Re: Textual Criticism

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 26 1995 - 13:09:01 EDT


At 10:31 AM 10/26/95, DearPastor@aol.com wrote:
>>>the best-attested form of the verses (i.e., it is not leaving out
>anything).
>
>Actually, due to the work of Colwell, Clark, Streeter, Royse, and Head, it
>has been shown that due to various factors scribes were more likely to omit
>than to add to the text.

Does "DearPastor" have an identity as well as an e-address? Some sort of
signature--and I DON'T mean full academic credentials--inclines some
readers to take a post more seriously than does an anonymous dictum.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, USA 63130
(314) 935-4018
cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu OR cwc@oui.com
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