tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post3314346379021338304..comments2024-03-29T00:57:56.876+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: Yet Another Scribal Tendency: Swapping SyllablesP.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-17659785823813432022012-01-21T21:01:34.442+00:002012-01-21T21:01:34.442+00:00This is helpful for a papyrus I'm editing whic...This is helpful for a papyrus I'm editing which was recovered from Herculaneum, a treatise on kingship. At one point, I think an error that involves metathesis has occurred. The Homeric hero Hector is being criticized and is said to act ὐπὸ παρατρεπείαϲ, but the word παραπετεία is unattested. I don't think the word is a hapax, but rather that the correct reading is προπετείαϲ, 'rashness', which fits the context well. If this is right, the scribe made two errors. He missed the prefix (προ for παρα) and, by near-perfect metathesis, then wrote τρεπειαϲ instead of πετειαϲ, the same sort of error that causes the confusion of 'Calvary' and 'cavalry' and can make 'revalent' of 'relevant'. (Richard Janko has argued that scribes often make mistakes in pairs.) This may seem a rash correction to you NT scholars, since you work with a text that is generally so secure and has so many copies, but something has to be done in this passage. Several other errors are found in the same column. At any rate, I enjoy this blog, and thanks again for bringing up this problem of syllable swapping. <br />Jeff FishJeff Fishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1496425841590246852012-01-16T20:24:42.612+00:002012-01-16T20:24:42.612+00:00Interesting points. I have argued similarly to exp...Interesting points. I have argued similarly to explain the LXX reading "27th" for "17th" at Genesis 7:11 and the 4Q252 reading "17th" for "27th" at 8:14.<br /><br />Viewed atomistically the changeבשבעה ועשרים יום <> בשבעה עשר יוםis extraordinarily complex, but when viewed holistically it is actually quite easy.Drew Longacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654439701997039055noreply@blogger.com