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On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Jim West wrote:
> 
> Just as an aside- Kurt Aland was a brilliant critic and more capable than
> most in the field of textual studies.  It is currently the vogue to deride
> his incredible contributions; but his work has stood, and will continue to
> stand, the test of time.  The works of others will come and go, but Kurt
> will be around for a long, long while.
> 
> The Alexandrian text type is excellent.  If there is any demonstrable proof
> that any other type or mixture of types is superior to it, it has failed to
> appear to this point.

Jim, I agree that he was capable.  I depend on him often.  Sorry if you 
were offended  :)
I did give him due credit.  As for "excellent," I prefer other more 
objective terms like very old and valuable.  Aland's work has shown 
enough diversity in the best Alex mss to make me avoid terms like excellent. 

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