RT Article
T1 A Scribal Solution to a Problematic Measurement in the Apocalypse
JF New Testament studies
VO 56
IS 2
SP 273
OP 278
A1 Hernández, Juan 1968-
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785739638
AB Orthographic variation within the manuscripts of the Greek NT is seldom a cause célèbre beyond the ranks of diehard textual critics. Even among these most will concede that orthographic irregularities amount to little more than evidence of scribal incompetency or inconsistency in their spelling practices. To find the same word both spelled correctly and misspelled within a single manuscript by the same scribe is not uncommon. It approaches the norm. The critical editions of our Greek NTs have therefore opted, on good grounds, to exclude textual variants displaying non-standardized spelling. To include them would make it impossible for anyone to use the critical apparatuses in a meaningful way. The deluge of senseless errors would drown out variants of demonstrable textual significance.
K1 early exegesis
K1 itacistic spelling
K1 Rev 21.17
DO 10.1017/S002868850999018X