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Subject: Re: text-type of Sinaiticus
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> I'm writing a brief article on Codex Sinaiticus, and I want to verify the 
> information that I have concerning the textual affinities of Codex 
> Sinaiticus.  In the OT, the sources I have looked at say that it is 
> basically Old Greek (where that has been determined), generally inferior 
> to B, but sometimes superior (e.g., in 1 Chron, Esdras B, & the prophets).
> 
One obvious additional point that should be made is that the corrector(s) of Sinaiticus must be mentioned, since the text type changes from S* to S  
as corrected. For further information, see volumes in the Goettingen LXX
which attest to Sinaiticus.> 


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John Wm Wevers
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