tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post5226981577576918609..comments2024-03-28T14:13:51.996+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: Greek Manuscripts with Word DivisionP.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-35975235458300907092015-01-09T20:12:34.227+00:002015-01-09T20:12:34.227+00:00On may better ask why Latin did separate words. Ma...On may better ask why Latin did separate words. Many asian scripts which use alphabets derived from the same middle eastern scripts as Greek still don't separate words. One of the difficulties of learning to read Thai is that you really need to learn to speak Thai well so that you can meaningfully separate the words out when you try to read it.<br /><br />I would think silent reading (rather than public reading) would encourage/sustain word separation, but I think Latin separated words before silent reading became common.<br /><br />bobBob Relyeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063651264391311686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-33803367023739540902015-01-07T21:07:03.467+00:002015-01-07T21:07:03.467+00:00Codex Sangallensis 037 is one of those, too. Codex Sangallensis 037 is one of those, too. Wieland Willkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376942788228063430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-71578054116227385562015-01-07T19:35:25.322+00:002015-01-07T19:35:25.322+00:00Dirk: "Why Latin script adopted word division...Dirk: "Why Latin script adopted word divisions and Greek did not till very late is still a mystery to me"<br /><br />Part of the reason may be that -- except for certain indeclinable foreign words -- native Greek words can only end with a vowel, diphthong or one of three consonants (see Metzger, <i>MSS of the Greek Bible,</i> p.31), For the most part, this theoretically would obviate any real need for word division in uncial script.Maurice A. Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05685965674144539571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-31678970943639802562015-01-07T15:56:42.640+00:002015-01-07T15:56:42.640+00:00Thanks Dirk. Do you know off the top of your head...Thanks Dirk. Do you know off the top of your head what is the oldest extant Gk ms with word division? Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10915737233077999632noreply@blogger.com