A Bias at the Heart of the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM)
The Greek text of the New Testament for the latest Nestle-Aland edition is being edited by the Institute for New Testament Research (INTF) in Münster using a novel technique called the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM). This study tests the CBGM against a hypothetical scenario inspired by 1...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
2020
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2020, Volume: 139, Issue: 2, Pages: 319-340 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic
/ Priest
/ Bible. Johannesbrief 1. 1,7
/ Novum Testamentum Graece
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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| Summary: | The Greek text of the New Testament for the latest Nestle-Aland edition is being edited by the Institute for New Testament Research (INTF) in Münster using a novel technique called the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM). This study tests the CBGM against a hypothetical scenario inspired by 1 John 1:7 and concludes that the "potential-ancestor" criterion on which the method depends is biased against certain kinds of witnesses previously considered to be of utmost importance for reconstructing the text in 1 John, including Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus. This article also offers some suggestions for addressing or ameliorating the bias at the heart of the CBGM. Without such amelioration, the NA28 text in the Catholic Epistles and the new Editio Critica Maior volumes must be used with caution. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/jbl.2020.0013 DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1392.2020.5 |