11-20-2008, 06:22 PM
Dear Andrew,
Please understand that my quesrions are really not about your book because I think you have been clear in your writing and explanations. I see no problem in your learned approach.
Rather, I am primarily interested in sortiong out and understanding the relationship of the various extant texts that various people are using. As a scientist I like to have an orderly understanding of what is going on. For example, it seems possible hat the BFBS 05-20 may be quite different in various aspects from either the Khaboris Ms. in the 22 books and also different from the SOC or Mosul texts in the Western 5. In the BFBS 05 there are presented two separate alternative versions of the beginning of John 8 with and without the woman in adultery story on alternatuve pages 14 and 14A. That's quite interesting, is it not? The BFBS 05-20 is inportant because it is widely used and referenced.
The ONLINE BIBLE versions is inportant because it is freely available and therefore widely used also. (I think Bauscher used it for his translation, but I am not sure.) Knowing what it really is has importance in understanding the available texts and contrasting them.
I suspect that the ONLINE BIBLE "Peshitta" is some version of the BFBS 05-20, but I'm not sure. What do you think?
Sincerely,
Otto
Please understand that my quesrions are really not about your book because I think you have been clear in your writing and explanations. I see no problem in your learned approach.
Rather, I am primarily interested in sortiong out and understanding the relationship of the various extant texts that various people are using. As a scientist I like to have an orderly understanding of what is going on. For example, it seems possible hat the BFBS 05-20 may be quite different in various aspects from either the Khaboris Ms. in the 22 books and also different from the SOC or Mosul texts in the Western 5. In the BFBS 05 there are presented two separate alternative versions of the beginning of John 8 with and without the woman in adultery story on alternatuve pages 14 and 14A. That's quite interesting, is it not? The BFBS 05-20 is inportant because it is widely used and referenced.
The ONLINE BIBLE versions is inportant because it is freely available and therefore widely used also. (I think Bauscher used it for his translation, but I am not sure.) Knowing what it really is has importance in understanding the available texts and contrasting them.
I suspect that the ONLINE BIBLE "Peshitta" is some version of the BFBS 05-20, but I'm not sure. What do you think?
Sincerely,
Otto