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On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Jim West wrote:

> As I have understood it, use of the Fathers is hazardous because we do not
> know exactly their habits of citation.  Do they cite from manuscript or
> memory?  Since we do not know, it seems that using them as primary sources
> for textual reconstruction is a bit risky.

I agree on this point, but I should mention that I would be quite content 
to have a NT text constructed from the consensus (majority) testimony of 
the fathers of the first five centuries, since I have no doubts regarding 
the texttypical nature of an edition constructed on that basis.  It might 
not be purely Byzantine, but it would come close.

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Maurice A. Robinson, Ph.D.           Assoc. Prof./Greek and New Testament
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary     Wake Forest, North Carolina
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