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And here's the character we've been talking about on the third page, which isn't a sigma. the_character.png In the previous example, of a sigma, we can see at the top a stroke that goes down and slightly left before breaking direction. In this example, which is not a sigma, there is a single unbroke...

Ken Olson wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:36 am I think you should include the final sigma in ἔχοντος from page 2, line 16 among the comparanda.

Theodore 2.16 ἔχοντος.png

Here's an image of just the same final sigma cropped from Hedrick's / Viklund's bitmap file (uncompressed).

JarekS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:06 pm Marta Przyszychowska (https://bn-pl.academia.edu/MartaPrzyszy ... culumVitae) came to this conclusion after 20 years of dealing with Gregory of Nyssa.

Thanks, appreciate the reference!

In the 4th century, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa invented their sister Macrina the Younger for very mundane reasons - it was for the good of their careers. What happened here? For a C4 parallel to her argument that 'Macrina' is entirely a fictional construct, Przyszychowska points to Paul o...

JarekS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:09 pm In the 4th century, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa invented their sister Macrina the Younger for very mundane reasons - it was for the good of their careers.

What happened here?

To a limited extent I agree with Panaanen. Some of the arguments linking Morton Smith to the Mar Saba letter do appear flimsy. (After reading and enjoying Anglo-Saxon attitudes I do not believe it influenced in any way the author of the Mar Saba letter.) That's one good example, yes. It seems that ...

One possibility (possibly wrong) is that Marcion (or his literary aid/s) worked from a manuscript of Luke and from a manuscript of Matthew to attempt to present the authentic, un-interpolated original Gospel. Assuming he worked from those manuscripts, then: what was he working with ? Insight, revel...

What are the arguments pertaining to Evangelion? Well, here's a start. I'd preface this by saying this is all very provisional. I reserve the right to be wrong. Its just a few hours worth of work: doing a good job would take at least a year....so any help improving or disproving this is welcome. To...

One possibility (possibly wrong) is that Marcion (or his literary aid/s) worked from a manuscript of Luke and from a manuscript of Matthew to attempt to present the authentic, un-interpolated original Gospel.

Very cool, thank you