"Thou shalt commit adultery" (Exod. 20:14, AV 1631): a first survey of alteration involving negatives in the transmission of the Greek New Testament and of early church responses to it
Like many words in the New Testament, one-fifth of the 3,542 examples of the negative have suffered alteration, trivial or otherwise, through addition or omission or substitution. But the alteration of negatives is more provocative in that, given their function in logic, it can involve contradiction...
| Published in: | The journal of theological studies |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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The journal of theological studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Testament
/ Conjecture
/ Church fathers
B Exegesis / Church fathers |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Greek language
B New Testament |
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| Summary: | Like many words in the New Testament, one-fifth of the 3,542 examples of the negative have suffered alteration, trivial or otherwise, through addition or omission or substitution. But the alteration of negatives is more provocative in that, given their function in logic, it can involve contradiction. The Church Fathers had to face questions where dogma was at stake: did Paul believe that "we all shall not sleep" or "we all shall sleep", "we all shall be changed" or "we all shall not be changed" (1 Cor. 15:51)? Did death reign even over those who had not sinned like Adam (Rom. 5:14)? The unstable negative was also noted in Jewish, classical, and legal circles. Analysis of over 700 examples may prove useful to textual critics, students of scribal habits, and philologists as well as to dogmaticians and historians. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-5185 |
| Contains: | In: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fln150 |