Codex Bezae (D05) Discussions on B-Greek
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Aug 20 10:11:41 EDT 2002
Dear B-Greekers:
My colleague Carlton Winbery and I, after some consultation over a few
weeks have agreed to open up a dialogue on B-Greek with a French scholar,
Mme Sylvie Chabert d'Hyères, who has devoted several years to Lucan studies
and in particular to distinctive readings in the text of Luke's gospel
appearing in the "extraordinary" manuscript designated "D05" and commonly
referred to as "Codex Bezae". I shall be sending to the list soon hereafter
the first of several sequential topical messages introducing a new issue in
the Lucan readings of Codex Bezae (D05). Before doing this however, I want
to clarify the parameters of the proposed discussion and indicate one of
the resources available to those who wish to participate in these
discussions.
1. Although B-Greekers who wish to participate need not consider any more
of the text in Codex Bezae than what is presented in each introductory
message, those who are comfortable with French might wish to consult a
fuller text of all the Lucan readings in this manuscript; they will find
them in Mme Chabert's neatly formatted site at
http://www.ifrance.com/bezae/. Even if one cannot read the French, one can
find a transcription in the Greek "Symbol" font of the text of Luke in
Codex Bezae according to Scrivener's transcription.
2. List-members who have no particular interest in the Codex Bezae issues
may be reassured that the regular kinds of inquiry to which the list is
open will continue during the time, however long it may be, that these
discussions on the Lucan text of Codex Bezae are carried on.
3. Those wishing to participate in the Codex Bezae discussions should note
that the focus of this discussion on B-Greek is not (at least not
primarily) the question whether or not Codex Bezae can be said to offer a
text preferable to that of the critical edition; rather the focus of such
discussion is what meaning the Codex Bezae texts can be read as
legitimately having. That is to say, the focus should be on the meaning of
the Greek text of Codex Bezae, not on textual criticism itself.
4. Contributions of French-writing participants will be translated into
English: although those list-members who have personally earned doctoral
degrees will be able to read French with different degrees of ease, many
will not be able to read it very well and most will not be able to write it.
I hope this is a sufficiently clear statement of the "ground rules" for
what we expect to be an interesting and useful exchange of perceptions and
understandings. Let the discussions begin.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Co-Chair, B-Greek List
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu OR cwconrad at ioa.com
WWW: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/
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