There is No “Priority” Greek Text

how? I might be hard-hitting with the facts, but rude? please!

 

ah, yet another person who is hung-up on the old Greek mss!

A couple of things, firstly, yes I hold to the singular reading in John 1:13. What people like yourself don't undersatnd, that the Patristic evidence, like Tertullian, Cyprian, Augustine, Jerome, etc, though Latin, cannot be ignored or dismissed, because these theologians had these readings in THEIR Greek and Latin mss. Did you know that the oldest Greek ms for the Woman in Adutery in John's Gospel, is 5th/6th century? Yet, over 1oo years before this, the scholar Jerome said that the passage was in "MANY Greek and Latin Manuscripts"! So, where are they? Another point, what reading do you accept for Colossians 2:2, and why? seeing that there are about FOURTEEN different readings!

 

obviously you have studied textual criticism.

 

and where exactly did I say this? As I have already said more than once, I do not hold to ANY text being better than the other, as all have their worth, some more, some less. Period.

 

hope this is not meaning me, because this is not my beliefs. I asked someone else this question, which this the correct reading for Colossians 2:2, as there are about 14 variants?

 

the same can be said about the manuscripts. It is quite possible that the Codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, were the two of the 50 requested by Emperor Constantine in A.A. 311, which was undertaken by Acacius and Euzoius, both who were followers of Arius. Dr Metzger informs us that, "Lucian influenced the form of the New Testament, and parts of the Old Testament which were used, and are still used, by millions who never heard of his name" (Chapters in the History of New Testament textual criticism, p.27). Dr Souter, in his book has classified manuscripts into groups for textual study, which he follows on from Professor Von Soden. Under the "K" Text, we find the four principal Greek Manuscripts, the codices, Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Alexandrinus, and Epharemi (5th century). We are also told that, "'K' was produced at Antioch by Lucian" (see, Souter, Text and Canon, p.120). Lucian was also of the same theology as Aruis. These people were directly involved in the copying of many manuscripts. So what of the trustworthiness of manuscript copying?

 

My main area of study is the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity, which started x years ago, when I also started textual criticism. This was due to me being challenged as a new believer, by a JW, that their reading of John 1:1 was correct. This led me in to the Greek study and then textual, when another person said that Matthew 28:19 was not part of the original. The texts that I mainly study are doctrinal, as this is related to my studies, but not only so. These "changes", like that of 1 Corinthians 10:9 (where Christ as been replaced by Lord or God); and 15:47, where "Lord" (Second Man, the Lord, has been removed); and Luke 1:35, where "out of you" has also been removed, etc, increased my interest in textual studies.

 

self, through books, before the internet

 

very! it tooks many years, with a full-time job, and I almost quit a few times due to the immense pressure, but thanks to the Good Lord and friends, I carried on. Still have some way to go!