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On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, DC PARKER  wrote, in part:

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>I do not see how a copy could be inauthentic.  A copy is simply a
>copy.  Only if it attempted to appear older than it really was could it be
>somehow dishonest.

Seems to me that this is exactly the point. 2427 has a very strong
Alexandrian text, clearly belonging with B.

Paleographers guess that it comes from the fourteenth century, but
*with a question mark*.

So the question becomes, is it authentic, or did somebody decide to
produce a fake? After all, a minuscule with a B-like text is *very*
interesting.

In its defence, I would offer the presence of the Longer Ending of
Mark. If it were a fake, the faker would probably have omitted that.
But that's not proof.

Bob Waltz
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