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Maurice Robinson wrote:
>Why does Comfort so desperately want the early papyri to omit John 21 in 
>the first place?
[...]
>                                                                   Seems 
>to me like Comfort is trying to manufacture evidence to support his 
>theory of the original form of John, and misusing manuscript data in the 
>process.

My take on Comfort is that his goal is not to establish a 20-chapter
John but to support his Early Text theory.  If some of the early papyri
(e.g., P75) can be shown to come from the 20-chapter precursor that is
proposed by several Johannine scholars, then P75 would have a greater
claim to the readings of the autograph, thus strengthening his Early
Text theory.

Stephen Carlson
-- 
Stephen C. Carlson, George Mason University School of Law, Patent Track, 4LE
scarlso1@osf1.gmu.edu              : Poetry speaks of aspirations, and songs
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