Textual variants

Interesting Topic

This post was totally off topic and had nothing to do with the OP

 

Nuthin. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero...

 

wrong place - sorry

 

OK I'm getting confused

I thought there were several differences between the Majority Text and the TR, not true?

 

I'm certainly not an expert, but could it be that some folks assume the MT and the RT are one and the same?

 

The Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament [LINK] and the The New Testament in the Original Greek Byzantine Textform[LINK](Robinson/Pierpont 2005) both provide an apparatus that distingush the main points of deviation in the manuscripts.

IMO, of the two GNT's, the Robinson/Pierpont would probably the easier of the two in regards to distinguishing the differences between the textus receptus and its own text.

Rob

 

I don't believe TVs are as important as some people tryta make'em. After all, the Four Gospels, even if taken from the same MS or "family" of MSs, all vary among themselves, same as the writings of four modern people who've observed the same events vary among themselves. No two people write exactly alike, expecially if they're writing independently from each other. Thus, we have textual variants.

"Much ado about nothing"...

(Wm. Shakespeare)

 

Why, then, if the variants are so unimportant, are the MVs full of variant readings? Is it simply to secure a copyright? That would be my question to the author below.

If they made no difference in the context, why not leave them as they have been for 400 years?

 

I believe the following to be a myth:
"A certain amount of changes must be made
to a new Translation (Version) before a Copyright
can be obtained."

I have a copy of the TMB (THIRD MILLENNIUM BIBLE)
also called New Authorized Version (NAV)

It is copywrited in 1998.

One can go some places a dozen pages before finding
a change. There must be under 1 change per 1,000 words.
(One tenth of one percent).


The basis from which the version was made is
the KJVs.

 

I believe the following to be a myth:
"A certain amount of changes must be made
to a new Translation (Version) before a Copyright
can be obtained."

I have a copy of the 21ST CENTURY KING
JAMES VERSION (KJ21). It is copywrited in 1994.

One can go some places a dozen pages before finding
a change. There must be under 1 change per 1,000 words.
(One tenth of one percent).

The basis from which the version was made is
the KJVs.

From 'The Updaters to the Reader':

"The KJV21 is unique among modern Bibles in that it
is closer in language to the original
King James Version than any other Bible
copyrighted in the twentieth century. "

 

Copyright Registration for Derivative Works (Circular 14)

A “derivative work,” that is, a work that is based on (or derived from) one or more already existing works, is copyrightable if it includes what the copyright law calls an “original work of authorship.” Derivative works, also known as “new versions,” include such works as translations, musical arrangements, dramatizations, fictionalizations, art reproductions, and condensations. Any work in which the editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship is a derivative work or new version.

A typical example of a derivative work received for registration in the Copyright Office is one that is primarily a new work but incorporates some previously published material. This previously published material makes the work a derivative work under the copyright law.

To be copyrightable, a derivative work must be different enough from the original to be regarded as a “new work” or must contain a substantial amount of new material. Making minor changes or additions of little substance to a preexisting work will not qualify the work as a new version for copyright purposes. The new material must be original and copyrightable in itself. Titles, short phrases, and format, for example, are not copyrightable.

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.html

 

At that source I found this:

I wonder if the Editor/publisher of the KJV1769 Edition was
authorized to create a new version of the KJV1611 hense
the name "Authorized Version"?

 

Written narrative from an eyewitness' perspective is a true and accurate record of their testimony, even if they themselves were unaware of, forgot about, or chose not disclose certain details of the event. These may corroborated as fact or later proven to be lacking. Dissimilar eyewitness accounts can be considered free of collusion, and thus truthful. It is not an example of 'textual variants' in the sense of comparing scriptural texts.

Authors have differents styles, vocabulary, and background experiences. Dissimilar manuscripts may indicate independant effort. These are not mistakes but differences in artistic output. It is not an example of 'textual variants'.

'Textual variants' are the result of incorrectly transcribed originals (written text), either accidently or intentionally. That is, the copy does not identically match the author's original in exact content. They are basically errors. The term does not apply to differences resulting from translation to another language.