Thoughts on Singular Readings

As relatively new to this blog I would be interested to know how others here view the appropriateness of singular readings among GNT manuscripts for an eclectic NT text? (Forgive me if this is already discussed somewhere on the blog. I am not referring to using singular readings for understanding a manuscript's character.)

Does anone have a favorite example as a contender for an acceptable text?

Do any/most/all accept as a principle that a singular reading should not be followed in an NT eclectic text? This would imply, qal vaHomer, that emendations should not be accepted in an eclectic NT text.
(PS: I accept that a manuscript could include good, authentic information, e.g., Bezae, without implying that such was part of the author's original.)

So, as a curiousity, what do people on the blog think/do? Or how far are they willing to take a principle?

Kephalaia in 1 Peter

Through a learned correspondent it has been brought to my attention that the kephalaia in NA26 and NA27 to 1 Peter jump from '5' at the beginning of chapter 4 to '7' at the beginning of chapter 5. Where is '6'? According to NA25 it's at 4:12. NA25 also has the advantage over NA26 and NA27 that it records the Vatican divisions. Am I right in thinking that there are no references to kephalaia in the ECM?

Read the OT in Palaeo-Hebrew script

For those who wish to read the OT in Palaeo-Hebrew script, but not the script of the Samaritan Pentateuch there is a facility to do this here. Unfortunately word dividers are not used which are, as an integral part of the script.

Controversial lecture by Ratzinger (Pope Benedict)

There is a lot to do about the recent lecture by Ratzinger and its supposedly anti-Islamic contents (for the text of the lecture click here). What he does in this lecture is stating that the Greek concept of Reason / logos has not only become an intrinsic part of the Christian faith through the Septuagint and New Testament, but also that it does provide the only real platform for inter-faith dialogue ("It is to this great logos, to this breadth of reason, that we invite our partners in the dialogue of cultures.")
He makes some interesting comments on the Septuagint and the New Testament which, with a little imagination, warrant their reproduction on this blog (emphases mine).

"Today we know that the Greek translation of the Old Testament produced at Alexandria - the Septuagint - is more than a simple (and in that sense really less than satisfactory) translation of the Hebrew text: it is an independent textual witness and a distinct and important step in the history of revelation, one which brought about this encounter in a way that was decisive for the birth and spread of Christianity. A profound encounter of faith and reason is taking place here, an encounter between genuine enlightenment and religion."

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"In the light of our experience with cultural pluralism, it is often said nowadays that the synthesis with Hellenism achieved in the early Church was a preliminary inculturation which ought not to be binding on other cultures. The latter are said to have the right to return to the simple message of the New Testament prior to that inculturation, in order to inculturate it anew in their own particular milieux. This thesis is not only false; it is coarse and lacking in precision. The New Testament was written in Greek and bears the imprint of the Greek spirit, which had already come to maturity as the Old Testament developed. "

Biblical extracts

I've had a couple of communications with NT scholars recently in relation to the Bodleian Coptic ms of John 20:19-31 and they have expressed interest in knowing more about manuscripts that contain extracts of scripture, e.g. P12. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a ready resource that lists these or a basic introduction to the subject. I'm aware that Tommy has worked on amulets, but these are only a subsection of extracts as a whole.

Webcast on the Tebtunis Papyri

A lecture by Todd Hickey on the Tebtunis papyri is available here. It is entitled 'Ancient Egypt and the Tebtunis Papyri'.