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CriticismAbstract: Comparison of the electronic IGNTP edition of John and the new digital images of Codex Boreelianus (F 09) shows a number of improvements that can be made. Besides some corrected readings, a small portion of new text can be found on the new images. Shortcomings of the IGNTP edition in its representation of F (09) can mostly be attributed to the limitations of the microfilm with which the collators had to work. Some room for discussion is indicated concerning the correctors of the manuscript, its accentuation and word division, and its paragraph division.
Abstract: With Thomas Holland’s lengthy discussion of a reading in Rev 22:19 as an example, this article shows how Holland’s way of doing New Testament textual criticism falls short on all academic standards. With respect to the main issue, Erasmus’ retranslation of the final verses of Revelation, Holland fails to properly find, address and evaluate both primary and secondary sources.
Abstract: The apparatus of a critical edition of the biblical text can be encoded as a tabular structure called a data matrix. By counting how often witnesses disagree in their readings, another tabular structure called a dissimilarity matrix is obtained which records the distance between each pair of witnesses. This article begins by applying statistical reasoning to determine what constitutes a statistically significant distance between two witnesses and how sample size affects the margin of error for a distance estimate. Following this, two modes of multivariate analysis called “multidimensional scaling” and “divisive clustering” are introduced then applied to data extracted from the apparatus of the Letter to the Hebrews in the fourth edition of the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament.
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