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On Sat, 28 Dec 1996, Jim West  wrote, in part:

>> Bezae contained part of them (since a small portion of
>>the Johannine Epistles survives on the Latin side), but there is
>>no Greek text.
>
> Bummer.  Thanks for helping anyway.  (But, since this is so, what is the
> basis of James in TR?)

The same thing that is the basis in Acts and Paul: 2ap, supplemented
by 1eap and the vulgate, with some slight consultation of other
manuscripts.

In the gospels, the sources are 2e, 1eap, and the vulgate.

In the Apocalypse, the sources are 1r and the vulgate.

This implies the question, "What did Beza use to produce his
edition of the TR?" The answer is, he used primarily older TR
editions. Obviously he *had* D, but he did not use it.

Next question:

> Would someone please tell me what the so called "Egerton Gospel" is and
> where it can be found in ms.

The Egerton papyri are a series of documents found in Egypt. The "Egerton
gospel" is a handful of fragments from this collection. I give you the
specific description from Bell & Skeat:

Inv. No. Egerton Papyrus 2. Middle of second century. Portions of three
leaves of a codex, 11.5 cm.x9.2 cm., 11.8 cm.x9.7 cm., 6 cm.x2.3 cm. One
column to the page.

The surviving leaves contain a few dozen lines containing primarily
narrative. Some of the events described (the question about tribute to
Caesar, the cleansing of a leper, a controversy with the lawyers, etc.)
have synoptic parallels, but the phrasing is different and there is
some new material.

For further details, I can only refer you to the Bell & Skeat volume
already cited. It includes photographs, transcriptions of the text,
a translation, plus commentaries and lists of parallels.

Bob Waltz
waltzmn@skypoint.com

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