A Disordered Genealogy and a New Family of Greek New Testament Manuscripts

Greek New Testament manuscripts frequently format the genealogy of Jesus in Luke in multiple columns. This format has led copyists to introduce errors in the sequence of names by reading the text in the wrong direction. This article presents five manuscripts of the Gospels with catenae which transmi...

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Main Author: Patton, Andrew J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Novum Testamentum
Year: 2024, Volume: 66, Issue: 3, Pages: 402-422
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Textual criticism / Catena / Bible. Lukasevangelium 3,23-38 / Handwriting
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B catenae
B Greek New Testament manuscripts
B genealogy of Jesus
B Commentaries
B New Testament Textual Criticism
B Gospel of Luke
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Summary:Greek New Testament manuscripts frequently format the genealogy of Jesus in Luke in multiple columns. This format has led copyists to introduce errors in the sequence of names by reading the text in the wrong direction. This article presents five manuscripts of the Gospels with catenae which transmit a disordered genealogy of Jesus. The analysis of the disruptions to the sequence of Jesus’s ancestors allows the reconstruction of their exemplar. The article further identifies two codices without commentaries attesting the same pattern of disorder. The other codices with this form of Luke 3:23–38 and the contents of the five catena manuscripts substantiate that they have a common archetype and form a new family of Greek New Testament manuscripts.
ISSN:1568-5365
Contains:Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10071