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On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Robert B. Waltz wrote:

> 4. It is not a copy of B, and probably not a direct descendent. It is,
>    however, the closest surviving relative of B in Mark -- at least
>    among substantial manuscripts.
>    For comparison, in a sample of 202 readings in Mark, 2427 has the
>    following rates of agreement:
>    B          89%
>    L          72%
>    Aleph      68%

>    Other than 2427, the closest relative of B in Mark (based on this
>    sample, which is all I can offer) is Psi (!) at 78%, followed by
>    Aleph and L, both at 72%.

The percentage of agreement here seems to indicate that 2427 is more
likely a copy of B, with some alterations made to correct error and also
to include some non-B readings (the long ending of Mark being a case in
point).  

I am not certain that one can strongly claim that this MS was not itself
actually copied from B as a primary exemplar, though utilizing readings
from other exemplars in the process -- or at least the non-existent parent
of 2427 might have been copied from B, then corrected from a non-B type of
MS and then used as the exemplar of 2427.  However, I tend to reject the
latter possibility because it forces an extra step into the process which
is unsupported by extant evidence. 

I would not consider it a forgery or an unauthentic MS, since after all,
the Kurzgefasste List even includes at least one MS as legitimate which
was hand copied in the 19th century! 

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Maurice A. Robinson, Ph.D.           Professor of Greek and New Testament
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary     Wake Forest, North Carolina
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