04-25-2004, 06:17 PM
The real test will be to compare MS. 7 with another eastern copy. I bet half (if not more) of these so-called "variants" will disappear.
By comparing MS. 7 to Gwillaim and Pusey (or to Phillipps 1388) - it is like comparing apples and oranges. It is useless - because these came from two totally different traditions - and one of those traditions was far more accurate and far less revisionary than the other.
I'm going to compare all these instances from MS. 7 to the Khabouris or some other ancient eastern copy and I will let you know how many of these 44 so-called "variants" are even an issue anymore.
By comparing MS. 7 to Gwillaim and Pusey (or to Phillipps 1388) - it is like comparing apples and oranges. It is useless - because these came from two totally different traditions - and one of those traditions was far more accurate and far less revisionary than the other.
I'm going to compare all these instances from MS. 7 to the Khabouris or some other ancient eastern copy and I will let you know how many of these 44 so-called "variants" are even an issue anymore.
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan