Sorry.. it was 1st edition. :-/ Rob Matlack 620 E. 5th St., Minneapolis, KS 67467 RMatlack@juno.com Hm: 785-392-2865 Church: 785-392-2089 "...that we may present every man mature in Christ Jesus." On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:45:47 -0400 Theodore H Mann writes: > Regarding Col.1:14 (DIA TOU hAIMATOS AUTOU) > > Hi Rob: > > (1) The Stephanus 1550 does indeed contain DIA TOU hAIMATOS AUTOU, > but that doesn't mean it enjoyed majority status (not that that's > what you are saying). I doubt enough manuscripts were available to > Stephanus and others at that time to make that kind of > determination, even if they had thought to do so. > (2) My Metzger Textual Commentary is the 2nd edition, and does deal > with this interpolation. That Metzger drops it in the 3rd edition > may indicate the opposite of what you suggest. (Isn't the 3rd > edition the last one off the press, or has another one been > published?) > > Best. > > Ted Mann > thmann@juno.com > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:44:29 -0500 Rob Matlack > writes: > > > I have a comment and a question. > > >Comment: The statement, "A half dozen out of about 5,000 would, I > think, be considered secondary regardless of >one's textual > position--except for the fact that it shows up in the TR! (I.e., > both critical text and majority text scholars >would call it > secondary.)" is interesting. From BibleWorks it appears that > Robinson and Pierpont DO include it in their >majority text so they > must have thought it had sufficient support. Also from BW it > appears that Stephanus' text of 1550 >had it. I checked my hard > copy of Hodges and Farstad and they omit it. > > > > Question: My copy of "A Textual Commentary on the Greek NT" (3rd > edition) does not address it. If it was not >considered important > then, why does an apparently more recent edition address it? It > seems that the text > > over the years has moved more toward the enclusion of majority > readings that were at one time ignored or >completely rejected. > > > > Rob Matlack > > 620 E. 5th St., Minneapolis, KS 67467 > > RMatlack@juno.com Hm: 785-392-2865 Church: 785-392-2089 > > "...that we may present every man mature in Christ Jesus." > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > --- > > B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek > > You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: thmann@juno.com > > To unsubscribe, forward this message to > > leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu > > To subscribe, send a message to > > subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu > > > > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu