tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post4677047453357418801..comments2024-03-28T15:48:18.205+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: Review of The Text of the Gospels in Clement of AlexandriaP.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-42320407917056832662009-12-29T21:58:20.300+00:002009-12-29T21:58:20.300+00:00"He is also correct to ask in what meaningful..."He is also correct to ask in what meaningful sense the primary influence on Clement’s text of Matthew can be Byzantine when Byzantine readings do not emerge as a unified text-type until the fourth century."<br /><br />Either "unified text-type" doesn't mean much, or there are two fourth-century gospel manuscripts in close agreement that I'm not yet aware of.<br /><br />According to Metzger, the Menaeon's entry for October 15 states that Lucian of Antioch wrote out the entire Bible in 3 columns. This would have been in the 4th century, but the only mss that has 'emerged' to fit this description is Codex Vaticanus--the earliest extant testimony to the Byzantine reading OU in Acts 20:6.Daniel Bucknoreply@blogger.com