Scribal Habits
and Errors

Last Updated:  Jul 15, 2013 

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General Articles on Errors:
 J. Wetstein (1751): Older MSS - Older not = Better!
 J. Burgon (1882): Haplography - mechanics of error
 B. Weiss (1887): Omissions - & most common errors
 F.W. Shipley (1904): Dittography - & omissions
 H. Gamble (1977): Interpolation - Identifying Marks
 L. Haines (2008): Scribal Habits - 'Shorter Reading'?
 J.Royse (2008) Shorter Reading? - & Griesbach
 W. Pickering (2009) Oldest = Best MSS? - early errors
 T. Holland (2009) "Oldest & Best MSS" - & Byzantine

Errors in Specific MSS:
 B.B. Warfield (1887): Haplography - examples from א
 S. F. Kenyon (1901): Haplography - more ex. from א/B
 H. von Soden (1911): Omissions - in Codex א/B
 H.A. Sanders (1912): Haplography - in Codex W
 E.C. Colwell (1969): Haplography - & P45, P66, P75
 D.A. Carson (1979) & homoeoteleuton - Lk 14:26
 Jongkind (2005): א - tests Singular Readings Method!
 J. Hernandez (2006): Errors of א in Rev - singular OMs
 J. Royse (2008): Scribal Habits - P45,46,47,66,72,75
 J. Royse (2008) homoeoteleuton - singular omissions
 J. Krans (2010) GA-3 - famous insertion: 2 Cor 8:4
 Scrivener (2010) homoeoteleuton - P-Oxy-1780 new!

Errors and the PA:
 R. Harris (1890): PA - א/B archtype: lost quire!
 Syriac Haplography: PA - & Dead Sea Scrolls!

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Haplography Errors:

 Homoeoteleuton Masterlist - 75+ homoioteleuton VUs
 H.T. & Modern Versions - homoioteleuton & English xlations

 Gaffes in UBS Greek Text I - Mark, Luke
 Gaffes in UBS Greek Text II - Matt, John
 Gaffes in UBS Greek Text III - Acts, Paul
 Gaffes in UBS Greek Text IV - 1st Cor. 10:28
 Gaffes in UBS Greek Text V - more Paul etc.
 Gaffes in UBS Greek Text VI - Acts 15:34-35

 UBS Gaffes - All 4 Gospels - printable OpenOffice (.odt)
 Homoioteleuton: Aleph/B - Reconstructed Layouts


Reconstructing the Common Ancestors of א/B: new!
 Matthew - Reconstructed Genealogy: א/B
 Mark - Reconstructed Genealogy: א/B
 Luke - Reconstructed Genealogy: א/B
 Ancestors of Aleph/B - Synoptics: Masterchart



New Support Blogs:
 Homoeoteleuton Blog - add your own comments! new!
 KJV Debate Blog II - New Debate Blog on NT Text new!

Articles on Unitarian Bias:
 Unitarians & Modern NTs - Unitarian Plots Exposed
 T. Brown (1979): Unitarian Bias in UBS/RSV


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Tables for Errors:
 Matthew Masterlist new!



Coming soon:
more NT error lists
errors in the early Fathers
An Exhaustive Text-Critical Commentary on PA
A History of Text-critical Efforts
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