In fact, its usually the first place I look for answers on questions relating to Textual Variants. Whenever a woman puts on the head covering she is proclaiming a message to the angels. Im 23 (born again when I was 20) and have been studying which Greek textual basis best reflects the NT Scripture as originally penned for about 2 1/2 years now. Further, lets tip this against the Majority Text. PS: If possible please e-mail me unless I will get an email notification of a reply to this comment. The Greek word epi when used with the genitive as in ts kephal means over or upon. Remember, their #1 rule was earlier is better. He was able to view 43 sheets, which was a third of the sheets that were to be burned. Lets say 2 or 3 scribes start making changes to suit their own theological biases. A glance at the transcription will show just how common these corrections are. I see that you are emphasizing carefully the word perfect preservation of Scripture. I say intentionally because in at least one place, theres no other reason to translate the way they did other than a desire to change the text. There remains a persistent bias against the Byzantine Text type in Reasoned Eclecticism/Critical Text advocates. texto masortico vs septuaginta pdf Facebook. The Biblical Case for the Doctrine of Preservation, The Biggest Problem with the Confessional Position, Okay, But is the Textus Receptus a good Document?, Summary of the Critical Text vs. . It may even be knowable which manuscript, but I personally dont know. The earliest Septuagint manuscripts are from the 2nd century BC. I would very much like this short list. Irenaeus in the 2nd century, though not in Alexandria, made a similar admission on the state of corruption among New Testament manuscripts. You still havent answered my question about a specific manuscript, since the Ecclesiastical Text has a few nuances of meaning depending on who you ask. Our hope must be anchored in Gods Word! Therefore, roughly 4 out of every 5 verses (81.3%) in one manuscript disagrees in at least one place in the other. Theres a great book I recommend if you are interested in learning more. In many ( but not all) cases it's very clearly the Septuagint, because (1) the exact same Greek words are used, in the same order; and (2) where they differ, the Septuagint is being followed. This consideration revives the view that the Homeric vulgate was in existence before the Alexandrian period [Such] compels us to assume a central, average, or vulgate text. Great work! The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Old Testament in common usage among non-Hebrew-speaking Jews around Jesus's time. It has significant downsides which well look at after the pro side. And all flesh shall see it together; The idea that Scribes chose to copy better manuscripts makes perfect sense. It was a combination of primarily Westcott & Hotts work, along with two other Greek New Testaments. No matter which copy or version you pick (since we dont have the original) then what about before the copy came into existence? Granted, unlike some of my brethren, I fully accept that the enduring words of God preserved in English can also be found in most translations, even the those that are Critical Text products but as one cannot separate the promise God made Abe from the word that Abe believed on, one cannot separate THE Word from the words of God that have occasioned and compelled our faith in Christ having done and doing what God said He would. Source: The Greek New Testament according to the Majority Text, p. xi. Thank you for this article. Koine Greek New Testament - Accented Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus . Textus Receptus, the manuscript tradition behind the KJV and many other Bibles, reads ho monogens huios. That brings us to 30 total manuscripts. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. The Confessional view holds that God must have preserved the scriptures completely without error. You are saved by grace! The Reasoned Eclecticism and the Majority Text theories are two different ways to take the manuscripts we have and try to assemble the original text. Do you have a source for the first one? 16 So the last will be first, and the first last. Such is the power/authority of the covering on the head of the woman. This is the basic view held by the Confessional Position. The 1% argument almost makes it seem not to matter between the TR and Alexandrian-focused textual lines but maybe that only applies to the NASB 1995 for reasons you indicated in the other article? He promised us that He would preserve even the very words. He also was responsible for the publication of Ruth in the Biblia Hebraica Quinta: General Introduction and Megilloth fascicle. On page 78 ofThe King James Only Controversy, author James White states: Once a variant reading appears in a manuscript, it doesnt simply go away. ----- SEPTUAGINT ALXX (Old Testament) + TR (New Testament) Accented + Strongs Numbers + Transliteration (Charles Loder Method). Thank you. All saving knowledge is obtained from the Word of God, through the Holy Spirit (Romans 10:17; I Peter 1:23; John 17:17; John 1:1; John 1:11-14; John 20:31). This is so helpful. Whether you count Bible translations based on the Critical Text vs Bible translations based on the Majority Text; or copies of the Greek Majority Text vs the Greek Critical Text, the Critical Text becomes the clear winner. Not many people would sift through an 18k+ word article. Do you believe We can no more touch the preserved Word of God than we can the incarnate Christ? Do you believe that we can only do our very best to discern with our human abilities and scientific approach what is correct and what is not? When Jesus quoted the OT to the Pharisees, it was clear that He considered the words to be preserved. There is much propaganda and misinformation regarding its finding. 6. Now, that could be a good thing if you believe Westcott & Hort did a good job originally. If so, youll need a good reason to exclude the various versions. (Well come back to it later.). (almost perfect, and with small changes in word order for improved readability): But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressionsit is by grace you have been saved. 1 Corinthians 11:10, which Ive copy/pasted below with verses 8-9 for a bit of context. I understand that there are different versions of the Textus Receptus. The definitions and theories were laid out very distinctly and well sourced. the KJV] was not translated from any one printed edition of the Greek text. As you may remember, both Aland and Westcott & Hort had trouble sticking to their rules (except older is better). 1. (Though theres an abundance of Latin manuscripts). And I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. Ecclesiastes 3:14. One thing the KJV had translation rules that were decided by the politics of the time, and those rules included this: When a Word hath divers Significations, that to be kept which hath been most commonly used by the most of the Ancient Fathers, being agreeable to the Propriety of the Place, and the Analogy of the Faith. Quote; Link to comment Share on other sites. 7 You, O LORD, will keep them; Typically, these variants are found only in a single manuscript, or in a small group of manuscripts from one small part of the world. (, 3rd generation: 8 correct copies, 7 incorrect copies (~1, 4th generation: 16 correct copies, 22 incorrect copies (~1, 5th generation: 32 correct copies, 60 incorrect copies (~1, Short = Alexandrian, reflecting scholarly revision, Medium = Widely believed to be the true/original because it maintained a near-identical form over 1000+ years, and most manuscripts are of this type. <p>Novum Testamentum Graece / Greek New Testament In . can never be the sole basis for a critical decision, especially when they stand in opposition to the external evidence. But, as all human works, it suffers from some of the same failings it decries. The Bibles authority is only as great as our confidence in its reliability. Thus there were places in which it is unclear what the Greek basis of the New Testament was. Royse provides a chart which conveys that Papyrus 45 has 222 significant singular readings; Papyrus 46 has 471 significant singular readings; Papyrus 47 has 51 significant singular readings; Papyrus 66 has 107 significant singular readings; Papyrus 72 has 98 significant singular readings; Papyrus 75 has 119 significant singular readings. First, remember that the worst manuscript at the 5th generation has exactly and only 5 mistakes (one added every generation). (Estienne was also known as Stephanus.) You might want to check the original language in that verse, because it actually says You shall keep him, singular, not them plural. If you pick up any popular Bible (except the KJV and NKJV) its almost certainly translated primarily from the Alexandrian text type. The existence of these singular readings disproves the myth of the tenacity of errors completely. 8. 9. (against more than 5,000 copies favoring the Textus Receptus). Their approach is to take all the manuscripts we have, and find which Textual Variant has support among the majority of manuscripts, and given that reading priority. A fellow Christian from Australia ^^. [See HortsIntroduction, page286, 373.]. The following quote is from the Trinitarian Bible Society, who publishes the Textus Receptus, The AV [Authorized Version, i.e. But what if a very passionate scribe decided to make a lot of copies but what if he was copying from the manuscript with the mistake? If you will first answer my questions, I will be happy to answer yours. Okay, Im not 100% convinced about Revelation, but you presented enough evidence to cast enough doubt that I made an edit to remove references to Revelation. The original texts were written in all capital letters and there were no spaces between the words. However, theres a very big problem when someone makes a dogmatic doctrinal position without the support of scripture. It would be okay even if you were angry (though Im glad you arent), Im nearly impossible to offend. A transmissional approach to textual criticism is not unparalleled. Thank you. Most manuscripts read gentle, some read little children and one manuscript reads horses. In fact, the most common type of Textual Variant is spelling differences, often a single letter. Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it; REV. There are differences, but they arent large (relatively speaking). Later it was taken over by his son, and eventually by Kurt Aland and his wife, along with others. I do not believe you can possibly come to the correct conclusion from this viewpoint, no matter how long you study, how much evidence you look at, or how scholarly you may be. Thank you for this article. It definitely has flaws (which well discuss later), but it also has some significant strengths. (Or that other manuscripts were destroyed, which well look at more in a minute.). Most often, they are simple scribal errors. It doesnt mean that there arent battles that have to be fought and frauds to be exposed. Im so thankful that your article was one of the first I came across. However, the Alexandrian text type is 200 years older. It simply doesnt matter to the meaning. I am exposing what a textual critic, like you, really believes. His librarian, supposedly Demetrius of Phalerum, persuaded Philadelphus to get a copy of the Hebrew Scriptures. It gets rid of archaic words and phrases, provide quotation marks (they were not in the ASV), and resolves textual issues that have appeared after 1901. WoW! Prepare the way of the Lord; Leave a comment so . These are Textual Variants which have no effect on anything. (With a good chuckle. This was an interesting article. Exactly. This accidental skipping could account for a very significant portion of the longer Byzantine Textual Variants. If he should draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him: but the just shall live by my faith. Well, an informative and diligent article, so I want to thank you for that. Aside: I try not to run in circles as I have found you dont get very far! Let me say that again: The Textus Receptus got its name because of a marketing ploy. Its easy to see how you could end up with a disproportionate number of copies with errors. (In most cases, more on that in a minute). 13 For great is Thy mercy toward me: and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. By any conceivable metric (except age), Codex Sinaiticus is one of the worst manuscripts that weve found. I am concerned that we let others tell us what to believe when we do have a sure word of prophecy. It corrects the manuscript errors in the KJV while not letting in the Gnostic influence in manuscripts from Egypt that are used in more modern translations. The English translations of Wycliffe compared to Tyndales would show this also. Many claim it was found in the trash while other claim it was carefully preserved by monks. One has to wonder why we have the WEB, when we have a New American Standard Bible updating the ASV. Now that you understand the three text types/families, well move onto discussing the most popular of the three theories. You previously said we should use the TR, or KJV which is based on the TR. O Hades, where is thy sting? I find the KJV Onlyists arguments to be extremely weak, to be honest, though itd be nice if that were the answer to this problem of textual and translational variation in Bibles. Church historian Timothy George says that Erasmus projects terminus a quo was 1504 when he discovered an ancient manuscript by Lorenzo Valla with notes about Pauls Epistles based on various Greek manuscripts. Humanists are infamous for starting their arguments down to up: from humans down and then moving up to God. . Even if two scribes (40%) did, the majority of scribes (60%) will have preserved the correct reading. Thank you for your hard work. 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the Word of God (Jesus) which lives and abides forever, All flesh is as grass, Thank for the kind words, and Im so glad you enjoyed the article. I believe the King James Bible was translated from the preserved Greek text for the NT, but I also believe there are many other hundreds of languages that can say the same thing about the Bible they have. Only WEB has a 14:24-26. Much to chew on. A sad fact of history is that when Christians are persecuted, copies of the Bible are usually caught in the crossfire. First, it is not possible and you provide no possible logic to support such. Their text was heavily based on the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus. We have it incredibly accurately. The Majority Text position does have some strong arguments for it. , NETS: New English Translation of the Septuagint, Sinaiticus.Net - Exposing Codex Sinaiticus, 191 Variations in Scriveners 1881 Greek New Testament from Beza's 1598 Textus Receptus, List of Bible verses not included in the ESV, Revelation 16:5 and the Triadic Declaration - A defense of the reading of shalt be in the Authorized Version, http://textus-receptus.com/wiki/New_English_Translation_of_the_Septuagint, 1. If you assume the mistakes are fairly randomly distributed, the Majority holds up quite well. (More info in my article on it; if you disagree please comment on that article to keep things on topic.). I havent spent much time researching it though, so its merely an at a glance opinion. I dont recall any specific verse that promises the preservation of Scripture right now. Further, the NASB uses a modern reprint of the exact same text underlying the KJV. In both classical and NT traditions there thus seems to be a scribal continuity of a basic standard text which remained relatively stable, preserved by the unforced action of copyists through the centuries who merely copied faithfully the text which lay before them. The transliterated Greek reads: dia touto opheilei h gun exousian echein epi ts kephals dia tous angelous. 10 Because of this, the woman is morally obligated to have authority on her head, because of the angels. (Viable = possibly original), So dont worry, your Bible isnt filled with mistakes. Thank you for creating an such a well constructed article. Only the reading which best satisfies the requirements of both external and internal criteria can be original. The fact of the matter is that the Critical Text of Westcott-Hort differs from the TR, mostly by deletions, in 9,970 words out of 140,521, giving a total of 7% difference. 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Other translations render this correctly, and well add verse 5 for some context. We have an enormous number of copies, and if I was going to claim perfect preservation then I would need to pick one manuscript among the thousands that contains the text perfectly preserved. Not only is the parallel between NT transmissional history and that of Homer striking, but the same situation exists regarding the works of Hippocrates. I havent seen the promise of perfect preservation of Scripture in Scripture, or I would believe it. The NKJV does go with some different readings in the OT but there is so much better original language scholarship today. Despite the numerous Textual Variants between them, theres an interesting theory about their origin. Notice, he specifically said the law. NASB95 and NKJV are the two translations that I recommend, see my article on Bible translations for more detailed info on why. That her warfare is ended, Co-chairs. Had some armed foe said these things he would have fought him to the last breath; but this man did not deny, and had no word of scorn. Have you even attempted to understand the woman taken in adultery? All the modern Greek Critical Texts bear an extremely strong resemblance to Westcott & Horts original 1881 Critical Text. Epic brother, thank you so much for putting in the time to teach a simpleton such as myself. The translation is quite in order and your accusation of intentional mistranslation is unfounded. These Textual Variants have a good chance of being original (viable), and change the meaning of the text (meaningful). The Septuagint was most probably translated by Origen in about 250 AD. While the Confessional Position does claim that support, they dont have it. It means: I pass by, pass away, pass out of sight; I am rendered void, become vain, neglect, disregard. Essentially, each Greek manuscript has one vote, all the variants are voted on by all the manuscripts, and whichever variant has the most votes wins. How bad are They? Im going to re-quote something we looked at earlier. Im planning to get an LSB when it comes out, and I too am looking forward to it. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. She reproves the angels of Satan declaring that she will submit to the authority of God, even though they did not. Jan de Waard received his PhD from the University of Leiden in 1965. I unrolled the cover, and discovered, to my great surprise, not only those very fragments which, fifteen years before, I had taken out of the basket, but also other parts of the Old Testament, the New Testament complete, and, in addition, the Epistle of Barnabas and a part of the Pastor of Hermas. NETS Committees Accessed March 26, 2011. So I believe God deals with His church the same today as He did in days past (why would He not? However, it completely ignores evidence from versional manuscripts (translations) and the early church fathers. Lets start with the doctrine of the preservation of Scripture: It played an important role in the publication of the King James Bible and, indirectly, the history of the church [6]. I find it ironic that these were the two versions that I was drawn to. (Like the Johannine Comma, which the Majority text doesnt include). Nothing comes to mind right now though. Read reviews from world's largest community for readers. Forgive me, brave knight, if I desire some firmer ground than that. JavaScript is disabled. Note: it will sound like Im strongly biased in favor of the Majority Text while I present the pro side of the argument. Now, because all the oldest manuscripts weve found are of the Alexandrian text type/family, its unsurprising that they ended up with a basically Alexandrian document. 8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man; 9 for man wasnt created for the woman, but woman for the man. I have only been reading the Bible for a couple months so I probably won't have much use out of the cross-references until I read through a lot. A womans long hair is the symbol of authority, and notice that feminists almost universally have short(er) hair. Under ordinary circumstances, they will never be able to outnumber the scribes who tried to be faithful. In modern times, all of these various Greek manuscripts weve just discussed are called the Textus Receptus. (Source for this quote is: Homer: The Origins and the Transmission, by Thomas W. Allen), 22. There is some evidence that Westcott & Hort didnt have a high opinion of the Bible. Textus Receptus 191 Variations in Scrivener's 1881 Greek New Testament from Beza's 1598 Textus Receptus Books Many Scanned Agros Church Matthew 1:1 Unicorn The Westcott and Hort Only Controversy New King James Version List of Omitted Bible Verses List of Bible verses not included in the ESV Pure Cambridge Edition Ephesians 3:9 Did God Preserve the Scriptures Perfectly in All Ages? Theres a Textual Variant on the word gentle. 1st generation: 2 correct copies, 1 incorrect copy (, 2nd generation: 4 correct copies, 3 incorrect copies. Globe and Mail, July 31, 2010 Accessed March 26, 2011, 5. "Our Church holds the infallible and genuine deposit of the Holy Scriptures: of the Old Testament a true and perfect version, of the New the divine original itself." And so we have always held that the Septuagint is the authoritative version of the Old Testament. Between these extremes, a medium or vulgate text exists, which resisted both the popular expansions and the critical revisions; this text continued in much the same form from the early period into the minuscule era. I lead a mens Bible study which is currently discussing truth and questions came up over the parenthetical thought in 1 Tim 2:7 ( vs ). But the principle remains that the Vaticanus scribe certainly wasnt top tier. 1. Its curious that Codex Vaticanus is given the position of most important when the actual quality of the transcription leaves something to be desired. However, that not necessarily the case. It starts with God and His promises and moves down to man. Because I dont know which one, it seems prudent to compare the many copies to get as close as possible to the original. Thank you! Im truly awed that someone created a single sentence for marketing that has echoed through the centuries. Weve examined one of these Textual Variants here on Berean Patriot before, namely: The Johannine Comma of 1 John 5:7-8: Added or Removed? Its almost certainly extremely close, but its almost certainly not identical. soil.2. It is no exaggeration to say that Codex Vaticanus (B) and Codex Sinaiticus () are the foundation for virtually all modern New Testament Bible translations. I just bought a World English Bible.This is where the World English Bible (also known as the WEB Bible) comes to the rescue. Persecution under Marcus Aurelius (161-180). It certainly agrees with the Byzantine Majority Text quite well, and the differences are not typically very large (though certainly some are). And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. Thank you for this, I learned a lot. Thus, I treat it as my personal opinion. 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