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Christianus Fridericus Matthaei on Revelation 16:5
From 1782 to 1788, Christianus Fridericus Matthaei (1744-1811) published a critical text based (I’m told) on a collation of about 70 relatively late manuscripts. The Apocalypsis (Revelation) section was published in 1785. His text of Revelation 16:5, naturally, does not include Beza’s false correction to the text. What follows are Matthaei’s main text, his apparatus, and…
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Jan Krans on Beza's Emendation of Revelation 16:5
Dr. Jan Krans, who has provided the definitive treatment of conjectural emendation by Erasmus and Beza, provided an article on conjectural emendation as it relates to Revelation in the Editio Critica Maior of Revelation (VI/3.1, pp. 419-20). In this article, Dr. Krans addresses Beza and Revelation 16:5. The following is my own English translation of…
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Beza's Ancient Codices at Luke 17:36
In a recent video, Dwayne Green commented on Theodore Beza’s Annotations on Luke 17:36. His comments should be visible in the right column of this screenshot: (source video) Beza says that the verse is found in the Complutensian edition and in four old/aged/ancient (vetustis) codices. Dwayne asked folks if they could identify the codices in…
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Significance of Source Critical / Textual Critical Comments on 2 Maccabees 12:43-45
Introduction This post is to provide some written responses to a few interesting issues that have arisen in the wake of a recent Purgatory debate (and preparation for that debate). As the post has evolved a bit since its initial posting, I’m going to try to clean it up and make it more user-friendly, as…
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Textual Variant in Cyprian
Someone asked about the textual variant issue in Cyprian that I alluded to during my recent episode on Cyprian and Purgatory (link to video). Here’s the relevant material from a critical edition of Cyprian’s letters. First the main text: As you can see, the editors have used “purged for a long time with fire” (purgari…
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Theophilos of Landra | Theophile of Landra | Theofil of Landra or of Libado (aka Theoteknos of Livias?) on the Assumption of Mary
Some thoughts and comparison between the Arabic homily attributed to “Theophilos of Landra,” seemingly a Coptic author, and the Greek homily attributed to “Theoteknos of Livias.” Title/Citation: HOMILY FOR THE 16TH OF MESORÉ, THEOPHILOS OF LANDRA Ms. Vatican Arabic 698; ff 41v-48v. For the contents of the manuscript (which also includes two other assumption-related works),…
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External Evidence against Beza's Reading at Revelation 16:5
In his 1582 edition, Beza changed Revelation 16:5 from “και ο οσιος” to “και ο εσομενος”. There are no extant Greek manuscripts with “εσομενος” in the main text. The one extant Greek manuscript with “εσομενος” in the margin is from the late 1600s, presumably derived from Beza. In short, there is no meaningful Greek manuscript evidence…
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Responding to Taylor DeSoto Regarding Revelation 16:5, Beza, and Francis Turretin
Back in November of 2019, Taylor DeSoto (“TD”) posted a “Crash Course in the Textual Discussion,” in which he made the following odd assertion related to Revelation 16:5: “Many advocates of the MCT are quick to point out that the TR does not have Greek manuscript support for Revelation 16:5, but the MCT also has…
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Readings of Revelation 16:5 with Images
Although over 100 witnesses to the Greek text are transcribed at Munster’s INTF, I thought I would supplement that list by reviewing additional manuscripts of Revelation that are available online, mostly through CSNTM. I am very thankful for the work of both groups, and I believe a lot of work remains to be done in…
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How Dare I Appeal to the Majority of Greek Manuscripts!
In some places where the King James Version follows the wrong Greek text, it is fairly straightforward to demonstrate this from an appeal to the fact that the majority of texts disagree. When this happens we tend to get the following kind of pushback: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZKyWRtr_pA?si=yaXp3qoqIajg748b&clip=UgkxNDp_z3Ll7BelgI-cCTuURDfsWG4c4kjW&clipt=EJy3wwIYk7nGAg] Nick mistakenly assumes that “critical text guys” have such…