06-12-2009, 08:11 PM
Hello everyone.
Searching to understand a few things about the NT manuscripts, I've found this page :
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Sorry, it's in french, but you'd be able to read it, in the middle of the page (it's the third section starting by "Les ??crits du Nouveau Testament") you'll find 2 columns.
The left one is for the "TBS" text, so called "Textus Receptus", and the right one is for the "Majority Text", so called "Hodges-Farstadt"
This table gives in one glance the differences between theses two "families".
Having a fast look in the Peshitta, i found that it is closest to the "Majority Text" and not to the "Textus Receptus". Do you agree ?
Is this correct ?
For example, in John 1,28 : These things happenned in Bethabara // Bethania.
Peshitta has Bethania.
If it is correct, then is it a rule to keep in mind that "shorter texts are older" ?
Further on, a list of verse is given, which points the passages found in the Textus Receptus, and not found in the "Minority Text" (Vaticanus) :
Mt 17.21 ; 18.11 ; 23.14 ; Mc 7.16 ; 9.44, 46 ; 11.26 ; 15.28 ; 16.9-20 ; Lc 17.36 ; 23.17 ; Jn 5.4 ; Ac 28.29 ; Ro 16.24.
(I know all of theses distinctions are based on greek manuscripts, but it is important to see if it matches Peshitta or not).
These questions must have been already discussed in this forum, please give me some links.
Peace,
Samuel
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://eecho.fr/?page_id=5">http://eecho.fr/?page_id=5</a><!-- m --> (english presentation down of the page).
Searching to understand a few things about the NT manuscripts, I've found this page :
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.lirelabible.com/corps.php?page=manuscrits/index.htm">http://www.lirelabible.com/corps.php?pa ... /index.htm</a><!-- m -->
Sorry, it's in french, but you'd be able to read it, in the middle of the page (it's the third section starting by "Les ??crits du Nouveau Testament") you'll find 2 columns.
The left one is for the "TBS" text, so called "Textus Receptus", and the right one is for the "Majority Text", so called "Hodges-Farstadt"
This table gives in one glance the differences between theses two "families".
Having a fast look in the Peshitta, i found that it is closest to the "Majority Text" and not to the "Textus Receptus". Do you agree ?
Is this correct ?
For example, in John 1,28 : These things happenned in Bethabara // Bethania.
Peshitta has Bethania.
If it is correct, then is it a rule to keep in mind that "shorter texts are older" ?
Further on, a list of verse is given, which points the passages found in the Textus Receptus, and not found in the "Minority Text" (Vaticanus) :
Mt 17.21 ; 18.11 ; 23.14 ; Mc 7.16 ; 9.44, 46 ; 11.26 ; 15.28 ; 16.9-20 ; Lc 17.36 ; 23.17 ; Jn 5.4 ; Ac 28.29 ; Ro 16.24.
(I know all of theses distinctions are based on greek manuscripts, but it is important to see if it matches Peshitta or not).
These questions must have been already discussed in this forum, please give me some links.
Peace,
Samuel
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://eecho.fr/?page_id=5">http://eecho.fr/?page_id=5</a><!-- m --> (english presentation down of the page).