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From: Maurice Robinson 
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Subject: Re: Collation against MT vs. TR
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On Wed, 6 Dec 1995 Timster132@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 95-12-05 mrobinsn@mercury.interpath.com
> Maurice Robinson writes:
> 
> >heading for minority text readings, whether stemmatically-based or on the 
> >basis of the theological whims of the critic, I fail to see how any 
> >meaningful "majority text theory" can remain.
> 
>   Isn't that the point?  H&F believe in an omnipotent God who has
> providentially preserved the text and that conviction has led them to 
> try proving the "Majority text" position with their stemma, etc.   
> Likewise, Pickering's belief of inerrancy leads him to pick and chose a 
> text that supports his beliefs.

But if the result does not reflect the "majority", H/F or Pickering are 
being quite hypocritical.  Why not call their text the 
"theologically-correct" text instead of the "majority text"?

>   Maurice Robinson stands out from the crowd, in that his devotion to the
> Byzantine text family is based squarely on his interpretation of textual
> transmission.  He and I don't see eye to eye on textual transmission, but I
> appreciate his approach much more than that of H/F.

I appreciate that comment....


>    BTW, is anyone on the list proficient at reading Greek miniscule cursive?

I am, for one....

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