a few dozen hours of actual study on it, I'll respect your opinion on these issues. Right now I don't.

Tell you what. Learn Greek. Buy yourself a Byz. textform NT. Look at these passages and figure out which are actually Byzantine and which are only TR. Then you'll know the answers.

 

Just in case anyone is fooled by Rippon's ramblings, let me set the record straight. I do not object to the average man in the pew learning textual criticism. What I do object to is a little league player thinking he is a pro. I object to someone with Internet access but no training diagnosing my illness. I object to an armchair theologian on the BB thinking he is Augustus Strong. I object to people who don't know any ancient or foreign languages thinking they are experts in Bible translation. And I object to a lazy person reading a few Wikipedia articles and thinking he knows textual criticism.

If the shoe fits, you don't need a shoehorn--just wear it. :type:

(Mark my words, this post will bring on another personal attack. It's okay. I have a thick skin--but I will rebuke.)

 

Sorry, I see nothing there for me to answer more than I already have.

The thread is about textual criticism, not brackets in English Bibles. In fact, the OP is specifically about "Does the Greek Text Matter?"

 

If you didn't get it there is no way I could explain it to you.

Um, no, I never said I was a novice. I'm not. I'm published in textual criticism. What I said was that I'm an amateur who makes mistakes.

Okay, so I predicted another personal attack in answer to my post, and you have called me a hypocrite and petty-minded. Yep, I was right. I'm a prophet! :saint:

 

I'll check it out when I get back to my office, but that might not be until Wednesday. We're down in Ohio visiting with my three sisters, because the youngest has cancer.

God bless.

 

The term "critical text" in my OP refers to the Greek text, not English translations.

 

They are not found in the Byzantine text, my preferred Greek text. So how can they be put in brackets? If you really want to talk about brackets in English Bibles, start your own thread. I'm done with the subject.

 

Once again, you apparently did not understand my illustrations. Most people would ask what I meant. You prefer to call it senseless. Doesn't bother me.

I haven't bad-mouthed you personally. If you take my general statements personally, that's your problem, not mine.