tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post5733431047306640170..comments2024-03-28T19:21:17.654+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: Agreement in Error and Common OriginP.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-27099564919413322842013-01-22T21:23:42.571+00:002013-01-22T21:23:42.571+00:00Thanks Mike. Good comment.
Thanks Mike. Good comment.<br />Peter M. Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379103292621457026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-12701888288718716222013-01-22T19:38:04.367+00:002013-01-22T19:38:04.367+00:00Dirk wrote,
“I checked the preface and found Holme...Dirk wrote,<br />“I checked the preface and found Holmes's acknowledgement of the technical assistance provided by the TLG, signed off in 1992, way before the online edition.”<br />--And also before the CD-ROM edition! When work was begun in 1990 on the Greek-English edition published in 1992, Baker acquired on behalf of the project the electronic version of the Apostolic Fathers from the TLG folks. It came on magnetic tape, in Beta Code format, in which each Greek character, accent, diacritical, etc., was represented by a corresponding character on an English typewriter keyboard--e.g., alpha = a, beta = b, omega = w (I think), acute accent = / (again, I think; it’s been a while since I looked at raw Beta code). I then imported the Beta code into Nota Bene, which in those days had a clever utility that converted the Beta code into Nota Bene’s Greek font. Thus I was able to edit the Greek text on-screen.<br />Having access to the TLG Beta code text was a great advantage. It was remarkably accurate, while very good, was not perfect, and I recall sending the occasional note to the TLG folks in Irvine suggesting corrections. I missed, however, as Dirk notes, the μελαγοπρεπες in 1 Clem. 1.2. It has now been corrected in the TLG, my third edition (as Peter graciously noted), and, presumably, Dirk’s notes.<br />So we do indeed have here a verifiable case of agreement in error pointing to a common origin (the original TLG database), accessed via different means (magnetic tape, CD-ROM), neither of which are still in circulation.Mike Holmeshttp://michaelwholmes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-63185650721373447922013-01-22T17:43:44.300+00:002013-01-22T17:43:44.300+00:00It has been fixed for the 2007 edition.It has been fixed for the 2007 edition.Peter M. Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379103292621457026noreply@blogger.com