Textual Criticism in the Gaps: The Likelihood of 𝔓⁴⁶’s Readings in Galatians 3:1 and 4:17, Hebrews 11:4, and Philippians 1:1
This article concerns the likelihoods of competing textual reconstructions in the Chester Beatty Papyrus 𝔓⁴⁶ based on the available space in its lacunose lines. To quantify these relative probabilities, the author uses statistical models of line lengths in 𝔓⁴⁶ and a recently described technique for...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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Novum Testamentum
Year: 2024, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-278 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Computer
/ Statistics
/ Textual criticism
/ P.Beatty II
/ Bible. Galaterbrief 4,17
/ Bible. Galaterbrief 3,1
/ Bible. Hebräerbrief 11,4
/ Bible. Philipperbrief 1,1
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Textual Criticism
B Phil 1:1 B computer-assisted methods B 𝔓⁴⁶ B Heb 11:4 B Gal 4:17 B Gal 3:1 |
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| Summary: | This article concerns the likelihoods of competing textual reconstructions in the Chester Beatty Papyrus 𝔓⁴⁶ based on the available space in its lacunose lines. To quantify these relative probabilities, the author uses statistical models of line lengths in 𝔓⁴⁶ and a recently described technique for calculating the likelihood of a reconstructed lacunose text. He first demonstrates the power and versatility of this approach with examples in Gal 4:17 and 3:1. He then revisits two more contested textual reconstructions proposed for 𝔓⁴⁶: the absence of τῷ θεῷ in Heb 11:4, suggested by G.D. Kilpatrick in 1941, and the absence of σὺν ἐπισκόποις καὶ διακόνοις in Phil 1:1, suggested by T.C. Skeat in 1995. He shows that Kilpatrick’s proposed shorter reading in 𝔓⁴⁶ is six times more likely than the longer reading in Heb 11:4, while the evidence is not decisive between the readings in Phil 1:1. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10066 |