tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post6645138547706000841..comments2024-03-29T07:11:17.775+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: Ethiopic Manuscript of Jannes and Jambres (and 2 Timothy 3.8)P.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-45555419256831911482019-10-31T14:01:09.805+00:002019-10-31T14:01:09.805+00:00It was published online this month in Archiv für P...It was published online this month in Archiv für Papyrusforschung: https://doi.org/10.1515/apf-2019-0010 is the link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-44828709374373968962016-06-18T06:26:19.403+01:002016-06-18T06:26:19.403+01:00Where is the ethiopic recension going to be publis...Where is the ethiopic recension going to be published?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-10764858605534330712015-03-04T15:29:02.173+00:002015-03-04T15:29:02.173+00:00In the above-mentioned article I wrote one thing (...In the above-mentioned article I wrote one thing (p. 20) that I might modify now: "In D we have “Jannes and his brother.” That brother, his only <br />surviving brother, was Absalom, but the name didn’t match the tradition, and he was the <br />lesser character, so he was merely recorded as “his brother.” The three figures, Jannaeus, <br />his brother Absalom, and Judah the Essene were contemporaries in history, and together <br />also in the Qumran scrolls. "<br />Now I would add the possibility that Jambres/Mambres was a *later* (than Damascus Document 4Q copies) filling in of a name for the forgotten Absalom.Stephen Goransonhttp://people.duke.edu/~goranson/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-59115282310968995952015-02-26T09:12:10.515+00:002015-02-26T09:12:10.515+00:00Btw, Lk 16:19 is a nice example of what appears to...Btw, Lk 16:19 is a nice example of what appears to be a genetic agreement of a singular reading (P75) with a versional witness (sa).Peter Malikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270874379279604671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1858280957271520542015-02-25T10:22:43.182+00:002015-02-25T10:22:43.182+00:00An example of "name for the nameless" I ...An example of "name for the nameless" I just noticed is in Luke 16:19 where MSS and church fathers name the rich man as "Neues" (for "Nineveh"?), "Phineas," "Amonofis," etc. (See Metzger's Textual Commentary, 140f.)Tommy Wassermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674769923361035721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-74381572253797354232015-02-24T21:27:01.970+00:002015-02-24T21:27:01.970+00:00There is also a helpful discussion of the Tg s-J p...There is also a helpful discussion of the Tg s-J passages here: http://www.ericlevy.com/Revel/DeadSeaScrolls/Grabbe%20L%20-%20The%20Jannes-Jambrus%20Tradition.PDFPeter M. Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379103292621457026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-86339484264635928762015-02-24T17:32:29.072+00:002015-02-24T17:32:29.072+00:00“Jannes and his brother” make an appearance in the...“Jannes and his brother” make an appearance in the Damascus Document. Louis<br />Ginzberg wrote a learned and significant observation on the name Jannes in CD 5:1.<br />Briefly, he suggested that Jannes may indicate an attack on Alexander Jannaeus (who, I think, was the Qumran "Wicked Priest"). As Moses was opposed in the past, so (CD claims) the "Teacher of Righteousness" was opposed by Jannes/Jannaeus and his brother. Details and bibliography in "Jannaeus, His Brother Absalom, and Judah the Essene," pages 19-20 and 33-34:<br />http://people.duke.edu/~goranson/jannaeus.pdfStephen Goransonhttp://people.duke.edu/~goranson/noreply@blogger.com